City to get India's first 3D planetarium shortly

July 7, 2012

Mangalore, July 7: Space enthusiasts in the city will soon get a chance to view exo-planets and galaxies situated outside our solar system as State government will set up India's first 3-dimenstion planetarium of 18-metre diameter soon.

This was announced here in a press release by N. Yogish Bhat, Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and Mangalore South MLA. He said it would be modelled on the planetarium in places such as Hong Kong and Macau.

He said the State Cabinet had approved the decision and work would start soon. It would be an added attraction for tourists and students. The planetarium which would be a source of information and entertainment would be named after Swami Vivekananda whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated.

He said the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had released Rs. 11 crore for the project and the Cabinet had approved an additional Rs. 13.5 crore for high-end technology. He has thanked Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Information and Technology Principal Secretary M.N. Vidyashankar for the approval granted to the project.

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Karkala Theme Park scam: Sculptor arrested over fake bronze statue

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November 11,2024

Udupi, Nov 11: The Karkala town police in Udupi have arrested Krishna Naik, the sculptor responsible for installing a 33-foot Parashurama statue at Umikkal Hill in Bailur, Karkala taluk.

Naik, the owner of Krish Art World and a resident of Bengaluru's Visvesvaraya Layout, was apprehended in Mahe, part of the Union Territory of Puducherry, for allegedly substituting a look-alike statue in place of a genuine bronze figure at the Parashurama Theme Park in Karkala.

Udupi Superintendent of Police Dr. Arun K confirmed the arrest, stating that Naik faces charges under Sections 420 (cheating) and 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code.

This legal action followed a complaint lodged in June by Krishna Shetty, a resident of Nallur village, Karkala. Shetty claimed that Naik had received a payment of ₹1,25,50,000 from Udupi Nirmithi Kendra for the installation of a bronze Parashurama statue. However, Naik allegedly deceived the government by installing a replica instead.

The statue was unveiled on January 27, 2023, by then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has since ordered a CID investigation to probe deeper into the alleged fraud surrounding the statue's installation at the theme park.

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