Tag: Karnataka
Karnataka adds 8 new courses in emerging areas in Polytechnic Diploma...
BENGALURU:
Karnataka government on Thursday began the admission process for the Polytechnic Diploma in the state with 8 newly added courses in emerging areas, and...
Let Cong open ‘Nehru Hookah bar’ at its office, says BJP...
BENGALURU:
On Thursday, reiterating his demand to rename Indira Canteens as 'Annapoorneshwari Canteen,' BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi said, 'let Congress open the...
After ban on bouquets, guard of honour on its way out...
MANGALURU:
After doing away with the practice of giving bouquets, garlands, and memorabilia at government events, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai said on Thursday...
BJP MLA stages protest against party govt in Karnataka
BENGALURU:
Ruling BJP MLA from Mudigere M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday staged a protest accusing his own party's government in Karnataka of neglecting his constituency...
Bengaluru Bommanahalli BJP MLA’s two cars torched
BENGALURU:
Two cars parked outside the Karnataka BJP MLA Satish Reddy’s residence were torched during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday by unidentified miscreants.
Taking...
Come October 2022, zip between Bengaluru and Mysuru in 90 minutes!
Game-changing 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway is being built at a cost of Rs 8,172 crore
BENGALURU:
The country has by and large learnt to ‘adjust’ with the...
Bengaluru kids make up 13.44% of Covid cases in last 10...
BBMP data suggests footloose young adults in the 20-39 age group are turning into Covid-19 super-spreaders
BENGALURU:
Even as fears of a Covid third wave persist,...
BBP invites Bengalureans to ‘feed the elephants’
Programme on World Elephant Day, Aug 12, will help Bengalureans appreciate the need for elephant conservation
BENGALURU:
World Elephant Day is celebrated on August 12 to...
Now, Silicon City a.k.a. Bengaluru gets its own SWAT force
Specially trained cops will keep Bengaluru safe from terror and insurgency threats
BENGALURU:
Finally, the country’s ‘Silicon City’ has its own exclusive SWAT (Special Weapons and...
Bengaluru temples closed to public on week-ends & holidays during Shravana
Covid worries have forced administration to restrict temple entry in Bengaluru during most auspicious month for Hindus
BENGALURU:
As part of the state government’s efforts to...
Karnataka crossed 4 Crore Covid-19 tests: Health Minister
BENGALURU:
Karnataka has tested the third-highest number of COVID-19 samples in the country and has crossed the mark of over 4 Crore tests in the...
No more bouquets at events: BBMP toes Bommai’s line
Gaurav Gupta’s circular says Kannada books will replace bouquets and any BBMP official flouting the rule will face ‘strict action’
BENGALURU:
What the new Chief Minister...
BBMP engineers push Rs 50-crore tenders sans Gupta’s seal
Rs 13-crore road surfacing work already completed sans tenders, alleges ex-BBMP corporator
BENGALURU:
Here’s another classic example of how BBMP engineers couldn’t care less for the...
Prestige Estates Q1 profit jumps to Rs 92.5 cr; co to...
NEW DELHI:
Realty firm Prestige Estates Projects Ltd on Tuesday reported an over four-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 92.5 crore for...
Plan civic works within your means, Bommai tells BBMP
CM’s meeting on Bengaluru development surprisingly leaves out city MLAs
BENGALURU:
Within a fortnight of taking over as the new Karnataka Chief Minister, Basavaraj S Bommai...
Intensify Covid vigil at Karnataka borders, Bommai tells cops
Karnataka CM’s ‘to do’ list for police includes vigil on drug-peddling and the ‘dark web’
BENGALURU:
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has issued a veritable checklist for...
Bengaluru hospital offers Covaxin jab at concessional Rs 1,200
Covaxin, reportedly effective against Delta variant of Covid-19, available at United Hospital, Jayanagar
BENGALURU:
As many as 20,000 doses of Covaxin procured by United Hospital in...
Bommai and bouquets don’t go together!
Karnataka CM disapproves of bouquets, garlands and shawls in the name of protocol
Taking cue from his boss, Karnataka Chief Secretary issues order which says...
Bengaluru Cops arrests Five, Rs 80 crore worth ambergis, antique items...
BENGALURU:
A five-member gang has been arrested and banned marine substance ambergris or floating gold worth Rs 80 crore and a few antique items belonging...
Have cops ‘armtwisted’ BBMP to violate 60-day tender norm for ‘police...
BBMP tender for police cubicles has an 11-day deadline, preventing larger participation by SC/ST bidders for whom the project is reserved -- and possibly...
Bengaluru has coped better with Covid: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Union Minister urges continued caution to prevent a third Covid wave in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Bengaluru and its citizens have coped better with the challenges of Covid,...
Dakshina Kannada DC introduces online watchdog on sand transport
Geo-fencing, CCTVs and GPS are the components of web-based sand tracking system
MANGALURU:
Though GPS tracking was implemented for sand transportation trucks way back in 2009-10...
99.9 percent students pass in Karnataka SSLC exam
BENGALURU:
On Monday, the Karnataka state government announced the results of the SSLC (class 10) examination, and the total pass percentage stood at 99.9 percent.
Speaking...
BBMP doctors to screen every house for Covid
Programme will start from Aug 16, will initially cover 2 wards in each Bengaluru Assembly segment: Ashoka
BENGALURU:
For early identification of Covid cases in Bengaluru,...
