CM announces financial aid of Rs. five lakh to Mangaluru Journalist who succumbed to Dengue
Mangaluru: Karnataka CM Yediyurappa on Monday announced a compensation of Rs. Five lakh to the family of Mangaluru Journalist Nagesh Padu who succumbed to dengue last month.
Srinivas Nayak Indaje, President of Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalist Association had request the CM who was visiting the District to survey flood-hit regions in the District, to provide financial support to the family of Nagesh.
Responding immediately to the request CM Yediyurappa announced compensation of Rs. Five lakh to the family.
Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Belthangadi MLA Harish Poonja, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil and others were present on the occasion.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
