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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
 Coastal Karnataka and parts of the Western Ghats will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours. The meteorological department issued a warning on Wednesday, alerting people that there'll be heavy rainfall in these areas, as much as 15 cms in some parts.
"The pressure gradient is increasing across the west coast so we can expect very heavy rainfall. The wind speed could also be very high. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Madikeri , Hassan, Shimoga , Mandya and other surrounding areas will be affected," said A Muthuchami, met office director.
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
R Suresh, chief secretary for Karnataka food processing and technology department, said that the state government in its financial plan has approved six more food parks apart from four food parks that are at various stages of completion in different places in the state.
Speaking about the state government's plan, Suresh said, "Among four food processing units under construction, the park at Malur is in final stages of completion and will be inaugurated soon. The park at Malur would process vegetables, fruits and pulses such as potatoes, mangoes and tur dal." Last year, when the Mofpi was celebrating "Food Safety & Quality Year," the Karnataka government decided to set up four mega food parks in Bagalkot, Malur, Hiriyur and Jevargi districts of the state. |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
 As many as 24 mega projects with total estimated investment of Rs 10,958 crore were cleared by Karnataka’s state high level clearance committee at a meeting chaired by chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday.
The projects when implemented are expected to provide direct employment to over 60,000 people with huge indirect employment generation potential.
Bangalore is expected to have another five-star hotel with clearance granted to Trishul Developers to build a five-star hotel and service apartment at a cost of Rs 119.31 crore. Proposals for building a luxury hotel and service apartment by City View Bangalore Properties Pvt Limited at a cost of Rs 971 crore and also for setting up a luxury hotel in Bangalore Rural District at a cost of Rs 51.75 crore and a resort in Uttara Kannada district at a cost of Rs 100 crore were also cleared.
The SHLCC meeting attended by several cabinet ministers, including Karnataka’s large and medium industries minister Murugesh Nirani and tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy, comprise of four projects to set up iron and steel units involving a total investment of Rs 3,000.47 crore.
A 435-mw thermal plant being set up by Chennai-based Surana Power Ltd at a cost of Rs.2,398 crore in Raichur and two wind power projects with a capacity of 24 mw in Belgaum and 10 mwin Gadag districts respectively were also cleared. |
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 |
 The former Union Law Minister, Hans Raj Bhardwaj, was appointed Governor of Karnataka on Wednesday, a Rashtrapati Bhavan press communiqué said.
Mr. Bhardwaj replaces Rameshwar Thakur, who has been appointed Madhya Pradesh Governor for his remaining tenure. Mr. Thakur replaces Balram Jakhar, whose term ends on June 30.
Mr. Thakur was first appointed Governor on November 17, 2004. In 2006, he was shifted to Andhra Pradesh and later to Karnataka in 2007. |
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Monday, 22 June 2009 |
The Centre is likely to set up 43 new polytechnics in the state, according to sources in the department of technical education. It has sought financial assistance from the World Bank for the promotion of technical education in the country. The World Bank has stipulated the number of technical institutions that should be set up in the country for extending financial assistance.
Hence, the Centre plans to set up polytechnics with cent per cent funding.
The number of polytechnics the Centre will set up in each state will be equal to the number of polytechnics set up by the respective state governments, since 2008-09.
The Karnataka government has set up 21 polytechnics in 2008-09 and announced that 22 polytechnics would be set up in 2009-10.
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