Govt cracks down on loading of luggage atop buses
The Transport Department is checking the transport of hazardous goods in buses, in an effort to ensure the safety of travellers. In such a drive at Majestic and KR Market on Saturday, Regional...
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AICTE amends norms on skill development programmes
Engineering and polytechnic colleges may also offer sundry government-approved certificate courses on skill development ranging from mobile repair to organic farming and embroidery training with the...
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Teachers to be made accountable: Javadekar
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said school teachers will be made accountable for their work under the new education policy, being formulated after a gap of 29 years.In his message on the eve...
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Government to interact with people on GST Bill
Will the much-awaited Goods and Services Tax lead to price rise for the common man? How will the Centre and states strike a balance in tax collection so that companies do not end up losing revenues...
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Errors in your DL? Don't visit RTO, just apply online
Soon, you need not make the rounds of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to rectify clerical errors in your driving licence. Errors in name and date of birth can be corrected with just a click or tap....
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Pro-rich Modi govt wants to scrap reservation: Maya
Terming the BJP-led NDA government at the centre "pro-rich" and "anti-Dalit", BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday said that the Union government was conspiring to scrap reservation for Dalits. Addressing a...
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Rs 133-crore tax demand notice slapped on Pan Parag India
The Commercial Taxes Department has slapped a tax demand notice for Rs 133 crore on Pan Parag India, manufacturers of pan masala and zarda, stating that the company had suppressed its sales turnover...
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Rajmahal Palace entrance unsealed
Putting an end to the 10-day tussle between the erstwhile royals and the state government, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) on Sunday opened the main entrance to the Raj Mahal Palace heritage hotel....
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'N-K flooding caused by loss of forest cover in Krishna basin'
The loss of forest cover in the Krishna basin is the reason for perennial flooding in Karnataka during the monsoon, a recent study by the World Resource Institute (WRI) shows. Forest cover in the...
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This startup's aim: Net connectivity from the heavens
Even as companies like Facebook and Google are making efforts to try and spread the reach of the Internet via solar-powered drones and balloons, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute ofScience...
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80% of pellet victims below 25 years
At least 80% of people, who have pellet injuries in their eyes during the last 58-day unrest in Kashmir, are less than 25-year-old. Records at Srinagar's SMHS Hospital reveal that of 670 people...
View ArticleEnthusiasts scramble to own trophies from the wild
The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) has received more than 500 applications seeking ownership certificates for wildlife trophies. A few applicants have a passion to possess tiger and...
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300 hurt in Kashmir as all-party team arrives
At least 300 people were injured, most of them with pellets, in clashes between protesters and security forces in Kashmir on Sunday, the day the all-party delegation arrived in the violence-hit Valley...
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Cauvery issue: Security beefed up at KRS dam
With the possibilities of Supreme Court giving a verdict on the ongoing Cauvery river water sharing issue on Monday, security has been beefed up at the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) dam and the surrounding...
View ArticleCity scientists build heat engines from bacteria
Can the omnipresent bacteria work for us or run nano machines? Yes, say scientists from Bengaluru, who built the world's first micro heat engine using a bacterial colony. The micro heat engine does not...
View ArticleGovt, NICE refuse to budge, BMIC row gets knottier
It's back to square one for the jinxed Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project. Negotiations between the government and the project promoter, Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE),...
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Krishnappa to be inducted into state Cabinet today
Vijayanagar MLAMKrishnappa will be inducted into the state Cabinet on Monday, filling up a vacancy reserved in the council of ministers by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for the Vokkaliga...
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Malik, Geelani refuse to meet all-party team
Separatist leaders on Sunday refused to meet members of the all-party delegation who visited them in their individual capacity. Left party leaders Sitaram Yechury and D Raja, and JD(U) leader Sharad...
View Article'Have nodal officer in schools and colleges to check substance abuse'
Deputy Commissioner Dr K G Jagadeesha directed officials to appoint a teacher in each school and college as nodal officer to prevent substance abuse among schoolchildren. Chairing a meeting of...
View ArticleHarangi water level, lowest in almost three decades
The water-level in Harangi reservoir dipped to 6.67 tmc feet on Tuesday, the lowest in 28 years. The decrease in the water-level has only led the farmers to worry about the future of their crops in the...
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