Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dec 6: B Bhadregowda, the corporator from Nagapura Ward on Wednesday was unanimously elected as the 54th Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru city. The election for the Deputy Mayor post was held after former Deputy Mayor Ramila Umashankar died of heart attack just a week after she took oath in September this year. BJP party, which has the strength of 100 corporators in the city, had announced of

Bengaluru, Dec 6: The much awaited cabinet expansion in Karnataka will take place on December 22, just after the Belagavi Winter Session of the two-week State Legislature ends, former chief minister and chairman of the Co-Ordination committee of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government said here on Wednesday. Speaking to media after chairing the Committee participated by senior leaders of both

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday urged scientists to develop applications that can help in food preservation and soil protection on priority, even as he applauded ongoing efforts in the field of nanoscience. Speaking at the inaugural of the 10th edition of Bengaluru India Nano, a two-day event on nanoscience and technology, the CM said, “Nanoscience has applications in

Bengaluru, Dec 6: A 32-year-old engineer with a start-up company died and three others were injured when a gas cylinder at a laboratory in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) exploded on Wednesday afternoon. According to IISc. authorities, around 2.20 p.m., a high-pressure hydrogen cylinder suddenly exploded in the Aerospace Department’s Laboratory for Hypersonic and Shockwave Research. At the

Bengaluru, Dec 5: Aiming to hasten the process of land acquisition for industrial purposes, the Karnataka Cabinet has decided to bring certain industry-friendly amendments to the Karnataka Land Revenue Act 1964, Minister for Rural Development and Panchanath Raj Krishna Byregowda said here on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen after the Cabinet meeting, he said that “with this decision the process of

Mangaluru, Dec 5: Former union minister Venur Dhananjay Kumar, 67, who had represented Dakshina Kannada constituency in Lok Sabha for four successive terms, is now said to be in critical condition. Mr Kumar, who has been suffering from kidney related ailment for past several years, was recently admitted to a private hospital in the city. However, his condition continued to worsen. It is learned

Madikeri, Dec 5: Opposing the two railway lines and 4-lane highways proposed to be constructed in Kodagu District, activists under the banner Kodagu Maraka Yojane Virodhi Vedike will be organising a public rally in this town on December 8. President of the campaign committee Rajeev Bopaiah in a release issued here on Wednesday said these projects would deeply affect the hilly district and its

Udupi, Dec 5: Kota Srinivas Poojary, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council, today said that Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi was mentally away from the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government. "Those in the cabinet mentally away from the government naturally have sympathy towards the opposition," he said. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Poojary said, he would not

Mangaluru, Dec 5: After a voice message asking the encounter of senior Congress leader Janardhana Poojary went viral, city police chief T R Suresh Kumar has assured to take action if a formal complaint will be filed. The video which criticizes Poojary was recorded after the former union minister reportedly spoke in favour of the construction of Ram Mandir, claiming that no community was opposing

Bengaluru, Jan 5: One of the long-standing demands of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims and the large Kannadiga diaspora in Saudi Arabia for a consulate in Bengaluru is likely to be fructifying shortly. Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India, Saud Mohammed Al-Sati, who was in the city on Tuesday, is learnt to have told chief minister Kumaraswamy that work on establishing the consulate is in progress, and it is