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Grama One’ offering govt services for citizens to be launched in 12 districts on Republic Day: Karnataka CM

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Parmesh S Jain

CM Bommai takes stock of the preparations for the launch

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said the ambitious ‘Grama One’ programme that is aimed at providing services of various departments at the citizens’ doorsteps would be a reality from Republic Day in rural areas of 12 districts.

Bommai had held a virtual meeting to review the preparations for the launch of the programme. It would be implemented in 12 districts of the state from January 26. About 3,000 ‘Grama One’ service centres would be opened for the purpose, the Chief Minister’s Office said in a statement.

Speaking at the virtual meeting Bommai said, for now it would be launched in 12 districts and it would cover all the districts in the coming days.

He instructed the officials to ensure that services of prominent departments should be made easily available for people in rural areas.

It would be launched in Bidar,Koppal,Ballari, Belagavi,Haveri,Vijayapura,Davangere, Shivamogga,Tumakuru,Chikkamagaluru,Udupi and Kodagu districts on January 26. 

About 100 services related to Revenue,Food, Health,labour departments would be available through ‘Grama One’ service centres.

They would be provided with uninterrupted power and internet connectivity, the officials said.

New era in infrastructure development of the country through ‘Gati Shakthi’ : CM Bommai

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Parmesh S Jain

A new era will begin in infrastructure development of the country through the ‘Gati Shakthi’ programme,Chief Minister,Basavaraj Bommai said.

Bommai who participated in the South Zone Conference of ‘PM Gati Shakthi’ project termed it as a project with a long term vision for nation building.

The Gati Shakthi project aims to mobilise resources,foster coordination and cooperation among the states to work towards a common goal of nation building.

It is a result of Prime Minister Modi’s experience as the Chief Minister and Prime Minister,Bommai said.

Infrastructure development is an example for cooperative federalism as most of the infrastructure passes through various states and they need to be implemented through their cooperation,Bommai said.

The union minister for Surface Transport has achieved both Gati(Speed) and Shakthi(strength) in road transport. In the last 10 years National Highways has seen a 10 fold increase.

He has proved that the National Highways are not just confined to road transport and logistics, but spur national development, Bommai said.

Karnataka is the first state to set up an Infrastructure Development department. Karnataka has all the necessary aspects for infrastructure development.

The state has developed roads, railways and ports. Inland waterways, 5 airports and K-RIDE. Karnataka is the first state to have 50:50 cost sharing for railway projects, Bommai said.

Drawing the attention of the union government towards impediments for project clearances, Bommai said, it is possible to draw more investments into infrastructure development by simplifying environment and forest department clearances and rules in the finance ministry.

Bommai also advocated the need to revisit the rules governing Inter State Water Disputes which are delaying the implementation of irrigation projects.

State government is cooperating in implementing railway projects by providing land and cost sharing. These projects need speedy completion.

Bengaluru-Mysuru-Hyderabad high speed rail is a prominent project.The 453km long project would boost the economies of both the states.

Karnataka has a 330km coastline offering immense potential for developing ports, enterprises and tourism.

There is a need for changes in CRZ regulations. It is ideal to have uniform CRZ regulations for the country, Bommai opined.

K-RIDE has been established for implementing Suburban Rail for Benaluru and Tumkur-Chitradurga-Davangere railway line. 

About 11,000 acres of land has been identified for implementing Bengaluru-Chennai, Bengaluru-Hyderabad, Bengaluru-Mumbai mega infrastructure Industrial Corridor projects.

State intends to build 2274km state highways and 3611km national highways.

Approval has been obtained for laying 1100km new railway lines with joint participation of the union and state government.

Action has been taken to build airports at Shivamogga, Ballari, Vijayapura and Hassan under the Uday programme.

Heliports have been planned for Chikkamagaluru, Madikeri, Hampi to encourage Heli-tourism.

Action has been taken to develop two greenfield ports at Belekeri under the PPP model.

Project is ready for modernisation of Old Mangaluru, Karwar and Pavinakurve ports under the Sagaramala project.

