Karnataka in dire strait in Buchi Babu
August 21st, 2012 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) Karnataka's miserable run continued in the Buchi Babu All-India Cricket Tournament as they slid to 27 for four after dismissing Gujarat for 195 here Tuesday.Karnataka, who ... Read more...
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Exodus of people from northeast continues from Bangalore (Lead)
August 17th, 2012 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 17 (IANS) The exodus of people from northeast, including hundreds of students, from Bangalore continued Friday even as police arrested three youths for allegedly assaulting three Manipuri ... Read more...
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No ministry, so Karnataka BJP legislator quits
July 17th, 2012 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 17 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday suffered a jolt as legislator Halady Srinivas Shetty quit the assembly after he was not made a minister."My ... Read more...
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BJP gives Karnataka third chief minister in four years (Second lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka, hit by dissidence and corruption, Thursday scored another first with Jagadish Shettar becoming the party's third chief minister ... Read more...
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BJP gives Karnataka third chief minister in four years (Lead)
July 12th, 2012 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 12 (IANS) The BJP government in Karnataka, marred by dissidence and corruption, Thursday scored another first with Jagadish Shettar becoming the party's third chief minister in four ... Read more...
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Karnataka law minister withdraws resignation
June 26th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 26 (IANS) Karnataka's Law and Parliamentary Minister S. Suresh Kumar Tuesday withdrew his resignation after Advocate General S. Vijay Shankar cleared him of the charges of taking ... Read more...
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Rape-accused guru Nityananada may lose his Bangalore ashram
June 9th, 2012 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Controversial Hindu religious guru Nityananada Swami, facing rape charges, may lose control of his sprawling ashram complex near Bangalore following a fresh row, a Karnataka minister ... Read more...
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Rangarajan leads field in chess meet
May 28th, 2012 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Pondicherry, May 28 (IANS) Local star L. Rangarajan scalped top seed K. Gunasekaran to lead the field with 7.0 points after the seventh round of the third KACC International FIDE ... Read more...
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Kumaran joins leaders in chess tournament
May 27th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Pondicherry, May 27 (IANS) B Kumaran, a class 9 student of Chennai's Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School, overcame S Jayakumar to join the leaders with 4.0 points after the fourth ... Read more...
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Four held over murder of Karnataka officer
May 21st, 2012 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 21 (IANS) Four people have been detained in connection with the murderous attack on a Karnataka officer who is believed to have exposed land scams in house-building cooperative ... Read more...
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Vedanta Group’s Agnivesh picks up 60 percent stake in Primex Healthcare
April 16th, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Agnivesh Agarwal, a member of the founding family of the $11.4 billion-turnover diversified Vedanta group and chairman of Hindustan Zinc Ltd, has picked up 60 percent ... Read more...
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On Delhi’s edge, BSP holds sway (Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 6 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may have lost power in Uttar Pradesh but it kept in sway in areas bordering the national capital, ... Read more...
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30 Bangalore school kids caught smoking ‘hookah’ in club
March 5th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 5 (IANS) In a surprise raid on a snooker club in the heart of Bangalore, a team of civic body officials Monday caught about 30 students of a ... Read more...
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Corruption-scarred BJP government starts bribe-free services (Karnataka Newsletter)
March 3rd, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 3 (IANS) Corruption at the political level may never end in Karnataka where the scale of alleged graft in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has numbed ... Read more...
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Bangalore lawyers assault mediapersons
March 2nd, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 2 (IANS) A group of lawyers in Bangalore Friday assaulted mediapersons, including women, who had gathered to report on mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's ... Read more...
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Now row over deputy ombudsman hits Karnataka
February 11th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 11 (IANS) A controversy a day seems to be becoming a norm in Karnataka. The latest row is over Karnataka Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen seeking cancellation of ... Read more...
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Karnataka to act against 600 officials over illegal mining
October 28th, 2011 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) In an unprecedented event in India, Karnataka Friday decided to act against 617 officials for corruption and other illegal activities over illegal mining, a scandal ... Read more...
