CM announces more sops for coastal region: Minister UT Khader
Maiden Budget of Coalition government
Mangaluru, July 05: Minister UT Khader said that besides continuing all the programmes announced in the previous budget presented by former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy announced few more programmes in the budget presented today.
The Chief Minister has taken a strong decision to waive off the farm loans by maintaining the financial discipline of the state. Waiving off the farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh was a historic decision. Apart from this, the budget has Chief Minister’s Matrusri scheme to give Rs 1000 pension for pregnant women, increase of old age pension under Sandhya Suraksha scheme from Rs 600 to Rs 1000, house construction for the physically challenged as soon as they apply for the houses, earmarking Rs 30 crore fund for giving financial assistance to the poor for major organ transplantations like kidney, liver, heart and others were his major decisions, he said.
The Chief Minister has earmarked Rs 150 crore for repairing the buildings of schools and colleges. Construction of multi-storey complexes in City Corporation limits and other pro-people programmes would help the people. In the previous budget, priority was given for the basic infrastructure in the coastal region. Boat houses in tourist places, floating hotel, well-equipped prison at a cost of Rs 85 crore, barrage construction across Netravati river between Harekala and Adyaru at a cost of Rs 174 crore for irrigation and drinking water purpose were announced in the previous budget. All these programmes would continue in this government also. All the other programmes give to the SC/ST, backward and minority classes would continue. He has appealed for more funds for the development of the coastal region and the CM has responded positively, he said.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
