Bengaluru: Filling up the key posts vacancy in the State Legislature, the BJP top brass on Monday appointed former Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary as the Opposition Leader in the Legislative Council. The post was vacant for the past eight months and this is the third time that Poojary is occupying the post. He had earlier…
Deen Dayal Student Hostel to come up in city: Minister
September 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Social Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that a Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hostel for accommodating over a thousand students from Backward communities will soon come up in the city. He was speaking after inaugurating the second-day programme of the nine-day ‘Modi Yug Utsav-2022’ event organised under the leadership of KR MLA S.A. Ramdas marking…
Karnataka mulls appointment of Agniveers as PE teachers
June 24, 2022Udupi: Karnataka Social Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on Thursday said the State Government is planning to accommodate Agniveers as Physical Education (PE)-teachers-cum-warden posts in residential schools run by the Backward Classes and Social Welfare Departments. This step comes in the wake of the Central Government offering a bunch of support steps to accommodate Agniveers…
1,000-bed hostels to come up in every city
April 9, 2022Scheme to be named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya: Minister Mysore/Mysuru: Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the State Government has planned to set up a 1,000-bed hostel complex for students in every city across the State in the name of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya to promote education. “Many students from…
Five Govt. Hostels to provide better learning ecosystem
April 8, 2022Ministers inaugurate new buildings at Gangothri Layout, Vasanthanagar By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when students shy away from Backward Classes Welfare Department Hostels due to the normal dismal conditions there, the same Department in Mysuru has transformed the concept of hostels and has so far provided well-equipped hostels for both boys and…
Minister warns against creating fake documents for grabbing land
December 19, 2021Belagavi: Even as a case of grabbing land belonging to Dalits has been reported from Mandya, Social Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has warned of criminal action against those trying to grab lands by creation of fake documents concerning Dalit Land Ownership Plan. Replying to a question by Y.A. Narayanaswamy during question hour in the…
New hostel building in city to come up at Rs. 9.89 crore
December 19, 2021Belagavi: Social Welfare Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said that the Social Welfare Department will build a new hostel building in Mysuru city at a cost of Rs.9.89 crore. Replying to a question by Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra during the ongoing Legislature session at Belagavi on Wednesday, Poojary said that the Social Welfare Department has received…
Govt. yet to receive caste census report: Minister
August 24, 2021Udupi: Minister for Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare Kota Srinivas Poojary on Monday said that the Government will take a final decision on releasing the caste-based socio-economic census report once the report is submitted by the State Backward Classes Commission. Speaking to media he said that earlier when in Opposition in the Legislative Council,…
Minister Poojary wants medical team to take care of Covid patients in home isolation
May 7, 2021Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary has instructed officials to form medical teams to take care of Covid patients in home isolation as over 85.70 percent of patients in the district are in home isolation. Presiding over a meeting of experts here on Thursday in the backdrop of the rising Covid cases…
Saptapadi mass marriage will go on as per guidelines: Minister Poojary
March 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Minister for Ports and Fisheries and Muzrai was at Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill in city this morning apparently to attend the District Dharmika Parishat meeting. But instead of the meeting, the Minister headed straight to the Temple, performed rituals and addressed reporters. He said that mass marriages organised under the…
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