No resumption of Karnataka mining without rehabilitation: Apex court
August 17th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday said it would not lift its ban on the mining in three Karnataka districts without 100 percent implementation of the rehabilitation ... Read more...
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Ensure sustainability, Karnataka’s mining industry urged
July 5th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 5 (IANS) Karnataka's scam-hit mining industry has been urged to ensure sustainability for safeguarding the interests of stakeholders and the environment."Sustainability should be the first priority of the ... Read more...
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Karnataka to re-open eight iron ore mines soon
July 5th, 2012 - 5:44 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) The Karnataka government will permit re-opening of eight iron mines in Bellary and Chitradurga districts to augment the raw material supply for steel plants in the ... Read more...
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Iron ore mining set to resume in Karnataka (Lead)
July 5th, 2012 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 4 (IANS) Iron ore mining will resume in two districts of Karnataka from August to augment the raw material supply to steel plants in the state, a top ... Read more...
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Apex court approves reclamation of Karnataka mines (Lead)
April 14th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday gave its nod to its central empowered committee's plan for the reclamation and rehabilitation of the iron ore mines in Bellary, ... Read more...
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Apex court approves reclamation of Karnataka mines
April 13th, 2012 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday gave its nod to the central empowered committee's (CEC) plan for the reclamation and rehabilitation of the iron ore mines in ... Read more...
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Goa not in iron deposit intensive areas list
January 12th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) Goa does not feature in the list of iron deposit intensive areas which have been marked out for future exploration, according to a visionary document prepared ... Read more...
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BJP’s Kushwaha gamble adds to its Karnataka mess (Karnataka Newsletter)
January 8th, 2012 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) northern gamble of inducting the tainted Babu Singh Kushwaha as part of a grand plan to recapture power in Uttar ... Read more...
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Supreme Court bans mining in Karnataka’s Tumkur, Chitradurga
August 26th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After Bellary, the Supreme Court Friday banned iron ore mining in Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka after an expert panel's report of widespread illegalities ... Read more...
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Apex court asked to extend mining ban in Karnataka
August 19th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the Karnataka government and private miners on the report of a court-appointed panel seeking suspension of mining activities ... Read more...
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‘Yogaraj, But’ entertaining and thought provoking (Kannada Movie Review)
July 24th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Yogaraj, But"; Producer-Screenplay-Director: Dayal Padmanabhan; Camera: Rajesh; Cast: Naveen Krishna, Neetu, Sihi Kahi Chandru, Geetha, Tarun Sudhir, Sreenivasa Murthy and Suchayeendra Prasad; Rating: ***Dayal Padmanabhan's "Yogaraj, But" is an entertaining ... Read more...
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Apex court may ban mining in 3 Karnataka districts
July 15th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday indicated that it may ban iron ore mining in Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka if it was found that ... Read more...
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15 killed as tempo-bus collide in Karnataka (Lead)
June 27th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 27 (IANS) Fifteen people were killed Monday when their tempo collided with a bus on the Bangalore-Pune highway near Karnataka's Tumkur town."The tragic mishap occurred when the overcrowded ... Read more...
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15 killed as tempo collides with bus in Karnataka
June 27th, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 27 (IANS) Fifteen people were killed Monday when their tempo collided with a passenger bus on the Bangalore-Pune highway near Karnataka's Tumkur town."The tragic mishap occurred when the ... Read more...
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Karnataka extends Unique ID project to all districts
February 17th, 2011 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 17 (IANS) The Karnataka government Thursday extended the Unique Identification (UID) number project Aadhaar to the remaining 28 districts of the state following its successful implementation in Tumkur and Mysore ... Read more...
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Karnataka shuts down over Yeddyurappa’s prosecution
January 22nd, 2011 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 22 (IANS) Many educational institutions in Karnataka did not open, state-run buses went off roads, and a few vehicles were stoned Saturday as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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Karnataka to promote small cities as tech-hubs
January 18th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 18 (IANS) Four electronic hardware parks and promotion of smaller cities as tech-hubs are proposed in Karnataka's new information technology and electronics hardware policy, state minister V.S. Acharya said Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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14 die in Karnataka rains and floods caused by Jal cyclone
November 10th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.10 (ANI): At least 14 persons have died in Karnataka rains and floods while crops spread over an area of 5,763 hectares have been badly affected. The situation has arisen ... Read more...
