Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jul 13: Sandbox Startups, the central government recognized technology business incubator in Hubballi, will move to its newly built infrastructure which will be India’s largest incubation center, on July 18, 2018. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, the chief guest, will inaugurate the state-of-the-art facility which provides incubation space for more than a hundred startups at any given time

Mangaluru, Jul 13: Harsha S Bhat, a seismologist and solid mechanician, who is researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research has been chosen for the prestigious Michel Gouilloud Schlumberger prize for 2018 by the French Academy of Sciences. He is the son of Suresh Bhat Bakrabail, a Mangaluru-based social activist and president of Dakshina Kannada unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda

Kasaragod, Jul 13: The Kerala state government has given the green signal for works on the hospital building block of the Kasaragod government medical college at Ukinadka, near Badiadka, 30 km from the district headquarter town. The decision was taken by the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, at a meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The meeting resolved to

Coimbatore, Jul 13: A 19-year-old student of a private college in Tamil Nadu banged her head on a sunshade and died after being pushed from the second floor ledge by an ill-prepared trainer during a disaster preparedness drill conducted on the campus. The trainer has been detained. The victim is N Logeshwari, a second-year BBA student and a native of Nathegoundenpudur, near Alandurai. She was one

New Delhi, Jul 13: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has alleged that the Karnataka government was "totally ignoring women safety" which was evident from the rising instances of harassment. "I am worried about how the Karnataka government is totally ignoring women safety in the city. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy should pay attention to this critical issue," Gandhi tweeted

Mysuru, Jul 13: A retired IAS officer was killed in a mishap when he was tilling his land at Byadarahalli in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district yesterday. The victim is S N Nagaraj (62), who was initially a KAS officer and then promoted to IAS cadre. He had retired as the deputy commissioner of Raichur in 2016. Nagaraj was tilling his land using the tractor since morning. At around 12.30 pm the

Udupi, Jul 12: Nearly two dozen passengers were injured when a private bus on its way from Karkala to Mangaluru fell on its side at Daddu in Kedinje village in Karkala taluk today. According to the police, the bus hit a mound of soil and then fell on its side. Three or four passengers who were severely injured have been shifted to a private hospital in Manipal, while the remaining passengers who

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has asked his successor H D Kumaraswamy to withdraw the budgetary proposal to hike taxes on fuel, and also to restore 7 kg of rice per person under the Anna Bhagya scheme for below the poverty line (BPL) families. The two issues were hotly debated during the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting held here on Wednesday. Siddaramaiah said he

Mangaluru, Jul 12: Senior journalist, activist, scholar and journalism teacher Dr Ronald Anil Fernandes has been appointed as a member of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC). A recipient of prestigious Sarojini Naidu Award, the Media Academy Award, and the Dakshina Kannada District Rajyotsava Award, Dr Fernandes was working for Deccan Herald for over two decades. He resigned as the

Bengaluru, July 12: A mid-air collision was averted after two IndiGo aircraft came face-to-face on July 10 in Bengaluru airspace. The incident was reported when 6E-779 (Coimbatore-Hyderabad) and 6E-6505 (Bangalore-Cochin) were in the air. All the passengers onboard the Indigo flights were de-boarded safely after landing. Commenting on the incident, Indigo Airlines said in its statement: "The