Bidar got a industrial cluster.

North Karnataka gets two more industrial clusters



Here's good news for North Karnataka industry. The central government has approved two industrial clusters, in Hubli-Dharwad and Bidar and these projects will be implemented shortly.

D Chandrashekhar, director, MSME-Development Institute, Hubli told TOI, "The Union ministry of micro and small and medium enterprises has already approved the Automobile Service Cluster in Bidar and the Heat Treatment and General Engineering Cluster in Hubli-Dharwad will soon be approved."

source:http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-02/hubli/37389356_1_industrial-clusters-hubli-dharwad-bidar

Inter-university sports meet begins in Bidar

Aravind Kumar, Deputy Director-General (Education), Indian Council of Agriculture Research, has said that the council will support sports and cultural activities of students in farm universities.

“ICAR suggests activities and provides funds to universities and colleges in agriculture and allied fields. This is part of a bigger process of character building,” he said after inaugurating the 14th All-India inter agriculture universities sports meet at the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) grounds.

He said the ICAR had funded the creation of sports infrastructure in agriculture universities in the country.

Aravind Jannu, principal secretary, animal husbandry and fisheries, said there were no losers in sports meets. “You win every time because your spirit helps you stretch yourself beyond your physical limits,” he said.

C. Renuka Prasad, Vice-Chancellor, KVAFSU, sought additional funds from the ICAR for developing the indoor stadium and sporting facilities in the university.

P.C. Jaffer, Deputy Commissioner, was present.

As many as 1,750 sportspersons with 471 girls from 43 farm universities are participating in seven events in the four-day meet.

B.V. Patil, Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Raichur; Vishalakshi Karaddi, Shankare Gowda, and Mukund Verma, KVAFSU board of management members; H. R.V. Reddy, director, student welfare; H. M. Jayaprakash, registrar; and S.M. Usturge, dean, Bidar college, were present.

• The event being is held at Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University grounds
• ‘ICAR will release funds for sports and cultural events in agricultural varsities’

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/interuniversity-sports-meet-begins-in-bidar/article4483529.ece

Karnataka not neglected in rail budget: Kharge

‘It has received a fair share of new projects and trains’

Union Labour and Employment Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge has rejected the charge that there was nothing much for Karnataka in the Railway Budget.

The State has received a fair share of new projects and trains, the Minister said.

Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Mr. Kharge said out of the 22 new rail lines sanctioned, three were in Karnataka, including the new link between Wadi and Gadag, which would connect Hyderabad Karnataka and Mumbai Karnataka.

Incidentally, this is the longest of the sanctioned rail lines, covering a distance of 253 km. Over Rs. 2,000 crore would be invested in the project.

The ball was now in the State government’s court. It had to provide land to the Railways for work to begin.

On the demand to make the Solapur–Yeshwantpur Express, passing through Gulbarga, a daily service, the Minister said there was some confusion on the issue.

Inadvertently, another train running between Solapur–Yeshwantpur, passing through Bagalkot, had been made a daily service. However, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had promised to resolve the matter soon, Mr. Kharge added.

On the Gulbarga–Bidar rail line, Mr. Kharge said Rs. 25 crore had been allocated for the project for 2013–14.
The Minister said the Union Government had sanctioned one more Eklavya Model Residential School, to be established at a cost of Rs. 16 crore in Yadgir district, during 2013–14.

The school would provide quality education to students from the Scheduled Tribes in remote areas.

source:http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-not-neglected-in-rail-budget-kharge/article4469557.ece