Hacking of Karnataka govt bank account: ED attaches Rs 1.44 crore
Private company and NGO allegedly misused siphoned-off funds of Rs 11.55 crore
BENGALURU:
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached an amount of Rs 1.44 crore lying...
Karnataka ABVP demands ‘complete’ implementation of NEP
Waive fees of govt college students in Karnataka due to Covid hardships: ABVP
BENGALURU:
The ABVP has demanded the complete implementation of the National Education Policy...
40,000 depositors of stressed Bengaluru bank to benefit from DICGC bill:...
Bengaluru South MP thanks FM Sitharaman for passing bill to provide Rs 5 lakh deposit insurance within 90 days to account holders of troubled...
Karnataka CM Bommai to visit border districts with more COVID-19 cases
BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said he has decided to visit all the border districts of the state that have more COVID-19...
Manju Pavagada is Winner of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8
Aravind KP is first Runner Up
BENGALURU:
Manju Pavagada is the winner of Bigg Boss Kannada season 8 which concluded on Sunday.
Manju was awarded ₹ 53...
BBMP chief orders quick fix of waterlogging in Halasur ward
Storm water drain near Thiruvalluvar Statue to be desilted, along with work on side drains
BENGALURU:
Waterlogging near Thiruvalluvar Statue Circle on Gangadhar Chetty Road in...
Human trafficking case: NIA conducts raids in Bengaluru
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU:
The NIA has carried out searches in Bengaluru at the premises linked to a person suspected to be involved in making fake identity...
Karnataka growers to benefit from 50% rail transport subsidy
Benefit for notified fruits, veggies via Kisan Rail trains
MYSURU/BENGALURU:
The Central Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) has extended a subsidy of 50% on transportation...
Yediyurappa asks Karnataka CM to withdraw order giving him cabinet minister...
BENGALURU:
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to withdraw his order to give him cabinet rank status.
'I...
Bigg Boss 8 Grand Finale: winner to get ₹ 53 lakh...
Third runner-up Vaishnavi to get ₹ 3.5 lakh while fourth runner-up Prashant Sambaragi to get ₹ 2.5 lakh.
BENGALURU:
On Sunday, at 6 pm, the second...
Karnataka govt gives cabinet rank facilities to Yediyurappa
BENGALURU:
The Karnataka government on Saturday issued an order providing former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa all facilities on par with Cabinet-rank ministers.
This will be...
Reddy community demands more Karnataka cabinet posts
Reddy Jana Sangh rally calls for separate Development Corporation, warns of statewide stir
BENGALURU:
Members of the Reddy community, led by the Reddy Jana Sangh, on...
Karnataka is first state in India to implement NEP
National Education Policy will come into effect from current academic year: Ashwath Narayan
BENGALURU:
Karnataka became the first state in India to issue an order on...
NIA searches premises of Bengaluru riots accused
In August 2020, ‘protesting’ minority mob had attacked cops, vandalised property in DJ Halli, KG Halli police limits
BENGALURU:
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Saturday...
Mysuru railway cop nabs tout, tickets worth lakhs seized
Imran (37) was allegedly selling live and used railway e-tickets
MYSURU:
Mysuru Division's RPF Sub-Inspector DA Radhakrishna on Thursday nabbed a tout named Imran (37) who...
CCB busts illegal arms selling inter-state gang in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Saturday busted an inter-state gang involved in the illegal sale of country-made weapons.
According to the CCB, in a...
Karnataka CM keeps Bengaluru Development with himself
Aaraga Jnanendra gets key Home portfolio, Sunil Kumar gets Power, Ashoka retains Revenue
BENGALURU:
The much-awaited portfolio allocations for his cabinet colleagues were finally announced by...
Now, demand to rename Karnataka’s Indira Canteens as ‘Annapoorneshwari Canteen’
BJP National General Secretary urges Karnataka CM to drop former PM's name from subsidised canteens at the earliest
CT Ravi's logic: 'Indira' label reminds canteen...
Karnataka announces Night/weekend curfew till August 16
BENGALURU:
In view of the upcoming festival season the Karnataka government on Friday announced a weekend curfew in the state from August 7 to August...
ED searches were not related to IMA scam, claims Cong MLA...
BENGALURU:
Congress MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Friday claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches on properties linked to him was relating to...
Karnataka CM, Maharashtra minister talk floods, water-sharing
Bommai says Maharashtra Irrigation Minister Jayant Patil was happy with the coordination on flood management
BENGALURU:
Maharashtra Irrigation Minister Jayant Patil and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj...
Traffic to be diverted during BBMP work near KR Market
White-topping at BGS bridge near KR Market will take 15 days
BENGALURU:
White-topping and construction work on the cross-gutter at the right side of NR Road,...
NIA arrests terror suspect from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada
Jufri Jawhar Damudi was allegedly disseminating ISIS propaganda online under pseudonyms
BENGALURU:
Sleuths of the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Friday conducted searches in Bhatkal in...
‘Stop Spitting’ campaign flagged off in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Citizens should stop spitting in public places, as it leads to the spread of diseases like coronavirus and tuberculosis, among others, Karnataka Special Commissioner...
Karnataka classes 9, 10 and PUC to resume from August 23
Physical classes on alternate days, Covid norms to be followed: Bommai
BENGALURU:
Following a high-level meeting on Covid management and reopening of schools and colleges, chaired...
Police seize drugs worth Rs six crore; five including Nigerian national...
BENGALURU:
The Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru nabbed five drug peddlers including a Nigerian with contraband worth Rs six crore on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off,...
