A photo from the ACB raid in Karnataka. (Special Arrangement)Karnataka Anti-Corruption Bureau officials are continuing their raids on govt officials’ residences on Thursday. The ACB had, on Wednesday, found Rs 25 lakh in cash, along with gold ornaments, hidden inside the PVC pipes of a state government employee’s house in Kalaburgi.
An ACB official said at least Rs 3.5 crore worth gold ornaments and Rs 15 lakh in cash were seized in Joint Director of Agriculture Department T S Rudreshappa’s Gadag residence.
Meanwhile, the bureau unearthed several alleged scams as it continued the raid on the city’s premier civic agency Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), including the sale of corner sites and crediting compensation to ineligible persons. The ACB officials say that the misappropriation of funds runs to more than Rs 200 crore and has caused a huge loss to the state exchequer.
In other news, heavy rains in parts of Karnataka over the last week have driven up vegetable prices in Bengaluru, with tomatoes now costing Rs 100-110 per kg in retail.
Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday paid a visit to Chikkaballapur district where 24 houses collapsed and 1,078 houses were partially damaged.
Ahead of the MLC election in Karnataka, former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa Wednesday in a speech during a rally hinted the saffron party is looking to have ties with Janata Dal-Secular JD(S).
This comes amid rumours that BJP and JD(S) are in talks to join hands for the polls. “BJP will soon decide and request JD(S) for their support in the polls,” the former Chief Minister said. (Read more)
He may have been a little known name in the party circles but Congress’ Yousuf Sharif has now got all the attention on him, thanks to a declared family worth of over Rs 1,000 crore, made in his poll affidavit for the December 10 Karnataka Legislative Council polls.
Sharif, a multi billionaire who was earlier into selling scrap before foraying into real estate, has declared assets belonging to him and his family worth over Rs 1,744 crore, making him arguably the richest candidate among the lot. (Read more)
The Anti-Corruption Bureau officials have continued their raids on govt officials' residences on Thursday.
The ACB had, on Wednesday, found Rs 25 lakh in cash, along with gold ornaments, hidden inside the PVC pipes of a state government employee’s house in Kalaburgi. (Read more)
He may have been a little known name in the party circles but Congress' Yousuf Sharif has now got all the attention on him, thanks to a declared family worth of over Rs 1,000 crore, made in his poll affidavit for the December 10 Karnataka Legislative Council polls.
Sharif, a multi billionaire who was earlier into selling scrap before foraying into real estate, has declared assets belonging to him and his family worth over Rs 1,744 crore, making him arguably the richest candidate among the lot. (PTI)
Immigration officials at Bengaluru International Airport caught two men attempting to fly to Abu Dhabi with fabricated passports.
According immirgation officials the incident reported on Saturday. Officials said "when we were inspecting their documents, we saw that they had torn the employment visa stamping sheet and pasted a visiting visa stamp on another sheet."
The arrested have been identified as Somireddy Palli(38) and Nagipogu Babu, (42) residents of Mahabubnagar.
Immigration officials at Bengaluru International Airport caught two men attempting to fly to Abu Dhabi with fabricated passports.
According immirgation officials the incident reported on Saturday. Officials said "when we were inspecting their documents, we saw that they had torn the employment visa stamping sheet and pasted a visiting visa stamp on another sheet."
The arrested have been identified as Somireddy Palli(38) and Nagipogu Babu, (42) residents of Mahabubnagar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the new campus of Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University in Bengaluru on December 6.
The economics university has come up in the Jnanabharathi Campus of Bengaluru University. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai held a meeting on Wednesday evening to oversee the preparations for the inauguration programme.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today held a meeting with BBMP offcals to discuss Bengaluru flooding.
In massive searches conducted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) across Karnataka on Wednesday, officials seized gold ornaments, cash and immovable assets, such as houses and plots, worth crores of rupees, owned by government officials.
Karnataka on Wednesday reported 254 coronvirus infections and three deaths. With 546 recoveries, the total number of active cases in the state at present is 6,412.
Bengaluru Urban continued to top the list of cases (152), as the city saw 464 discharges and one death.