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Reddy brothers not involved in illegal mining: Yeddyurappa
November 9th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Politicians from all parties are involved in illegal mining but that does not mean the Reddy brothers are also into it, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Tuesday."Just because ... Read more...
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Kannada Director R Chandru Weds Yamuna On September 5
September 7th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Kannada movie director R Chandru, who has proved his talent even with his debut movie Tajmahal, has tied the knot with Yamuna, a poor village girl from ... Read more...
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Fans make silver statue of Dr. Rajakumar
April 3rd, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
April 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Fans of Dr. Rajakumar, the icon of Kannada cinema, made a silver statue of the actor and brought it to the Doddaganapathi Temple at Bangalore on Thursday ... Read more...
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Railways to soon begin survey for south-south corridor
February 27th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 27 (IANS) The Indian Railways will soon undertake an engineering-cum-traffic survey for building the ambitious south-south freight corridor covering Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Goa, Minister of State ... Read more...
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Railways to set up 522 hospitals, diagnostic centres
February 24th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) To bring health benefits to tens of thousands of people, the railways ministry has joined hands with the health ministry to set up 522 hospitals and ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa, Gowda on collision course over land for industry
February 16th, 2010 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 16 (IANS) Former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve Gowda Tuesday began a tour of Karnataka to mobilise farmers against massive land acquisition for infrastructure and industries. ... Read more...
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Germany’s Mann-Hummel expanding India operations
June 3rd, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 3 (IANS) German industrial equipment maker Mann-Hummel GmbH (M&H) is expanding its India operations to supply light weight filters to automobile and industrial manufacturers, a top official said here Wednesday.
"As ... Read more...
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BJP ahead in 12 constituencies in Karnataka
May 16th, 2009 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 12 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, while the Congress was ahead in four and the Janata ... Read more...
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Google’s Internet bus rolls into Karnataka
May 5th, 2009 - 11:06 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, May 5 (IANS) How to browse the net, search, e-mail, social networking, browse maps or track stock market trends - this is what global web-based search engine Google is going to ... Read more...
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Around 15 percent polling in four hours in Karnataka
April 23rd, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) Around 15 percent of about 20.6 million eligible voters had cast their ballot by 11 a.m. in 17 of the 28 constituencies in Karnataka in the first round ... Read more...
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Polling process begins in Karnataka
April 23rd, 2009 - 8:51 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) Over 28,000 polling booths opened at 7 a.m. across 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Thursday in the first of the two-phase elections for the 28 seats in ... Read more...
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High stakes for ruling BJP in Karnataka’s first phase (Poll curtainraiser - Karnataka)
April 22nd, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 22 (IANS) Less than a year after it captured power in Karnataka for the first time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) again faces the electorate in a high stake ... Read more...
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BSP will not align with any other party: Mayawati (Lead)
March 15th, 2009 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati said Sunday her party would fight the Lok Sabha polls on its own but did not ... Read more...
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PM-aspirant Mayawati to meet Third Front leaders Sunday
March 13th, 2009 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, aspiring to become the prime minister after the Lok Sabha elections, will have her first meeting with Third Front leaders Sunday.
Two of the ... Read more...
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Third Front not to project any PM candidate: CPI
March 13th, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) The Third Front, launched by eight political parties Thursday, will not project any leader as its prime ministerial candidate, the Communist Party of India (CPI) said Friday.
"The Third ... Read more...
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Third Front will be only alternative political platform: CPI-M leader
March 13th, 2009 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 13 (IANS) The newly formed Third Front would be the only alternative to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the near future, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) ... Read more...
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Third Front is not a threat, say Congress and BJP
March 12th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Third Front launched near Bangalore was no threat at all, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asserted Thursday and predicted that the new formation ... Read more...
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