Minister Patil assures 20 acres for Kaynes Technologies’ expansion in Karnataka
Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries M B Patil on Wednesday visited the units of Kaynes Technologies and Cyient DLM located in the Hebbal Industrial Area here.
During the visit, the minister held discussions with the senior management of both companies and urged them to expand their investments in Karnataka, assuring that the government would swiftly provide land and other necessary facilities, officials said.
Speaking on the occasion, Patil said leading electronics manufacturer Kaynes Technologies had sought 20 acres of land to expand its unit in Chamarajanagar. "The adjoining land is currently classified for non-industrial use, which will be sorted out to enable the required allotment," he said.
Operating across seven states, the company should further strengthen its presence and investments in Karnataka, the minister added.
Patil further announced that the company would invest Rs 1,500 crore in the Chamarajanagar district by next year. It also plans to build a hostel facility to accommodate 3,000 employees, he said.
According to a statement from Patil's office, Kaynes Technologies—established in 1988 with just 70 employees—is headquartered in Mysuru and now employs more than 700 people.
The company serves key sectors including railways, IT, medical devices, automotive, aerospace, and defence.
Overall, it provides employment to around 1,500 people and caters to more than 250 client organisations across 26 countries spanning three continents, the statement said.
During the visit, Patil suggested that Kaynes Technologies consider setting up a printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing unit at the Mulawada Industrial Area in Vijayapura, where there is abundant power and water availability. "Such initiatives will also promote industrial decentralisation," he said.
Patil also noted that land was available for industries in KGF and encouraged Kaynes to explore opportunities there as well.
The minister later visited Cyient DLM, another reputed electronics manufacturing company, and reviewed its facilities.
Senior executives of Cyient DLM briefed him on the company’s advanced design capabilities, digital twin creation, and long-term technological collaborations, the statement 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".
