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REVANNA RELEASES CDS ON MEDICAL JOB SCAM

Hassan Medical college AO issues cheques only to be dishonoured

Bangalore, Sept. 2 (MRS& KMS)- After a lull of nearly three years, the era of CDs exposing corruption has begun in the State politics again.

It was the then MLC G. Janardhan Reddy, during the regime of Kumaraswamy-led coalition government, who released CDs of the then Forest Minister Chennigappa allegedly accepting a cash of Rs. 350 crore which rocked the political circles those days. It was H.D. Revanna, Leader of JD(S) group in the State Assembly, who came out with CDs and cheques allegedly pertaining to the Medical college recruitment scandal at his Chambers in Vidhana Soudha here this morning.

Revanna alleged that the personal assistants of Principal and Dean of Hassan Medical College and also the personal assistant of Medical Education Minister Ramachandregowda had allegedly collected bribes from job aspirants and returned the same when they could not give them jobs as promised.

Revanna alleged that the Minister’s son Sapthagirigowda was also involved in the scam. He alleged that the Police in Hassan refused to accept a complaint against Sapthagirigowda by a duped job aspirant.

In one of the CDs released by Revanna, two persons are seen handing over cash to those aspirants who could not get jobs. It was in front of a medical store in Hassan that the two persons were seen handing over cash.

Revanna alleged that the two persons, agents of Hassan Medical College Pr...more

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PRIVATE INDUSTRIES TO MANUFACTURE DEFENCE NEEDS, INCLUDING WEAPONS

By Jagadish Prasad

Mysore, Sept. 2 - "A country's defence depends on production of defence equipments and with a resurgent Indian economy, the time is ripe for Indian industry to tap the vast potential of defence manufacturing," said Maj. Gen. Gautham Moorthy, Additional Director and Col. Commandant, Ordnance Services Directorate, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, here today.

Maj. Gen. Moorthy was speaking as the guest of honour at the Buyer-Seller Meet organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Southern Region, at Hotel Sandesh The Prince here.

Referring to Kelkar Committee Report's recommendation for inclusion of private sector defence manufacturing, he said that Indian defence forces would have to be self-sufficient in the production of arms, armaments and other support services in order to be totally self-reliant.

He said, "Indian defence services would from now on buy Indian arms, buy the best and at the cheapest possible price."

Elaborating on the process of becoming a Defence Industry Contractor, Maj.Gen. Moorthy gave a powerpoint presentation of various rules and regulations pertaining to becoming a defence supplier. He al...more

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