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It will be a `friendly budget': Yediyurappa

BANGALORE: Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has said the State Budget 2007-08, which he will present on March 16, will be a "poor and middle-class friendly" one, without any additional tax burden.

Speaking at the function to launch the Suryanagar and Kengeri projects of the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB), Mr. Yediyurappa said the Budget, which will be his second, would disappoint his critics who have been making light of the Government's efforts to address the problems of the poor even while ensuring allocation for developmental projects.

He urged the KHB to acquire 600 acres of land on the outskirts of Bangalore to provide housing for the poor.

— Staff Reporter

Uniform language policy sought

BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Private School Managements' Federation on Tuesday announced that it would hold a State-level conference on March 10 to discuss issues related to education. The conference would urge the State Government to bring about a uniform language policy. Till such a decision was taken, all derecognised schools should be allowed to function, M.A. Anand, president of the federation, said.

According to a Government directive, about 2,000 schools started after 1994 have been derecognised for violating the language policy and teaching in English. — Staff Reporter

Derecognition of colleges condemned

BANGALORE: The All-India Students Federation (AISF) has condemned the Visvesvaraya Technological University's move to derecognise four engineering colleges because of lack of basic facilities.

According to AISF State secretary Maheshkumar Rathod, the move has affected the future of nearly 1,500 students and immediate action must be taken to accommodate them in other colleges for the rest of the academic year. "If not, they must allow the colleges to run at least for this academic year," he said at a press conference here on Tuesday.

"Since the VTU is responsible for this mess, its Vice-Chancellor must resign and an inquiry must be conducted into the corrupt practices of the VTU," he said. — Staff Reporter

Prisoner on parole commits suicide

TUMKUR: A prisoner on parole committed suicide in his house at Kandikere in Tumkur district on Tuesday. The police said Muniyappa, 40, reportedly consumed poison.

In 2004, the Tumkur District Sessions Court sentenced Muniyappa, his father, Govindaiah, and his mother, Suvarnamma, to seven years' imprisonment for murdering his wife, Gayatri, in 1996 for dowry. Govindaiah and Suvarnamma are in jail in Bangalore.

The police said Muniyappa was on a month's parole, and he committed suicide on the day he was scheduled to report back to jail in Bangalore.

The police have registered a case. — Staff Correspondent

Funds sought for sheep rearing

BANGALORE: The Karnataka Sheep Rearing and Wool Producers Cooperative Society Credit Federation has urged the Government to earmark substantial funds in the budget for supporting sheep rearing and wool production.

President of the federation Anne Gowda told presspersons here on Tuesday that in the north Karnataka region alone over four lakh families depending on sheep rearing and wool production were in trouble because of the drought and poor rainfall. — Staff Reporter

Chief Minister to visit Hassan

HASSAN: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will visit Hassan and Arsikere on March 9.

According to sources, he will arrive in Hassan by helicopter and lay the foundation stone for a garment manufacturing unit on the Hassan-Holenarsipur Road. He will then proceed to Arsikere and lay the foundation stone for various development projects worth Rs. 100 crore. — Staff Correspondent

Death condoled

HASSAN: The Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti State leader K. Earappa has condoled the death of State convener N. Shivanna, who was State general secretary of the BSP, who passed away recently in Bangalore. Through a message here on Tuesday, Mr. Earappadescribed Shivanna as a committed leader who fought for the welfare of Dalits throughout his career.

— Staff Correspondent

Youth murdered

BELLARY: A youth was murdered in Medar Bazaar on Sirguppa Road in the city on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Umesh. A case has been registered in the Cowl Bazar police Station . — Staff Correspondent

Two drown

HAVERI: Two members of a group of four Holi revellers who had gone for a swim in the Tungabhadra at Haranagiri in Haveri district were washed away on Monday evening. The police gave the names of the victims as Prashanth Pandurang Tambe (19) and Somanagouda Basanagouda Patil (20) of Ranebenur. The bodies of the victims are yet to be recovered. — Staff Correspondent

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