Out of three deaths reported on Wednesday, one each was from Bengaluru Urban, Dharwad and Kalaburagi.
Residents of Varthur in Bengaluru planted saplings in protest after demanding good stretch of roads for the past one year.
Online grocery platform Bigbasket on Wednesday announced its foray into offline retail with the opening a new technology-driven, self-service 'Fresho' store in Bengaluru.
The launch is part of the company's vision to open 200 physical outlets pan India by 2023 and 800 by 2026, a statement said. The stores will offer high quality products at extremely competitive prices, it added.
The store in Basaveshwar Nagar in Bengaluru was inaugurated by three farmers, who are a part of Bigbasket's Farmer Connect programme. (PTI)
While the Karnataka government has not yet moved an inch in implementing former chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s proposal to convert the defunct New Government Electrical Factory (NGEF), Bengaluru unit into a tree park under the Bengaluru Mission 2022 programme, the official documents of the Karnataka forest department reveal that the state government was suggested by the department to declare the factory’s land as a deemed forest area.
Acting on the Karnataka High Court’s order of 2017 to enumerate the number of trees inside the campus, the Bengaluru south subdivision of the forest department informed the government that there were approximately 44,720 trees of 18 species. Based on the number of trees found on the campus, the division recommended the government to declare the area as a deemed forest. Read more
With a gradual decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru, residents residing in apartment complexes, and gated communities will now be able to use gymnasiums, sporting facilities and swimming pools within the premises as long as they are adhering to the Covid protocols.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in a circular dated November 23 said that swimming pools can operate at 50% capacity and will have to display the number of people allowed in a batch at the entrance. Read more
Nearly a month-old video of a purported conversation between Karnataka Congress chief Shivakumar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah at a program in Bengaluru on October 31 to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has gone viral on social media.
In the video, Siddaramaiah can be heard asking about the absence of a portrait of Sardar Vallabhai Patel. “Today it is his (Sardar Patel) birth anniversary,” Siddaramaiah says in Kannada before asking Shivakumar, “There is no portrait of him?”
To which Shivakumar replies: “We never keep the photo (of Sardar Patel)”. read more
Heavy rains in parts of Karnataka over the last week have driven up vegetable prices in Bengaluru with most vegetables now costing over Rs 50 per kg. The incessant downpour has also destroyed crops in several areas, reducing the quality of vegetables arriving in the market.
Tomatoes now cost Rs 100-110 per kg in retail, up from Rs 80 last month. While capsicum costs Rs 130 per kg, brinjal sells at Rs 75 and onion at Rs 48 per kg.
The vegetables in Bengaluru mostly arrive from Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru Rural district, Ramanagara and Tumakuru, the districts affected by the recent rains. Read more
Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC) on Tuesday lodged a police complaint against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut and journalist and co-founder of Do Politics Ajeet Bharti on their alleged remarks against freedom fighters.
A delegation led by KPYCC president MS Raksha Ramaiah lodged the complaint and demanded that the two be tried under various Sections of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for their “unsavoury remarks against freedom fighters”.
KPYCC president said that their remarks have ruined the reputation of freedom fighters who struggled hard to get freedom. Read more
Karnataka police on Wednesday have arrested four persons who allegedly gang raped a eight year old girl and killed her in coastal district of Karnataka, Mangaluru.
The arrested are Jayban (21), Mukesh Singh (20), Muneem Singh (20), all native of Madhya Pradesh and Manish Tirki (33), native of Jharkhand. Mukesh, Jayban and Manish worked in Raj Tiles factory located in Vamanjoor in Mangaluru rural police limits. The victim's parents also worked in the same factory as labourer.
In a massive raid conducted by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) across the state on Wednesday, the officials have seized crores worth gold ornaments, cash and immovable assets such as houses and plots owned by government officials.
The raids are conducted in 60 places with respect to disproportionate assets cases registered against 15 officers by a team of 8 SPs, 100 officers and 300 staff, said ACB.
While the raids have continued, an ACB official said that they have been able to seize Rs 3.5 crore worth gold ornaments and Rs 15 lakh cash in TS Rudreshappa, joint director of Agriculture department, Gadag's residences. However, the raids are yet to be concluded.
