Tag: Karnataka
Karnataka gives nod to 78 industrial projects worth Rs 5,298.69 cr...
BENGALURU:
The State Industries and Commerce Department has cleared a total of 78 investment proposals worth Rs 5,298.69 crore promising 13,917 jobs. At the State...
Aviation veteran’s tweet on Bangalore, Dubai metro stations elicits mixed reactions
NEW DELHI:
Aviation veteran Sanjiv Kapoor's tweet comparing metro stations of Bangalore and Dubai metro stations has created a flutter, attracting mixed responses from social...
India to host 2023 SAFF Championships in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
The 2023 edition of the SAFF Championship, South Asia's marquee international tournament, will be held in Bengaluru from June 21 to July 3, the...
Karnataka Governor Gehlot distributes artificial limbs to 593 people with disabilities
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Sunday distributed artificial limbs and calipers to 593 people here. The persons with disabilities who got the artificial...
Autorickshaw drivers to go on strike in Bengaluru tomorrow against ‘illegal’...
BENGALURU:
Autorickshaw drivers in Bengaluru will go on a strike on Monday in protest against private bike taxi aggregators functioning in the city.
According to Adarsh...
Rahul Gandhi to visit Karnataka to kickstart Congress’ poll campaign tomorrow
BENGALURU:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will embark on a day's visit to poll-bound Karnataka on Monday to attend the 'Yuvakranti Samavesha' in Belagavi, the party...
Home Ministry Starts Eviction And Sale Of Enemy Properties
NEW DELHI:
The Union Home Ministry has started the process for eviction and sale of enemy properties, the immovable assets left behind by people who...
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai to launch Swami Vivekananda Yuvashakti scheme on...
BENGALURU:
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will launch the self-employment scheme known as Swami Vivekananda Yuvashakti Sangha scheme on March 23. The Chief Minister on Sunday...
PM Modi has changed India’s political culture: JP Nadda
NEW DELHI:
Before 2014, India was associated with wrong attributes, but today Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the political culture of the country, BJP...
30 passengers from Colombo mistakenly dropped off at domestic arrivals of...
BENGALURU:
In a significant security lapse at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, 30 passengers who arrived from Colombo were mistakenly dropped at the...
Uncertainty looms over constituency from where Siddaramaiah will contest in Assembly...
BENGALURU:
Uncertainty looms over the constituency from which senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah will be contesting the upcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, with the party still undecided...
Lord Ram idol: Huge rock from Karkala in Karnataka sent to...
MANGALURU:
A huge rock has been dispatched from Karkala in Udupi district of Karnataka to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh for the construction of the idol...
Bengaluru: Man arrested for smoking on Indigo flight
BENGALURU:
The man identified as Shahari Choudary was traveling from Assam to Bengaluru on an Indigo flight.
According to the airport police, the arrested person has...
BJP is focusing on inclusive development, while Cong is busy repackaging...
BENGALURU:
BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday said, while his party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was focusing on all round and...
Ahead of K’taka assembly polls, Nadda holds roadshow in Tumakuru
TUMAKURU:
A head of Karnataka assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda held a roadshow in Tumakuru on Saturday. BJP leader and...
76 samples of new Covid variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG...
NEW DELHI:
A total of 76 samples of COVID-19's XBB.1.16 variant have been found which might be behind the recent rise of cases in the...
Karnataka polls: Cong’s first list of candidates on Ugadi, says Siddaramaiah
BENGALURU:
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party's first list of candidates for the Assembly polls, which is likely by May, will be...
BS Yediyurappa was made to resign, says Karnataka Congress MLA Priyank...
NEW DELHI:
Karnataka Congress MLA Priyank Kharge said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has no credible face in the southern state so they have...
Clash breaks out between BJP, Congress workers in Bengaluru; FIR lodged
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Police has lodged Workers of Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers clashed at a ground in Govindrajnagar constituency in Bengaluru on Friday....
Karnataka CM Bommai announces release of Rs 5 cr for development...
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced the release of Rs 5 crore for the development of Allamaprabhu's birthplace. Speaking after unveiling the...
India aims Rs 24 lakh cr electronics manufacturing capability by 2026:...
NEW DELHI:
The government aims to increase electronics manufacturing capability to Rs 24 lakh crore by 2025-26, which will also help create over 10 lakh...
Studio owned by Karnataka Minister plans movie on Vokkaliga chieftains who...
BENGALURU:
A film studio owned by film producer-turned-politician and Horticulture Minister Munirathna is said to be contemplating making a movie on Uri Gowda and Nanje...
3 people injured after explosion caused by gas leak in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Three people were injured following an explosion caused by a gas leak at a couple of houses in HSR layout, a residential area here,...
IED expert of JMB terror group awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment in...
NEW DELHI:
A Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorist who is an expert in fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has been sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment...
Karnataka to stop Maharashtra’s health insurance scheme in 865 border villages:...