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Mushtaq Ali T20: Second wins for Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
October 17th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 17 (IANS) Seamer Abhimanyu Mithun took five for 37 as Karnataka scored a three-run win against Kerala in the South Zone Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament here ... Read more...
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The king is modest in tiring triumph
October 17th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's Suresh Rana, who won the 13th edition of the Maruti Suzuki Raid-de-Himalaya Sunday night, is modest in his record seventh success in what is ... Read more...
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Sadananda Gowda says Narendra Modi his role model
September 18th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 18 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said Sunday his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi was his role model and he felt inspired "at international recognition of ... Read more...
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Preeja wins gold in 10,000m at National Open Athletics
September 10th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 10 (IANS) Asian Games gold medal winning sprinter Preeja Sreedharan won the 10,000-metre women's race at the 51st National Open Athletics here Saturday.Preeja, representing the Railways, clocked an ... Read more...
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CAG, SBM prevail in corporate cricket
September 2nd, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) chalked up a surprise two-wicket win against fancied India Cements in a Group B league match of the Airtel ... Read more...
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Row holds up full Karnataka ministry formation, 21 join (Lead)
August 8th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, under D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Monday inducted 21 ministers, leaving 12 berths vacant in view of the differences ... Read more...
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Raina stakes his claim for first Test with century
July 17th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Taunton, July 17 (IANS) India's Suresh Raina staked his claim for the first Test against England with a brilliant counter-attacking century against Somerset on the third day of the tour ... Read more...
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‘King of racers’ aims to conquer Mughal rally
June 23rd, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's Suresh Rana, or the 'king of racers' as he is popularly called, is aiming to conquer a motor rally that traverses through the historic ... Read more...
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Inconsistent, predictable story mar ‘Avan Ivan’ (Tamil Movie Review)
June 19th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
BY Aravindan DI
Film: "Avan Ivan"; Cast: Aarya, Vishal, Madhu Shalini, Janani Iyer, G.M. Kumar, RK, Ambica; Director: Bala; Producer: Kalpathi S. Agoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh, Kalpathi S. Suresh; Music Composer: Yuvan ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa not trying to ‘buy’ silence over graft, says BJP
June 17th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Friday dismissed as "dud bomb" the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) claim that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa was attempting to "buy its ... Read more...
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Karnataka ministers, law makers get over 100 percent salary hike
June 7th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 7 (IANS) The Karnataka chief minister, ministers and legislators Tuesday got more than a 100 percent hike in their salary and allowances with the assembly, boycotted by ... Read more...
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Karnataka bids to become hub of international conferences
May 26th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 26 (IANS) Karnataka plans to cash in on scores of international conferences being held across the globe by building a convention centre that can seat 6,000 people and ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa threatens stir, opposition firm on ouster (Lead)
May 19th, 2011 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Karnataka will Friday see the entire Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministry staging a rally against Governor H.R. Bhardwaj for seeking its dismissal, even as ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa sets deadline for governor to convene assembly
May 19th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 19 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa set Thursday evening as deadline for Governor H.R. Bhardwaj to convene the assembly on June 2 or face statewide agitation ... Read more...
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BJP takes Karnataka battle to Delhi
May 16th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday mounted pressure on the central government not to dismiss its ministry in Karnataka as Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ... Read more...
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Karnataka cabinet decides on assembly session from June 2
May 16th, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party government, struggling to ward off its possible dismissal, Monday decided to convene the state assembly's session from June 2."The cabinet decided ... Read more...
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Kochi moving in right direction after beating MI, CSK: Jayawardene
April 19th, 2011 - 11:15 am ICT by ANI
Kochi, Apr 19 (ANI): Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KSK) captain Mahela Jayawardene has said that the win over Chennai Super Kings had given a lot of positive energy to the players.KSK beat defending ... Read more...
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Dilshan, Tendulkar and Gambhir all rise in ICC rankings
April 4th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai, Apr. 4 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Tillekeratne Dilshan has risen to his career best ranking to date in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsman. The 34-year-old all-rounder is occupying ... Read more...
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