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KARNATAKA The domestic LPG price touched Rs.1,000 in Karnataka The price of non-subsidiseddomestic LPG (14.2-kg cylinder) has increased around 1,000 mark in most parts of Karnataka. Besides the base price, with taxes and duties, LPG retail price at a particular city is determined by the distance from the bottling plant. LPG requirements in Bidar are catered to … Read more
KARNATAKA Hanuman born in Tirumala, says Tirupati temple; Karnataka mulls ASI survey The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams announced that Anjanadri hill in Tirupati is the birthplace of Lord Anjaneya or Hanuman. The TTD made the formal announcement during Sri Rama Navami celebrations in Tirumala. The five other places, which too lay claim to Hanuman’s origins, … Read more
KARNATAKA Centre for ‘amicable’ solution to Mekedatu The contentious Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir project, which aims to augment the Cauvery water supply to Bengaluru much to the opposition of Tamil Nadu, has not been granted clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The Tamil Nadu government has sought scrapping of the … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka Bank’s all-woman branch Karnataka Bank opened its first all-woman branch at Bull Temple Road in Bengaluru. This is the 800th branch of the bank. Speaking on the occasion, Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and CEO, said the bank opened 36 branches during 2017-18. The bank has registered a business turnover of … Read more
KARNATAKA B S Yeddyurappa was sworn in as Karnataka CM In Karnataka, BJP state President BS Yeddyurappa took oath as Chief Minister. Yeddyurappa will be sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka for the fourth time. The BJP’s stake to form government in the state comes after an anxious few days, … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka government moots selling sand online In a bid to cub over exploitation of riverbeds by the rampant illegal sand mining rackets and ensuring quality sand to citizens at fair price, chief minister BS Yediyurappa has embarked on preparing a new sand policy that would include modern features such as online procurement … Read more
KARNATAKA Samsung Opens World’s Largest Mobile Experience Centre In Bengaluru Opera House, the 33,000 sq ft iconic building in the city’s central business district, has been given a facelift to showcase Samsung’s mobile devices and other consumer electronic products. It has a service centre for phones and is equipped with high-speed public Wi-Fi. … Read more
KARNATAKA Mysuru gets hi-tech air quality monitoring station Unable to get a piece of land in the core of the city for establishing a state-of-the-art air quality monitoring station, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has now developed the hi-tech station on its premises in Hebbal. Real-time monitoring of ambient air quality has … Read more
KARNATAKA Demonetisation: A mixed bag for Kannada film industry Demonetisation has had a mixed impact on the Kannada film industry, which has seen a turnover of ₹400 crore in the one year that has followed. While it helped production houses streamline their transactions through banking channels, it also affected a section of the … Read more
KARNATAKA Karnataka to ask all private companies to hire Kannadigas The state government said on Wednesday it would soon issue a directive to industries to recruit only Kannadigas in group C&D jobs and give preference to them in category A&B and skill-based posts. In December last year, the state government had, through a notification, … Read more