Mangaluru, Jan 23: The Congress government in Karnataka has implemented all the five guarantees it had promised before the elections, proving that the party believes in the concept of Ram Rajya, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Tuesday.

Addressing a Janata Darshan programme at Sullia, Rao, who is also Dakshina Kannada district-incharge minister, said the government’s schemes are aimed at empowering people by providing justice for all sections of society.

He said all the guarantees were implemented within a specific time frame and the benefits are reaching the common man, unemployed youth and women, who are the beneficiaries.

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Rao said the government is currently spending Rs 38,000 crore for executing the guarantee schemes and it will be increased to Rs 58,000 crore next year.

The memoranda received through the Janata Darshan programmes of ministers will be forwarded to officials who have been asked to process them without delay. The district deputy commissioners will be asked to submit a follow-up report on the action taken on the people’s grievances, the minister said.

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Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.

A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.

He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.

During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.

Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.

As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.