North East Crafts Fair attracts Mangaloreans

March 8, 2012

Mangalore, March 8: A 'North East Crafts Fair' has underway in the city providing an exposure of variety of artistic handloom products and handicrafts collections produced by crafts persons from North Eastern States.

The 13-day long exhibition-cum-sale was inaugurated by Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel in the premises of Hotel Woodlands on Wednesday.

The Fair is being organized by the Ministry for Development of North Eastern Region Government of India, in association with the North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corporation Limited.

About 150 crafts persons from eight North Eastern States practicing in different crafts are displaying their crafts objects and also giving live demonstration of a few selected crafts in the Fair.

According to a press release issued by the organisers stated that the objectives of the exhibition are to promote sales of handicrafts and handlooms, to increase awareness in favour of handlooms and handicrafts, to expose crafts persons and weavers to the outside market, to launch new products/designs for trial and promotion and to eradicate the Intermediary / Middleman in handlooms and handicrafts sector.

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‘Nothing for Karnataka’: DKS slams Union Budget, flags Bengaluru neglect

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February 1,2026

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday criticised the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming it offered no tangible benefit to the state.

Though he said he was yet to study the budget in detail, Shivakumar asserted that Karnataka had gained little from it. “There is no benefit for our state from the central budget. I was observing it. They have now named a programme after Mahatma Gandhi, after repealing the MGNREGA Act that was named after him,” he said.

Speaking to reporters here, the Deputy Chief Minister demanded the restoration of MGNREGA, and made it clear that the newly enacted rural employment scheme — VB-G RAM G — which proposes a 60:40 fund-sharing formula between the Centre and the states, would not be implemented in Karnataka.

“I don’t see any major share for our state in this budget,” he added.

Shivakumar, who also holds charge of Bengaluru development, said there were high expectations for the city from the Union Budget. “The Prime Minister calls Bengaluru a ‘global city’, but what has the Centre done for it?” he asked.

He also drew attention to the problems faced by sugar factories, particularly those in the cooperative sector, alleging a lack of timely decisions and support from the central government.

Noting that the Centre has the authority to fix the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, Shivakumar said the Union government must take concrete steps to protect farmers’ interests.

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