Anti Corruption Bureau of Karnataka which has continued the raid on the premier civic agency Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) unearthed several scams which includes the sale of corner sites and crediting compensation to ineligible persons. The ACB officials says that the sum of misappropriation which has run more than Rs 200 crore has caused huge loss to the state exchequer.
On the third day of the raid on Tuesday, BDA zonal offices at RT Nagar, Banashankari, Vijayanagar, and HSR Layout were raided. The ACB said that they found that sale of corner sites which must be auctioned according to the government rules were sold to private people by creating forged documents.
The ACB officials who had conducted raids on last Friday and Saturday resumed its raid on Tuesday and are having the office keys of the offices as they suspect documents can be forged. An official in ACB said that they have taken a search warrant to conduct raids till November 29.
Retail tomato prices are ruling at Rs 80 per kg in most cities across India but the rates have shot up to as high as Rs 120 per kg in few southern states because of widespread rains, according to government data.
In Chennai, retail price of tomato was at Rs 100 per kg, Puducherry Rs 90 per kg, Bengalure Rs 88 per kg and Hyderabad Rs 65 per kg.
In Karnataka, retail prices of tomato are ruling at Rs 85 per kg in Dharwad, Rs 84 per kg in Mysure, Rs 80 a kg in Mangalore and Rs 78 per kg in Bellary. (PTI)
Karnataka has reported 224 new cases of Covid-19 and five deaths, taking the total number of infections to 29,94,001 and death toll to 38,182, the Health department said on Tuesday.
The day also saw 379 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,49,083. Out of 224 new cases reported on Tuesday, 122 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 300 discharges and 1 death. Total number of active cases in the state is at 6,707.
The announcement of candidates by the three major political parties in Karnataka for next month's Legislative Council polls has sparked a "nepotism debate".
The parties indulged in allegations and counter charges on the issue, as the ruling BJP on Tuesday accused the opposition of nepotism in selection of their candidates.
The Congress hit back, asking the BJP to have a look into its own list first. The biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 20 Local Authorities' Constituencies for 25 seats, due to retirement of sitting members, will be held on December 10. (PTI)
The anti-corruption bureau in Karnataka is conducting raids on properties of 15 government officials.
Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC) on Tuesday lodged a police complaint against actor Kangana Ranaut and Journalist and co-founder of Do Politics Ajeet Bharti on their alleged remarks against freedom fighters.
Delegation led by KPYCC president M.S. Raksha Ramaiah lodged the complaint and demanded that the two be tried under various sections of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for their “unsavoury remarks against freedom fighters”.
KPYCC president said that their remarks against freedom fighters have ruined the reputation of freedom fighters who struggled hard to get freedom.
With many parts in Bengaluru north affected due to water logging and floods, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who visited several places, said encroachments on lakes and drains have led to the flooding.
After visiting Kendriya Vihar apartment in Yelahanka, Manyata Tech Park in Nagawara and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Jakkur, he said the heavy rains is one of the factors but lake encroachment and rajakaluve (Sewage drains) encroachment led the disaster. Read More
In an innovation expected to be beneficial to the elderly and the specially-abled with locomotor issues, a team of engineering students from Bengaluru has developed a “smart” wheelchair that can be controlled by tracking the eye movement of the user.
The team comprising Divya M, Kavya G P and D Lakshmi Soumya from MVJ College of Engineering told indianexpress.com that they aimed at providing a smart solution to prospective users more than that offered by electric wheelchairs that are now available in the market. Read More
Kannada novelist and Sahitya Akademi award winner SL Bhyrappa has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to save Chamundi hills in Mysuru from concretization. SL Bhyrappa’s letter to the prime minister comes after Chamundi hills reported at least four landslides in less than a month.
Meanwhile, sources in the Karnataka tourism department said that the state government has sought Rs 100 crore from the Centre under the latter’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) programme to transform Chamundi hills into a ‘spiritual tourism hub’. Several environmentalists have already opposed the plan arguing that such a step will threaten the existence of the hill itself. Read More
With the recent rains inundating several areas in Bengaluru, the control room of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been receiving nearly 65-70 calls every day related to snake sightings on private properties.
