January 2019

KARNATAKA   Karnataka CM to inaugurate Swami Vivekananda memorial in Belagavi   Karnataka Chief Minister D. Kumaraswamyis to inaugurate ‘Vivek Smarak’, the Swami Vivekananda Value Education and Cultural Centre at Belagavi on February 1.  Swami Vivekananda had stayed in the house from October 16-18, 1892, before his sojourn to the U.S. Eleven months later, the monk would deliver the historic speech … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka State launched MyCityMyBudget initiative   MyCityMyBudget initiative was launched in Banguluru, Karnataka. The city Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun launched the initiative. The initiative provides citizens an opportunity to tell the BBMP exactly on what civic infrastructure issue, the money has to be spent on. Citizens may submit their budget inputs online by visiting www.ichangemycity.com Now the people can send their … Read more

KARNATAKA   Suttur Jatra Mahotsava from February 1 to 6   Thousands of people from different parts of the State are expected to make a beeline to Suttur Srikshetra on the banks of the Kapila in Mysuru district from February 1 to 6 to celebrate the annual Suttur Jatra that will feature a variety of … Read more

KARNATAKA Karnataka to spend Rs 7,000 crore under Smart City project   The government has put the much-delayed smart city projects on the fast track and has lined up schemes worth Rs 7,000 crore.   The government has so far implemented Rs 1, 499 crore-worth projects in the last six months and has now invited … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka’s own franchise-based football league soon   Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) planning to start a new professional tournament which will offer a whopping Rs 1 crore as total prize money, making it the richest state-level league in the country.   The plan is to have a tournament with eight franchises. Each team … Read more

KARNATAKA   Bengaluru voter strength is up by nearly 1.6 lakh; over 17,000 first-timers   Nearly 1.6 lakh more Bengalureans are eligible to vote in the upcoming parliamentary polls likely to be scheduled for April-May this year. More than 10% of them, 17,686 to be precise, will be first-time voters.   There are 89,57,750 voters … Read more

KARNATAKA   Bescom to launch AI powered chatbots   The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom)is preparing to launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbots to deal with the innumerable calls and messages that its multiple helplines receive when there are power cuts. The power utility has called for anExpression of Interest from IT service providers to implement the idea on … Read more