Bangalore: The funds provided to the State under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) have come as a bonanza for Bangalore enabling infrastructure development in a big way over the last eight years. With the State government recently constituting a Vision Group for Bangalore, experts feel it is time to look back at […]

Bangalore: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of hatching a conspiracy against his party. After launching the party’s election campaign in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency, where it has fielded Prabhakara Reddy, Mr. Kumaraswamy attributed the party’s defeat in […]

Bangalore: The national Food Security Act marks an important first step in the fight to eliminate hunger in India, but much more remains to be done, eminent agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan has said. Addressing the ninth edition of the Nutra India Summit organised by the International Society for Nutraceuticals, Nutritionals and Naturals, Prof. Swaminathan said […]

Bangalore: The State BJP has recommended to the party’s central election committee that former minister Shobha Karandlaje be fielded from the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, former minister and MPCH Vijayashankar from Hassan and journalist PratapSimha from Mysore. The State election committee, which met in Bangalore on Wednesday to finalise candidates for eight Lok Sabha constituencies, […]

Bangalore: ournalist-turned-Congresss leader Tejaswini Gowda joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Wednesday in the presence of the party’s State president Pralhad Joshi. She shot to fame in 2004 after defeating the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda in the then Kanakapura Lok Sabha constituency (which has been renamed Bangalore Rural after delimitation). However, her […]

Bangalore: Log on to YouTube and you are most likely to see Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani making a speech about his “ideas for Bangalore,”  before you get a chance to see any other video. On Facebook, a picture of Bangalore’s congested traffic situation appears on your wall with Nilekani again trying to elicit your opinion […]

Bangalore: As many as 8.26 lakh students will appear for the SSLC exam, which will begin on March 28. This will include about 7.63 lakh freshers, 21,670 private candidates and 41,269 repeaters. Speaking at the launch of the SSLC helpline here on Tuesday, Commissioner for Public Instruction Mohammad Mohsin said this would be the last […]

Bangalore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that if the National Democratic Alliance forms the government at the Centre, then it will review all “last-hour” decisions taken by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, including the appointment of the former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit as Kerala Governor. Speaking to […]

Bangalore: The former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa is learnt to have written a letter to the party central leadership on Sunday seeking its intervention to get proper political accommodation for his followers in the Bharatiya Janata Party. The letter comes close on the heels of his followers threatening to take a call on their political […]

Bangalore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday claimed that there was no pressure on him over the April 17 Lok Sabha polls. He even expressed confidence that the Congress will win at least 18 to 20 seats. In an interview, Siddaramaiah told Express that the poll results will have no bearing on the state government. “When […]