Prasanna Kumar A, a snake rescuer with the BBMP, told The Indian Express that his team releases the rescued snakes back into the wild. “This month, we have witnessed a surge in calls from Vidyaranyapura, Yelahanka, JP Nagar, RR Nagar, Kanakapura, Jakkur and other areas. The rains inundated these areas, with the waters entering their burrows and driving the snakes out, increasing the chances of them entering private properties. The lake in Yelahanka too overflowed,” he said. Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the new building of Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE University) in Bengaluru.
According to Higher Education Minister C N Ashwathnarayan, the inauguration is likely to take place on December 6. The new building of BASE University has been constructed on the Jnanabharati Campus of Bengaluru University.
“We are expecting the PM for the inauguration. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had asked me and V Somanna (Minister for Housing) to take stock of the preparations,” he said.
Ashwathnarayan also chaired a review meeting at the center on Tuesday at the building constructed by the Department of Housing.
Heavy rains in parts of Karnataka over the last week have driven up vegetable prices in Bengaluru with most vegetables now costing over Rs 50 per kg. The incessant downpour has also destroyed crops in several areas, reducing the quality of vegetables arriving in the market.
Tomatoes now cost Rs 100-110 per kg in retail, up from Rs 80 last month. While capsicum costs Rs 130 per kg, brinjal sells at Rs 75 and onion at Rs 48 per kg. Read More
As many as three students sustained injuries at a government pre-university college in Karnataka's Hassan on Tuesday as the plaster from the ceiling of the classroom fell on them during class hours. The incident took place at the Government PU College at Santhepet in the district.
According to officials, the injured were soon rushed to Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences. "The ceiling was damaged due to the heavy rains that we witnessed in the last few days. They were given preliminary first-aid as the injuries were diagnosed to be minor," a staff member from the PU College said.
Hassan MLA Preetham Gowda visited the hospital to instruct the doctor-in-charge to oversee the health status of the students.
The unprecedented heavy rain and flooding in Bengaluru over the last few days have opened the Pandora’s box of unauthorised constructions on the city’s valleys and lake beds. Yelahanka lake, Singapura lake, Allasandra lake and Amanikere lake overflowed leading to flooding. Residents were stuck inside waterlogged houses and had to be rescued on boats by various rescue troops.
Poor urban planning and the construction of buildings on valleys and lake beds have led to the flood mess in Bengaluru, say experts. Read full report by Aksheev Thakur
Unseasonal rainfall has led to the death of at least 24 persons in Karnataka in the month of November, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office told The Indian Express. The districts that have been most affected are Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar and Hassan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the flood situation caused by heavy rains in the state. On Tuesday, Bommai said, "PM expressed grief over the loss of lives and deep concern over the crop damages. PM assured all possible support from the Centre."
A master plan would be drawn up to widen the major Rajakaluves (stormwater drains/SWD) and build diversion canals in Bengaluru so as to ensure smooth flow of floodwaters, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday.
Bommai visited Manyata Tech Park, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and surrounding areas that are flooded due to the incessant rains in the last few days.
“JNCASR has been badly hit as floodwaters entered the labs, and damaged equipment and vital research samples. It is a prominent institution engaged in research to better our future. It is our duty to protect this institution. Necessary action will be taken to prevent water from entering the institution, its labs and library in future”, he said.
A master plan would be drawn up to prevent flooding. Top heads of the institute would also be involved in formulating the master plan," Bommai added.
The Infosys Foundation has proposed to develop sports facilities at the Police Housing Complex, Binny Mill and the Command Armed Reserve (South) in Bengaluru city, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said on Tuesday.
The minister said the Infosys Foundation has sent a proposal to develop sports facilities at the two centres in Bengaluru at an estimated cost of over Rs 68 lakh. Read More
Six youths, including three students who had kidnapped a 20-year-old student to extort ransom, were arrested in Bengaluru Monday. The accused mistook the student to be a member of an affluent family but turned out he was the son of an auto-rickshaw driver.