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said his government would take measures to stop the Maharashtra government from offering its health insurance scheme...
Bengaluru honoured with global award for tobacco control efforts
BENGALURU:
Bengaluru is among five global cities that have been recognised for achievements in preventing non communicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, with the Indian tech...
Amid rise in Covid cases, Centre asks 6 states to take...
Karnataka has reported an increase in weekly cases from 493 to 604 during the period. The state reported a positivity rate of 2.77 per...
Journalist Dhanya Rajendran to receive Chameli Devi Jain Award 2022
NEW DELHI:
Dhanya Rajendran of The News Minute has been declared the winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson for...
“Unnecessary politicisation” behind protests against toll collection: Karnataka CM
BENGALURU:
Citing ''unnecessary politicisation'' as the reason behind the protests against toll collection on newly opened Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday...
Truecaller opens its first exclusive India office in Bengaluru, can host...
BENGALURU:
Caller ID verification platform Truecaller on Thursday announced the opening of its first exclusive office space outside of Sweden, in Bengaluru.
The office was inaugurated...
Bengaluru honoured with USD 150,000 global award for tobacco control efforts
LONDON/NEWYORK:
Bengaluru is among five global cities that have been recognised for achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries, with the Indian tech city’s...
Karnataka Assembly polls: Congress panel likely to meet on March 17...
BENGALURU:
The Congress Central Election Committee will meet in the national capital on March 17, Friday, to pick the candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly...
Commercial tax officials raid properties linked to Karnataka BJP MLC
BENGALURU:
Commercial Tax department officials have raided the residence and office of BJP MLC and former Minister R Shankar at Ranebennur here.
During the raid on...
UIDAI makes Aadhaar document update facility online free till June 14
NEW DELHI:
The Unique Identification Authority of India has made document update facility online for Aadhaar free till June 14, an official statement said on...
ISRO readies OneWeb satellites for March 26 launch
NEW DELHI:
ISRO is all set to launch 36 low earth orbit satellites for UK-based OneWeb later this month that will complete its first-generation constellation...
Railway TTE suspended for misbehaving with woman passenger in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Days after a railway travel ticket examiner (TTE) was held for allegedly urinating on a passenger on a train bound from Kolkata to Amritsar,...
Competition among BJP ticket aspirants natural for a winning party: Karnataka...
BENGALURU:
Amid reports that the BJP's many ticket aspirants in various constituencies for the upcoming Assembly election are in stiff competition with each other, Karnataka...
Protests as toll collection begins on newly opened Bengaluru-Mysuru highway
RAMANAGARA:
Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, several outfits staged protests at a toll plaza near here on Tuesday, opposing...
Puneeth Rajkumar’s ‘Gandhadagudi-Journey of A True Hero’ to premiere on Prime...
MUMBAI:
Prime Video on Tuesday announced documentary-feature ''GG: Gandhadagudi – Journey of A True Hero'', starring Puneeth Rajkumar, will premiere on Friday on the late...
Bengaluru: Body of woman found in drum at railway station
BENGALURU:
The body of an unidentified woman was found inside a plastic drum at Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) in Baiyappanahalli in Karnataka's Bengaluru district...
Bengaluru: Congress workers protest against toll collection at Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway, several...
BENGALURU:
Several people were detained by the police on Tuesday, after the Congress party and some pro-Kannada organisations, protested over the toll levied on motorists...
Karnataka a powerhouse of development, says PM Modi
NEW DELHI:
Karnataka is a powerhouse of development and is contributing to the nation in so many sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday,...
London’s Indian-origin Deputy Mayor heads trade mission to Delhi, Bengaluru
LONDON:
The India-born Deputy Mayor of London for Business, Rajesh Agrawal, will arrive in New Delhi on Monday as the head of a four-day trade...
Double engine govt’s consistent effort towards repaying people with interest for...
Double engine govt's consistent effort towards repaying people with interest for their love through fast-paced development:PM in K'taka.
PM Narendra Modi holds mega roadshow in Karnataka’s Mandya, locals shower...
BENGALURU:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a mega road show in the Mandya district of Karnataka on Sunday morning. A huge crowd was seen gathered...
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway today
NEW DELHI:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Karnataka on Sunday to inaugurate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to the nation and will lay the...
Karnataka Assembly polls: Senior citizens, people with disability to get vote-from-home...
BENGALURU:
Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday announced that all senior citizens above 80 and people with disability will get a...
PM Modi to inaugurate Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway tomorrow
BENGALURU:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Karnataka on March 12 where he will dedicate the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway to the nation. The 118...
Karnataka Congress leader R Dhruvanarayana passes away
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)'s working president and former MP R Dhruvanarayana passed away at a hospital in Mysuru on Saturday morning. Doctors at...
Ex-Bengaluru Top Cop Bhaskar Rao Quits AAP, Joins BJP
BENGALURU:
In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Karnataka, its prominent face and former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Wednesday quit the...
