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Forest department
claims land cultivated by poor families:
Deputy Commissioner L K Ateeq has promised to retain the
land at S.N. 42 Tirupathi Halli for the poor Families who
were cultivating it for the last several years. It is now
being taken over by the forest department. Responding to
the suggestion of G Puttaswamy Gowda, MP, he said it was
difficult to get the forestland for any other purpose, but
"I have talked with the divisional forest officer to
spare this land for the poor Lambada families who are
depending entirely on it for livelihood.
Pratibha Puraskar
awards given:
Students should cultivate competitive spirit in all
aspects, said Ramesh, Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Hole Narasipur. Speaking after distributing Pratibha
Puraskar at the Vasavi Charitable Trust function, he said
students should try hard to acquire merit. He distributed
awards and prizes to merit students. K. G. Surendra Gupta,
trust president, Vishwanatha Reddy, A. G. Ramanath, Prabhu
Kumar, Balaji and others spoke.
KSRTC dues to revenue
dept:
The KSRTC has to pay Rs 34,000 to the revenue department
at Arkalgud since it has acquired land, which belongs to
the department for the purpose of bus stand extension. But
the KSRTC authorities did not sanction the required amount
for a long time and hence the bus station extension work
has not yet started. Sensing the importance of this land,
Arkalgud legislator A Manju donated the required amount in
the name of his mother, late Mayamma, and got the land
registered in favour of KSRTC. He also performed bhoomi
pooja after the transfer of land. Speaking to media
persons at Arkalgud, he said the work would be done on a
war footing and completed within a week. All buses will be
operated from this bus stand, he said. "MP G
Puttaswamy Gowda has contributed Rs 10 lakh and I have
contributed Rs 5 lakh from my legislator's fund"
Manju said.
ABVP to observe
Demands Day:
The Akhila Bharateeya Vidyarthi Parishath, ABVP has
decided to observe September 26 as Demands Day said
Vishwanatha Pai, state secretary. He told media persons
that the Government has failed to fulfill the requirements
of the students and the unemployed educated in the
country. Shikshanadalli Parivarthane and Udyogavakasha is
our main demand and a massive rally at New Delhi will be
held on November 26 with one-lakh student demonstrators
and a signature campaign will conduct from September 1 to
20 to secure ten lakh signatures, he said. The Government
should also stop the educational trade by the private
institutions right from pre primary classes. He said that
the ABVP supports the cause of the private educational
institutions, but was against the indefinite bandh.
HUDA chief promises
new road for pedestrians from villages:
B K Manjunath, chairman, Hassan Urban Development
Authority, has promised to construct a proper road behind
the pravasi mandir and CSI Institution for the benefit of
rural people who want to reach the government hospital,
DC, AC offices and courts on foot, avoiding the present
circuitous route. Manjunath said the present road was
through either A. V. K. College road or Narasimharaja
circle and the new road would make it directly accessible
to the court and hospital. The CSI authorities had closed
the road about six years ago. He requested the police
authorities to keep an eye on the pedestrian path, as
there were reports of anti-social elements harassing
ladies.
New IT courses to be
introduced:
The All-India Council for Technical Education has given
permission to the Bahubali Engineering College in
Shravanabelagola to start an Information Technology course
from this academic year. Half of the 30 seats allotted
will be filled by the CET and the remaining 15 by the
management, said the principal. The college, which caters
to the needs of the rural students, offers communication,
mechanical, industrial production etc.,
Journalists' forum
condemns police action:
The District Working Journalists' Association has strongly
condemned the action of the Sakleshpur police who arrested
the editors of "Janadeepa" a daily from Hassan
at Sakleshpur recently. The association, which held a
meeting on Friday noon at Pravasi Mandir, took serious
exception to the manner in which the police had taken
action against the editor. The article published in the
said paper was not provocative and there was no necessity
for the police action against the newspaper.
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