The investigation which was in Bangalore and Kalaburgi so far has been extended to Dharwad. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team in Dharwad detained a teaching faculty and plan to question the students from a training institute in Dharwad. An official from the Bengaluru Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said that the CID team in Dharwad […]
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The Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) was meant to ensure people participation, but most villagers don’t know about it. Lakshmiamma, a shop owner in Kumbalgodu, sits in her shop for the entire day. Unaware about the GPDP meetings, she says that she has never heard about any participatory meeting by the panchayat. S The meetings […]
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Experts say wildfires and unusual land burning are the main causes of changes in increasing land-use patterns. Human interventions, climate change and an overall reduction in ecological diversity are leading to an increase in forest fires in Karnataka. The state saw around 40 percent increase inforest fires in the state through the forest department’s image […]
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A new sub-division will be formed under BBMP this year to overlook the monsoon conditions. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to set up 64 sub-divisional control rooms and nine zonal temporary control rooms this year to address the complaints of the citizens.Apart from the usual team of staff in the monsoon control room, […]
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Birders say that they are not totally sure of the bird census since the birds keep moving continuously. Rajesh gets up early in the morning. He gets ready with his shoes, jackets and binoculars. “When I wake up early in the morning, around five, the chirping and the various sounds I hear make me more curious to know who […]
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Karnataka among other southern states face frequent power-cuts due to networking repairs. Technical problem in transmission of electricity to the southern states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu caused long power cuts in the states. Around 18,000 megawatt energy from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) was halted Due to the problem in transmission on April 19, 2022. […]
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The new deadline for completion of the smart city project is May 13 but traders are doubtful as BenSCL keeps missing deadlines. Avenue Road traders say that, Bengaluru Smart City Limited (BenSCL) has been turning a deaf ear to their pleas to finish the project. And, they say, the organisation has ignored the orders of […]
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State government withdrew its promised investment from the Chitradurga food park Only one out of the six proposed food parks is operational in Karnataka. The government is planning a food park in Bijapur as per this year’s budget. Karnataka government announced the set-up of six new food parks at Hiriyur, Maddur, Jewargi, Belgaum, Malur and […]
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High Court of Karnataka restated that a customer in a brothel cannot be brought into criminal proceedings. After hearing the petition filed by a man who was charged in such a case, the single judge bench of Justice M Nagarpasanna said, “It is not in dispute that the petitioner was a customer in the brothel […]
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Nationalized banks fail to dispense bank cards to account holders amidst chip shortage. Lakhs of new bank account openers of nationalised banks wait for their cards from October 2021 due to heavy chip shortage in the country. Ashitha, a teenager who opened her account in November and waiting for the card said, “I am walking […]
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