The accused were identified as Anil Kumar, Nishchay, R Prajwal, K Prajwal, Deepu and Bhuvan. Deepu and Bhuvan were classmates of the victim while Nishcay is an engineering student. Read More
Following criticism and legal appeal from a voluntary group against “mandatory vaccination” for staff members at schools in Karnataka, the state government is likely to consider the matter.
A senior official from the Department of Health and Family Welfare told indianexpress.com that the concerns raised by a certain group “will be addressed” soon, and these will be discussed with the Covid-19 technical advisory committee (TAC) as well. Read More
One more member of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda family is entering electoral politics, with his grandson Suraj Revanna finding a place in the JD(S) list of candidates for December 10 legislative council polls, announced on Wednesday.
Suraj, a Doctor, son of Gowda's elder son H D Revanna, is JD(S) candidate from Hassan local authorities' seat, which is the family bastion. This marks the entry of the 8th member from the Gowda family into politics.
The biennial election to the Karnataka Legislative Council from 20 Local Authorities' Constituencies for 25 seats, due to retirement of sitting members, will be held on December 10. JD(S) has fielded only seven candidates for the polls. (PTI)
Karntaka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai visits the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bengaluru, which suffered major damage due to the rains. Genetic samples that date back 25 years and equipment worth several lakhs were destroyed Sunday night.
Staff of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) have recovered and returned jewelry and cash worth Rs 6.35 lakh to a passenger. The valuables were left behind on a BMTC bus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the flood situation caused by heavy rains in the state. On Tuesday, Bommai said, "PM expressed grief over the loss of lives and deep concern over the crop damages. PM assured all possible support from the Centre."
Teachers from Japan will soon begin training students and master trainers in the Japanese language at the Centre for Global Languages of Bengaluru City University (BCU). According to Professor Lingaraj Gandhi, the Vice-Chancellor of the varsity, the programme will be implemented by June 2022, as necessary legal formalities are underway. Gandhi said this would lead to more academic collaborations, considering job opportunities in Japan as well.
The decision was taken and a memorandum of understanding was signed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency with BCU to facilitate the same.
Earlier this month, a delegation from Spain had signed another MoU with the same centre to enable Spanish training.
The Congress party has released its list of candidates for the polls to legislative councils in Karnataka on December 10. On Monday, party president Sonia Gandhi approved the following names:
The Jnana Bharathi police in Bengaluru has arrested Syed Ahmed, a burglar who stole gold ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh from a house on October 26.
The state's economy is recovering after suffering a setback due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said. Speaking to media persons, he said, "The economy of the country and the state suffered a huge setback over the last two years due to the Covid pandemic. The economy of the state in all sectors is showing good recovery after successfully managing the vaccination campaign."
"GST collection had touched Rs1,30,000 crore last month and is expected to be around Rs 1,20,000 crore this month. Targets have been set on tax collection and action is being taken to ensure better compliance. State is getting its share of GST collection every quarter," the Chief Minister added.
A truck driver and three of his associates who had fled with Amazon goods worth Rs 1.64 crore were arrested by Kolar police in Karnataka Sunday. The arrested have been identified as Badrul Hak alias Vasi Ajay, a native of Assam who was the driver of the truck, Abhinath and Abdul Hussain, who are also from Assam, and Bengaluru resident Pradeep HR. Read more
Air India, being bought by the Tata Group, has approached a US federal court and sought a stay on efforts by foreign investors in Bengaluru start up Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd to attach the assets of the public sector carrier as part of efforts to recover compensation awards made against state-run ISRO’s commercial arm, Antrix Corporation, over a failed 2005 Devas-Antrix satellite deal.
Air India has moved the US court for southern district of New York to stay and dismiss efforts by three Mauritius-based investors in Devas Multimedia and German telecom major Deutsche Telekom to identify Air India as an alter ego of the Government of India to recover compensation awards made by international tribunals against ISRO’s Antrix Corp over the failed 2005 satellite deal.
