Drone Federation India has been identified as the implementation partner Chintamani: Chintamani is set to get a dedicated drone-testing centre, with the state govt approving a Rs 42.8-crore project at Jeedarahalli aimed at building infrastructure for testing and developing unmanned aerial systems.The centre will come up on 19.3 acres of govt land and is expected…
Mysuru: Karnataka energy minister KJ George has said there was no question of imposing load-shedding in the state at present, asserting the govt was managing a power shortage of around 1,000 MW by procuring electricity from other states.George told reporters here on Saturday that power shortage had persisted for nearly seven months and was not…
Bengaluru: On a day FIR was lodged against 15 protesters, including five women, for causing public inconvenience by blocking roads over Bidadi township project, chief minister DK Shivakumar and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy opened a new flank in battle over the controversial township.Bidadi police said they have not arrested protesters and added that notices would…
Bengaluru: After Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board claimed it has no litigation-free land measuring eight acres in a single parcel, Karnataka high court has directed authorities and KIADB to compensate a software company by paying 8% interest on its Rs 38 lakh deposit from Dec 2009 onwards.A division bench comprising Justices DK Singh and H…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration commissioner K Srinivas has sought urgent regulatory intervention over the pricing of medicines, medical devices and consumables supplied to hospitals at discounted institutional prices but billed to in-patients at the printed maximum retail price (MRP) or close to it.In some cases, the difference between the landing cost and…
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Guwahati suffered a tail strike while landing at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Sunday. All passengers and crew are safe.The Airbus A321 flight (6E-6542) aborted landing on the first approach at the destination. During ascent, the flight suffered a tail strike. It landed safely in its second attempt.In…
#IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, presented by Multigen, hosted another series of citizen-led activities across Bengaluru Bengaluru: Volunteers continued to show up to neighbourhood parks over the weekend as #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, presented by Multigen, in association with Kristu Jayanti University and supported by Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), hosted another series of citizen-led…
Bengaluru: Union minister for heavy industries and steel and Janata Dal (S) state president HD Kumaraswamy Sunday urged people affected by the proposed PRR-NICE Road link near Madavara to unite and take to the streets to protect their homes and livelihoods.The proposed 3km NICE-Tumakuru Road PRR-1 Integration is an additional link between the upcoming Peripheral…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Bengaluru: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday called for accelerated investments in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor manufacturing and quantum computing, describing them as critical to India’s next phase of growth and self-reliance.Speaking at IIT Madras Alumni Association’s Sangam 2026 summit in Bengaluru, Nirmala said India needs stronger funding mechanisms for deep-tech…
Bengaluru: Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WeSchool), Bengaluru, held its convocation on Saturday for the 2024-26 PGDM batch, marking the graduation of students from four management programmes.The ceremony was attended by Sudhir Kalkar, Radhesham Agarwal, Uday Salunkhe and other institutional representatives. Santosh Panpaliya, senior vice-president and global head, HR, Infosys BPM, was the…
