june 2019

KARNATAKA   Bengaluru-Mysuru highway project likely to be completed by 2020   The ambitious 10-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru highway project will be completed by 2020.   The work to convert the highway is in progress and efforts will be made to complete the project by December next year.   The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka govt bans mobile towers within 50 meters of schools and hospitals   Karnataka, in a first of its kind move, has brought into effect a Telecommunication Infrastructure Towers Regulations 2019 to regulate the mushrooming of mobile towers in the state.   Under the new regulations, all mobile towers besides schools, religious buildings, hospitals and … Read more

KARNATAKA     ·         Karnataka’s growing expertise in dragon fruit cultivation ð  Karnataka is fast emerging as the country’s leader in dragon-fruit cultivation, which is spread over 1,000 acres in the State. ð  Not only that, the State has become a knowledge bank for the cultivation of the exotic fruit as scientists of the Hessarghatta-based … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka government has launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for womens safety   Karnataka governmenthas launched‘Pink Sarathi’ vehicles that are procured by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). It was launched by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. BMTC will use the vehicles to attend to the grievances of women passengers in city buses. BMTC had received56.07 crorefrom the Centre under … Read more

KARNATAKA   Mysuru station first in South Western Railway to get ISO certificate   The Railway Board had identified 37 major stations across the country to be developed as ‘Eco Smart’ stations and Mysuru railway station was one of them.   This consists of 3 ISO certificates namely ISO:9001 Quality Management System, ISO:14001 Environment Management … Read more

KARNATAKA   Need time to study water-for-water agreement   Karnataka has decided to sign a “water-for-water” agreement with Maharashtra, it will seek some time from Maharashtra to enter into such a contract   Maharashtra has been releasing water to our villages for many years now and Karnataka is grateful for that. Till now state was paying … Read more

KARNATAKA   Amasebailu Becomes First 100% Solar Powered Village in Karnataka   Amasebailu, a small village situated on the left bank of Haldi river in Udupi. It is the first village in Karnataka to have 100% solar-powered houses. The dream of the three-year-long project. The closing ceremony of the project was organized on June 9. … Read more

KARNATAKA   Karnataka’s health index score improves marginally   Karnataka’s health index ranking has marginally improved taking the State to the eighth position in 2017-18 from ninth last year, as per NITI Aayog Health Index rankings released for all States and Union Territories in the country on Tuesday.   The State’s overall score on various … Read more

KARNATAKA   EWS quota in Karnataka likely to be less than 10 per cent   The Karnataka government is likely to pare down the 10% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) from the general merit category announced by the Centre. At a time when it is seen to be dithering on implementing the EWS quota in … Read more

KARNATAKA   CM plans village stay in every district   Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said he would hold Grama Vaastavya (village stay) programme in different villages, covering all the 30 districts in the State.   Similar programmes would be held in all districts and the purpose was reaching out to the last person in the … Read more