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Govt to auction excess land near International Airport

Bangalore, Mar 8: Karnataka cabinet today decided to auction 408 acres excess land acquired for the Bangalore International Airport near Devanahalli to realise over Rs 2000 crores.

Briefing newsmen after the cabinet meeting here, Medical Education Minister V S Acharya said land would be offered in public auction in lots of 50 acres and 25 acres It would also issue guidelines for utility aspects to the prospective buyers keeping in view the air space safety, he clarified.

He said the cabinet also cleared the wine policy on the lines of one existed in Maharashtra. The cabinet also decided to encourage production of Fenny and Neera.

The cabinet also cleared a proposal to construct 20 helipads in various places across the state besides five airports at Gulbarga, Raichur, Mysore, Hassan, Shimoga and Kushalanagara, Mr Acharya added.

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Topics: cabinet, airports

K'taka: Cong seeks warring ministers' dismissal

Bangalore, May 18: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary and party spokesperson V S Ugrappa demanded Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to sack three of his cabinet colleagues who had indulged in mudslinging against each other on the issue of release of tree sapplings to Vanasamvardhana trust.Addressing presspersons here today, he said that allegations made by Forest Minister against two other ministers had brought disrespect to the democratic set up and violated the rules of conduct in maintaining the.....
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