Karnataka is competing for investments globally, not with other states: DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Feb 14 (PTI): Hailing the success of Invest Karnataka-2025 summit as a reflection of Karnataka's strength, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said that the state is not competing for investments with other states or cities in India, but is competing at a global level.
Speaking at the valedictory event of the summit at Palace Grounds, he said, "We are not competing among the states in the country. We are not competing with Chennai (Tamil Nadu) or Kerala or Telangana -- Hyderabad or Gujarat or anything. Karnataka and Bengaluru is competing globally. That's our strength."
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, former Prime Minister of Greece, George A Papandreou, Union Minister of State for Railways & Jal Shakti V Somanna, Large & Medium Industries Minister M B Patil, and a host of ministers in the state cabinet were among those present in the event.
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Noting that several investment agreements have been signed over the last four days, the Deputy CM said, "The investors can believe in Karnataka, it never fails. You heard industrialists Sajjan Jindal and Anand Mahindra sharing their success story and singing praise for the state."
"Investing in Karnataka is investing for the future. Investing in Karnataka is in the interest of businesses and the country. We aim to develop not just Bengaluru, but other parts of the state as well -- Beyond Bengaluru".
"Our state is taking giant strides in aerospace and other industries. MSMEs are a big strength for Karnataka," he said, adding that Aerospace parts, including the ones used for space programmes of the country are made in Peenya Industrial area here.
Pointing out that the industries and institutions which started during former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's time have grown to become giants today, Shivakumar said, large corporations from other countries and India have come to Karnataka reposing faith in our policies and business environment. The new industrial policy encourages investment in other regions of the state as well.
"Karnataka has announced a new tourism policy under the leadership of H K Patil. The new policy envisages developing 300 km of coastal zone while preserving historic places in the region," he added.
Highlighting that it was late Chief Minister SM Krishna who started the concept of investors meet for the first time in the country, the Deputy CM said, the Global Investors Meet is a formal platform for investors to invest in the state. However, the state is open for business all through the year.
"We are always available to assist and serve you. The team led by M B Patil has done a good job to make this event successful. Congratulations to all those who were involved in the successful completion of Invest Karnataka 2025," he added.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
