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Mangaluru, Nov 3: The students and faculty members of Milagres College here have taken up the initiative to construct a terrace garden to produce vegetables and promote greenery in the area. The college garden has planted nearly 500 trees and produces a variety of vegetables including ladies' finger, pumpkin, tomato, cucumber, gourd and more, which are sold to the people. Speaking to ANI, Father

Anandapuram, Nov 3: Ginger crops have been damaged in the Anandapuram region due to heavy rainfall. Ginger crops have been infected by Fusarium yellows disease, bacterial wilt, and soft rot. Brokers, traders have started buying ginger before the usual harvesting season which usually starts after December. "Due to incessant rain, there has been a lot of damage. We are chopping off the ginger plants

Mysuru, Nov 3: The Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has said that the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Karnataka are facing difficult situation due to the economic slowdown. Speaking to newsmen here on Saturday, KASSIA President R Raju said that severe slowdown in the Automobile, Textiles and Garments, and other manufacturing segments has severely hit the potential of

Tumakuru, Nov 3: Three people were killed and 10 others injured when a private bus collided with a lorry near Urukere Taluk in the district on Sunday. Police said that the victims were yet to be identified. The incident occurred when the lorry proceeding to Bengaluru collided with a private bus coming in the opposite direction.

Bengaluru, Nov 3: Former prime minister and JD(S) Supreme H D Deve Gowda appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exclude Dairy sector from the ambit of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. In a letter to Mr Modi, he said that allowing import of Dairy products will have severe impact on the economic condition of the Dairy farmers. “If the union government does not

New Delhi, Nov 3: With a purportedly incriminating video of chief minister BS Yediyurappa triggering a controversy in Karnataka politics, Congress on Saturday alleged that Union home minister Amit Shah was behind the resignation of its MLAs which toppled the JD(S)-Congress government in the state. AICC general secretary KC Venugopal told reporters that Yediyurappa is seen in the video as saying

Bengaluru, Nov 3: JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said the BJP as a party stood exposed by an audio clipping in which chief minister B S Yediyurappa purportedly is heard saying rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs, who were later disqualified, were kept in Mumbai during the final days of the coalition government under the watch of BJP chief Amit Shah. In the clipping that has gone viral, Yediyurappa

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has hit out at party leaders for lack of support in "saving" the BJP government and not recognising the "sacrifice" of disqualified Congress-JD(S) MLAs, because of whom they could come to power. Yediyurappa said that he felt like having committed a "crime" for occupying the chief minister's post making disqualified MLAs trust in him. A

Bengaluru, Nov 2: Former minister of Karnataka and noted social leader, Vaijanath Patil passed away in Bengaluru on Saturday morning. The 82-year-old Patil was admitted to Fortis Hospital for prolonged illness. As the president of Hyderabad-Karnataka Horata Samithi, Patil led mass movements for getting Special Status under 370(J) to the region amending the Constitution which was a long pending

Kalaburagi , Nov 1: Attempt to hoist a separate statehood flag of Kalyan Karnataka by members various organisations to boycott Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations was foiled by police here city on Friday. Members of the Hyderabad Karnataka Pratyeka Kalyan Karnataka Rajya Horata Samiti president M S Patail Naribol and a few others, who tried to break the police cordon at Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Chowk