Bangalore: The Lokayukta court on September 4, Tuesday has issued summons to former CM BS Yeddyurappa, his son BY Raghavendra and five others in the land denotification case in Bhadravathi. The court has directed all the accused to appear in person before the court on September 25. The other accused in this case are B […]
Bangalore: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Tuesday flagged off the country’s longest (14.5 mts) inter-city Volvo multi-axle bus. After launching the service, Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka said that the idea behind the long coach bus was to support efficient mass bus-based transport system, with economic utilisation of resource. “We want to take […]
Bangalore: If everything goes as per plan, then Karnataka will very soon see a total ban on plastics of even a thickness of above 40 microns. Karnataka Minister for Ecology and Environment said an official order will be issued after consultations with Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on the issue. The minister further stated that […]
Bangalore: The State government would extend the solar street light project to all parts of the State in the coming days, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here on Monday. Speaking at the inauguration of Solarcon India 2012, a solar energy event, being held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), the chief minister said a […]
Bangalore : There has been one more arrest in Karnataka on Monday on charges of terror links. This time the arrest took place in Bangalore, where a medical student Nayeem Siddiqui has been arrested. With this the total number of terror suspects having links with LeT and HuJI, has risen to 14. The arrested hails […]
Bangalore: Noted scholar and journalist Ahmed Noori who has to his credit the translation of the entire Quran into Kannada, passed away on September 2, Sunday at the age of 92. Hailing from Mangalore, Noori is survived by his three daughters, two sons and a host of admirers. He had translated the Quran into Kannada […]
Bangalore: Police Commissioner Jyothi Prakash Mirji on Sunday said investigation by City Police had revealed no plans to attack the Nuclear power station at Kaiga in Karnataka by those arrested for terror links over the past few days. Mirji’s observation was in contradiction to Union Home Secretary R K Singh who on Saturday said Kaiga […]
Bangalore: A weekend picnic turned tragic for a group of Sikhs from the City as four of them drowned in the river Cauvery at Sangam near Bommasandra in Kanakapura taluk on Sunday. Their bodies are yet to be recovered. Raju Singh (32), J Balaji Singh (51), his son B Raghunandan Singh (24) and Sandeep Singh […]
Bangalore: The Defence Research and Development Orgnaisation has clarified that Aijaz Ahmed Mirza, a junior research fellow with DRDO who was among the 11 arrested by the police on the charges of terror links, was not engaged in any sensitive work and that no vital information has been compromised. Disciplinary action is being taken as […]