About 1204km of gas pipelines would be laid through 28 districts of the state under the National Gas Grid project.

The Chief Minister urged the union government to provide all the assistance for speedy clearances and implementation of infrastructure projects. 

He assured complete cooperation from the state government for all the projects under the Gati Shakthi programme. 

Kids die after getting measles-rubella vax;in Belagavi district,CM Bommai seeks comprehensive report from the DC

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Parmesh S Jain

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a comprehensive investigation report on the case related to death of 3 children in the limits of Salahalli Primary Health Centre in Ramdurg taluk of Belagavi district.

Bommai has sought a detailed report from the Deputy Commissioner on the case as it is said that the children died after they were administered the Rubella injection usually given for Diarrhea. 

Bommai who spoke to Belagavi DC over phone has asked for a comprehensive report on the case. 

The joy of Sankranti in her own house for Kamalavva : CM Bommai

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Parmesh S Jain

House within 4 months for the old lady whose house was washed away in floods

It was a harsh Ganesha festival for Kamalavva who had lost the roof over her head due to heavy rains and flooding.

The old lady had poured out her woes to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai who was passing on the spot instructions for relief during a private television ( public tv) channel about 4 months ago.

Both my sons have died. Please get me a house built,” Kamalavva had pleaded and the Chief Minister consoling Kamalavva has delivered what he had promised–to ensure that she celebrates Sankranti in her own house.

A resident of Manchanakoppa village in Bommai’s own constituency Shiggavi, Kamalavva Thimmanagoudra had requested the Chief Minister for a house.

Bommai responding positively had instructed the district administration to take action to mitigate her plight.

Accordingly the house was built within 4 months and handed over to Kamalavva on the occasion of Sankranti, making it a special day in her life.

Assistant Commissioner of Savanur Annapurna Mudukamma handed over the house which was built by Habitat Centre.

National Startup Day :Karnataka to contribute big for nation’s economy in future: CM Bommai

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Karnataka is set to play a big role in the nation’s economy in the future. It is a matter of pride that out of 54000 Startups in the country 13,000 are in Karnataka.

Karnataka government has taken a slew of measures to encourage setting up of Startups. Guidance and scientific support is being provided by the government,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Bommai in his online message on the occasion of ‘National Startup Day’ said that the idea of New Karnataka for New India would be made a reality.

In accordance with the Prime Minister’s wish the Startup Day has been celebrated in a meaningful manner in the state.

In the coming days the state government would provide a big boost for startups,innovation, scientific thinking and entrepreneurship,he said.

Thanks to the long term vision of the Prime Minister the number of startups which was around 500 has crossed the 54000 mark now.

He has given a big push for innovation and startups by setting up a forum to help them and freeing them from the restrictions of the government.

The Prime Minister has been the inspiration for the highest growth of startups in the state, Bommai said and thanked the Prime Minister for this on behalf of the state’s youth.

Karnataka the topper in India’s ITBT

Karnataka is in the numero uno spot in IT BT sector in the country. The first software company in Karnataka was started in 1980.

It has seen a rapid growth since then and the state has the maximum share in IT BT exports, Bommai said.

Financial assistance for Startups

Financial assistance is being provided through programmes like Elevate 100, Elevate Unnati for setting up startups by SC ST communities.

Under the Amrit Startup programme financial help is being provided for 75 Startups by OBC and minority community members.

Similarly 25 Startups from women are being provided the assistance. About Rs120cr has been granted for 482 startups in the state, he said.

Beyond Bengaluru

State government is mulling to take startups to various districts of the state under its ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ project.

A new Research and Development Policy would be unveiled to encourage setting up startups from a small garage to big scientific research and industrial units, Bommai said.

Strong foundation in schools for research and startups

It has been decided to encourage scientific thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship by including them as subjects in school syllabus. About 150 ITIs have been upgraded.It has been decided to upgrade Diploma colleges.

State government would bring an ambitious programme to lay a strong foundation in schools and colleges for scientific thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship, he said.

There are over 180 science and research institutions in various fields in Bengaluru.

