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Bengaluru, Feb 6: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said there is a huge financial burden on the Energy Department because it is providing free power supply and incentives to farmers. He said that Bescom, Hescom and Gescom have a financial burden of Rs 16,000 crore towards loans and and pending bills. He was speaking at the Customer Vigilance Awareness Meet 2019, where the Roof Top

Bengaluru, Feb 5: The Congress MLA J N Ganesh, representing Kampli assembly constituency in Ballari district, who is under police radar, is facing a dicey situation as the Budget session of the Karnataka legislature begins from Tomorrow. While the Congress party has issued a whip to attend the Session without fail, the Ramanagara district police, were on the look out for him since he has been

Mysuru, Feb 5: As many as six people, including MLC Marithibbegowda, were injured while Sri Deshikendra Swmaiji of Suttur Mutt escaped unhurt, when nitrogen balloons exploded during inauguration of Wrestling Competition during Suttur Fair on Tuesday. The incident took place during the inaugural ceremony of the Wrestling Tournament, held as part of fifth day the annual six-day Jathra Mahothsava

Bengaluru, Feb 5: Karnataka BJP unit President B S Yeddyurappa today told the party men that the Janata Dal(S)-Congress coalition government would fall soon due to squabbles within the ruling partners and BJP can wait till it wilt under its own weight. Speaking at a meeting to highlight BJP party's call before the Lok Sabha election with slogan ‘Bharat Ke Man Ki Baath, Modi Ke Sath’ he said BJP

Mangaluru, Feb 5: The Social Democratic Party of India has held Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister U T Khader responsible for the police case against the local leader of the outfit for organising an exhibition related to the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ullal recently. The jurisdictional Ullal police have registered a suo motu case against SDPI Dakshina Kannada district president

Bengaluru, Feb 5: An indigenously developed army helicopter ALH ‘Rudra’ Mk IV today made an emergency landing on a agriculture field at Tataguppe village near Kaggalipura in Ramanagara district of Karnataka on Tuesday afternoon, reportedly due to a technical snag, and both the pilots on board escaped unhurt. Sources said that the the army version of Advanced Light Helicopter, with combat

Mysuru, Feb 5: JDS T Narasipura MLA Ashwin Kumar clarified that he will remain in JDS and whatever the news about his joining BJP is baseless. Speaking to media here on Tuesday, he said that he will not quit JD(S) under any circumstances and will not fall prey to BJP's 'Operation Kamal'. “All the 37 MLAs of JD(S) are like soldiers. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy gave me a political life and I will

New Delhi, Feb 5: Two days after one of its passengers found a cockroach in the food served aboard a Bhopal-Mumbai flight, Air India today apologised and said it has initiated "corrective action internally". "We sincerely apologise for the incident where our valued pax (passenger) had a disappointing experience with the meal served on board our Bhopal-Mumbai flight. Air India always endeavours to

Mangaluru, Feb 5: On its maiden voyage, Vessel MT Cielo Di Houston called at New Mangalore Port on Saturday. The Liberia flagged vessel came with ballast from Port of Singapore. The vessel was loaded with 65,000 tons of high speed diesel exported by Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Limited. The length of the vessel is 228 meters with a beam of 36 meters. She sailed on 3rd February 2019

Mangaluru, Feb 5: Mangalore Institute of Oncology (MIO), the city based superspeciality cancer hospital conducted a walkathon to commemorate the World Cancer Day. The program was planned and organized in accordance to the objectives of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) on raising awareness on cancer through the theme ‘I am, I will’ in the general public. The emphasis was on “we”