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Kaiga near Karwar  to get two new indigenous N-plants

NEW DELHI, May 18,2017:  The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved setting up of 10 new indigenous nuclear power reactors of 700 MW capacity each, including two at Kaiga in Karnataka. The two reactors at Kaiga are likely to produce electricity for commercial use only by the middle of the next dec

Karnataka cadre IAS officer found dead in Lucknow

Anurag Tiwari, a Karnataka cadre IAS officer who had turned 36 on Wednesday, was found dead outside a government guesthouse where he was staying in Hazaratganj area of Lucknow the same morning. Jai Narayan Singh, DIG, Lucknow Range, told The Indian Express that they are yet to ascertain what caused

Ransomware, cash crunch hits ATMs in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Hundreds of ATMs across India’s tech hub remained shut for the second day due to possible virus attack by WannaCry ransomware and cash crunch, said a bank official on Tuesday. “Ransomware attack appears to be causing glitches at many ATMs that work on Random Access Memory (RAM). Old

One held for sexually abusing minor in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A shopkeeper was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a 10-year-old minor in the city’s southern suburb, police said on Tuesday. “Accused Nataraj, 36, was arrested on a complaint from the victim’s parents on Sunday that he lured their young daughter into his provisions store offering c

6 Rescued Using Ropes After Bus Falls Into A River In Karnataka's Gadag

Five passengers and the driver of state transport bus have been rescued Gadag, May 15,2017 (NDTV): Six people were miraculously saved when their bus fell into an overflowing river in Karnataka's Gadag today. As soon as the bus got caught in the strong current, quick-thinking locals began their resc

‘We have given scam-free governance’: Siddaramaiah

Taking a series of digs at some of the leaders of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the BJP had no moral right to comment on a State government that had administered “scam-free governance” in the last four years, and had fulfilled a majority of the promises made

Great Mangaluru robbery: Four employees of cash transfer agency siphon off ₹7.5 crore

In a case reminiscent of the November 2016 incident when driver Dominic Selvaraj absconded with ₹92 lakh meant for an ATM in Bengaluru, four personnel from a cash transfer agency in Mangaluru, allegedly made away with ₹7.5 crore from Axis Bank on Thursday. They were to carry it from Mangaluru to Ben

Stiff competition for coveted seats as PU cut-offs expected to soar

Cut-off marks in some of the most sought after pre-university colleges are set to increase for the academic year 2017-18. Despite the SSLC pass percentage declining this year, college managements who have already received applications state that more students have secured higher ranks this year.

PU Department to redesign subject combinations

To ensure that pre-university students keep abreast of the demands of the market, the Department of Pre-University Education plans to redesign subject combinations. C. Shikha, Director of DPUE, said on Thursday they want to redesign the PU combinations in tune with undergraduate courses and job o

Karnataka records 67.87% pass in SSLC exams

The pass percentage of SSLC exams stands at 67.87 %. Out of the total 8.5 lakh candidates, who appeared to the exam, 5.8 lakh candidates cleared the exam held in March 2017. The results were announced by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait on Friday. Three students bagged 625/625 m

2018 Assembly polls will be fought under my leadership: Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in 2018 will be fought under his leadership and he is confident of the party returning to power. Listing out various achievements of the Congress government, which completed four years on Friday, the Chie

New chief for Karnataka Cong. this month

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is all set to get a new president later this month. The All-India Congress Committee (AICC) team led by K.C. Venugopal, general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, has held consultations with over 400 Congress leaders, legislators and Ministers, and f

ACB raid on four Karnataka officers

Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided offices and residences of four senior government officials in and around the city on Wednesday morning and unearthed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The officials whose houses and offices were raided at 6 a.m. are Addi

Yeshwantpur-Karwar train on new line from June 1

The Yeshwantpur-Karwar day train will soon operate on the newly commissioned Bengaluru-Hassan line. When South Western Railway diverts Yeshwantpur-Karwar-Yeshwantpur Tri-Weekly Express via Shravanabelagola from June 1, the total services on the line will thus become six days a week, including the

Complaint against my son baseless, says CM

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday described as “baseless and totally false” the allegation that his son Yathindra was involved in benami property transactions. In a complaint to the Income Tax Department, a Varthur Kanaka Das has alleged that Mr. Yathindra, along with Matrix Imaging Solution

SBM and SBI data integrated

State Bank of Mysore was merged with State Bank of India over a month ago, but their database was integrated as recently as Saturday May 6. Customers, who have been facing problems with their transactions, can now heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, operations were carried out without any major hitch

Willing to surrender before minister: Bengaluru ex-corporator

Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s former independent corporator V. Nagaraj, evading arrest since April 14 after seizure of demonetised currency from his office-cum-residence, on Tuesday offered to surrender before Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara. “My (other) condition for surrender is that police

Five more Bangladeshis arrested

A day after the arrest of seven persons of Bangladesh origin on charges of staying without proper documents in the city, the Belagavi police on Sunday arrested five more persons. The arrested have been identifies as Habib- Ur-Sheikh, Rakib- Ul- Sheikh, Ikram Abul Kayar, Mohammad Mulla and Ibrahim Ya