Government is keen to see more startups coming in agriculture, horticulture and sericulture which generate more employment.

Bommai wished more startups coming with social responsibility towards education, health, social welfare and women’s empowerment.

Karnataka will play a major role in realising Prime Minister Modi dream of making India a $5 Trillion economy.

Through startups a New Karnataka would make a significant contribution for the economy of New India, he said and congratulated the Prime Minister for encouraging the youth to inculcate scientific thinking to face new challenges.

44-Year-old Sales executive from Karnataka booked by immigration officials for visiting Yemen

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Parmesh S Jain

The immigration official caught a 44-year-old sales executive who worked in Saudi Arabia and visited Yemen as part of his work for a week in January this year .

Kashinath Durai,immigration officer at Kempegowda International Airport caught Irfan Khan,after he arrived at the airport from Sharjah on December 14.

Upon verification of documents the officials found Irfan had visited Yemen for a week and had taken exit visa from Yemen to come to Bengaluru.

Inquiries revealed that Irfan, a native of Chikkamagaluru was working as sales executive for a motor company in Riyadh and using his residential permit he had gone to Jejan a border town on work in January.

However due to emergency curfew Irfan was stranded and forced to stay back in the town for a week and later with the help of a local , he managed to get exit visa using which he returned to Bengaluru.

The Airport police have questioned Irfan an recorded his statement for further investigation.

According to the officials, the central government gazette notification issued on September 2017, barred indian citizen from visiting Yemen. However Irfan violated the rule and travelled to Yemen, liable for penal action he added.

Notorious Rowdy-Sheeter Tabrez Pasha arrested by JC Nagar police

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Parmesh S Jain

The JC Nagar police on Sunday arrested a rowdy-sheeter who had 16 criminal cases pending against him.

The accused has been identified as,Tabrez Pasha.

Senior officer told reporters,a complaint was filed in JC Nagar police station by a private firm employee who stated in his complaint that he works as a executive of a private finance company and as on December 17th.

While he was returning after collecting money as finance money from a bakery near CBI Junction one unknown person came in bike and confronted him by abusing and threatened him to give cash and belongings which he have and robbed the executive at knife point.

Based on complaint two special teams were formed by ACP,JC Nagar, Sub-Division,Smt.Reena Suvarna a team headed by PI,JC Nagar and his teams swung into action and visited the crime spot and after collecting information.

A team collected the CCTV footage from the neighbouring areas and during analysing the CCTV footage the team got the identity of the accused and using police technology skilled the team zeroed in on him.

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and based on his statement the team recovered Rs.10,000 and vehicle used to commit offence has been seized and further investigation is on.

With his arrest the police have solved 11 criminal cases.The accused had jumped bail and on the run for five years has been Finally nabbed and is now cooling his heels in jail.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP North,Vinayak Patil,ACP,Smt.Reena Suvarna,PI,DH Muniyappa,PSIs,as, Raghupati,Ajith Kumar,and crime staff as,Arase Gowda,Thimmachari,Srinivasmurthy,Jagadish MB,Mallikarjun,Basavaraj,Naveen Kumar, Sridhar,Srimanth Rathod,Ramesh Thondihal,and Santhosh Kumar has been appreciated for the excellent investigation and exemplary work done by them a suitable reward will be given to the whole team for their excellent work in nabbing the absconding accused he added.

Furniture manufacturing unit in JP Nagar gutted in fire

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Parmesh S Jain

A godown of furniture manufacturing unit in JP Nagar was gutted due to accidental fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Seven fire tenders were pressed into the service to put out the fire and no one was injured in the fire,a Senior fire officer said.

The incident occurred at around 5.30am when passers by notice the fire and alerted the control room.

The fire engulfed the godown and soon spread to the adjacent scrap dealer shop.A team of fire personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire after 3 hours of operation.

Goods worth Rs 10 lakh suspected to have been gutted in the mishap.

The owner of the furniture shop said that raw materials were kept inside the godown and an electrical short circuit could be a reason for the mishap he added.

A case has been registered in Puttenahalli police station and fire experts are inspecting the spot and after investigation the reason behind the fire will be ascertained he added.

Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 230 days

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New Delhi: With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.

The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in 230 days, while the death toll has climbed to 4,86,761 with 310 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

There has been an 8.31 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Monday, the ministry said.

Experts said it is not possible to undertake genome sequencing of each and every sample but stressed that the current wave is largely being driven by the Omicron variant.

The active cases comprise 4.62 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 94.09 per cent, the ministry said.

An increase of 80,287 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 14.43 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 14.92 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,53,94,882, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.29 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 158.04 crore.

India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23.

The 310 new fatalities include 72 from Kerala and 33 from West Bengal.

A total of 4,86,761 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,41,832 from Maharashtra, 50,904 from Kerala, 38,445 from Karnataka, 37,009 from Tamil Nadu,25,387 from Delhi, 22,972 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,121 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

“Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research,” the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Disappointed over rejection of TN Tableau for Republic Day, says TN CM, seeks PM’s intervention

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Disappointed over rejection of TN Tableau for Republic Day, says TN CM, seeks PM's intervention
Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday expressed disappointment over the Centre’s rejection of the State Tableau for the Republic Day celebrations in the national capital and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s immediate intervention to have it included.

Excluding the tableau would deeply hurt the sentiments and patriotic feelings of the people of Tamil Nadu, he said. “That the expert committee chooses to ignore and reject all the seven designs shown to it as per the modifications suggested by its members is unacceptable,” the Chief Minister said.

“I am given to understand that Tamil Nadu was not called for the fourth round of meeting and it was informed that Tamil Nadu has been left out while shortlisting,” Stalin claimed in the letter addressed to the Prime Minister, a copy of which was made available to the media here.

Stating that this was a “matter of grave concern to Tamil Nadu and its people,” he sought the PM’s “urgent intervention to arrange to include the tableau of Tamil Nadu” that will showcase the freedom fighters of Tamil Nadu in the Republic Day parade 2022 in New Delhi.

Expressing “disappointment” to know that Tamil Nadu has been deprived of the opportunity to participate in the ensuing Republic Day parade on January 26 in New Delhi, he said the Defence Ministry had proposed “India @ 75 Freedom Struggle, Ideas @ 75, Achievements @ 75, Actions @ 75, & Resolve @ 75” as the theme of the tableaux for Republic Day Parade, 2022.

Accordingly, Tamil Nadu submitted sketches choosing the theme “Tamil Nadu in the Freedom Struggle” depicting the renowned freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu.

The State representatives appeared before the expert committee for tableaux selection thrice. In the first meeting, the expert committee expressed satisfaction about Tamil Nadu’s theme which depicted freedom fighters of Tamil Nadu during the British Raj at the front and during the East India company’s period at the rear of the tableau, he said.

“The design had V O Chidambaranar (VOC), the famous freedom fighter who founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 during Indian Independence movement to compete against the British. VOC was charged with sedition by the British Government and sentenced to imprisonment,” Stalin said.

Also, the design had Subramania Bharathi, popularly known as Maha Kavi Bharathiar who kindled patriotism in the minds of the people with his fiery patriotic songs and writings during the Indian Independence movement. The poet was held in high esteem by Mahatma Gandhi also. The rear of the tableau was designed to showcase a statue of Rani Velu Nachiyar riding a horse with a sword in hand and with women soldiers.

She was the first Indian queen to wage a war with the East India Company in India. She was the queen of Sivagangai region from 1780 to 1790 and blew up an ammunition storage of East India Company by arranging a suicide attack. “She is hailed as Veeramangai’ a brave woman,” the Chief Minister explained in the letter.

Marudhupandiyar brothers (known as Maruthu brothers) offered protection to Queen Velu Nachiyar and helped her to win the war against the East India Company and win back Sivagangai. “They also became Kings of Sivagangai and later were executed by the East India Company. The images of Maruthupandiyars are proposed to be depicted in the tableaux,” the Chief Minister said and added that V O Chidambaranar, Maha Kavi, Veeramangai Velu Nachiyar and Maruthu brothers are some of the several freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu.

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