Air India has informed the US court that it has signed a “share purchase”agreement with Tata Sons with a sale likely to close by the end of 2021 or 2022, and that this will result in Air India no longer being a government asset or an alter ego of GoI. Read more here
Flooding triggered by incessant downpour at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru has damaged genetic samples that date back 25 years, besides destroying equipment worth several lakhs Sunday night. Sewage also flowed into the laboratories, destroying genetic samples preserved over the past 25 years.
Speaking to The Indian Express, JNCASR president GU Kulkarni said the water level rose to a height of one metre inside the campus, turning many departments into islands. “We are yet to assess the damage that has taken place,” he added. Read more here
Heavy rain lashed Bengaluru on Sunday night, inundating various residential buildings and a tech park in the city’s northern parts. Fire department personnel, along with civic body officials, rescued residents stuck in waterlogged houses at Kendriya Vihar Apartment in Yelahanka, North Bengaluru, on Monday. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said overflowing water from the Yelahanka lake nearby flooded the apartment.
BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta said, “Kendriya Vihar apartment is in a low-lying area, next to Yelahanka Lake. We are now planning to construct a new 30-40 ft stormwater drain with RCC cement and concrete walls so that the water doesn’t flow into low-lying areas.” Read More
Unseasonal rainfall has led to the death of at least 24 persons in Karnataka in the month of November, said sources in the chief minister’s office.
Notably, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday visited rain-affected areas of Kolar district and said that the government will immediately release Rs 1 lakh for people whose house has been totally damaged and Rs four lakh will be released in two other instalments. Read More
A venom research centre will be established in Bengaluru on the premises of the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) in Helix Biotech Park. The centre, to be known as the Indian Venom Research Institute (IVRU), will be set up in association with the Evolutionary Venomics Lab under the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), at a cost of Rs 7 crore.
IVRU will facilitate the advancement of snakebite therapy in India with particular focus on Karnataka. It will act as an incubation centre and will house startups that focus on venom research. The institute will be funded by the state’s IT&BT Department. Read More
Karnataka logged 178 fresh Covid-19 cases and two deaths on Monday, taking the total number of infections to 29,93,777 and the toll to 38,177. The day also saw 373 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,48,704, a health department bulletin said.
Bengaluru Urban continued to top the list in number of cases with 112, as the city saw 300 discharges and one death.
Total number of active cases in the state was 6,867, the bulletin said. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.31 per cent, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was 1.12 per cent. (PTI)
Flooding triggered by incessant downpour at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bengaluru has damaged genetic samples that date back 25 years, besides destroying equipment worth several lakhs Sunday night.
By Monday morning, rain water had inundated the premises of JNCASR which is located in Jakkur near Rachenahalli lake. Sewage also flowed into the laboratories, destroying genetic samples preserved over the past 25 years. Read More
Karnataka’s first marine sanctuary is expected to be inaugurated by early 2022 at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada, according to officials.
Principal chief conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden, Karnataka, Vijaykumar Gogi told The Indian Express: “We cannot tell the exact date of the inauguration of the sanctuary but the project is very much under process. Karnataka to date has not concentrated on a marine sanctuary. It will be the first of its kind in the state,” he said. Read More
The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru has become the first airport in South Asia to commission a tactical simulator from Austria-based company Rosenbauer International to strengthen its firefighting capabilities.
According to Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), with this simulator, firefighters can train in a realistic environment, master the tactical use of Rosenbauer panther trucks and operate high reach extendable turrets (HRET) for extreme aircraft fire emergencies. Read More
The Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine will hold its Diamond Jubilee Conference at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Bengaluru from 25 to 27 November 2021. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Aerospace Medicine: Atmosphere and Beyond’.
Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, the Chief of the Air Staff, will inaugurate the conference. The conference will have Guest Orations, multiple scientific sessions and poster presentations. In the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic, conduct of the conference will be hybrid in nature. About 200 participants are expected to attend the conference online from various parts of the country and about 75 delegates from various Institutes will physically attend the conference.
Karnataka Chief Minister Bommai will be travelling to rain affected parts of Kolar district and Hoskote in Bengaluru rural district, on Monday.
He said the Election Commission has permitted Ministers of the concerned departments and the Chief Minister to travel across the state to take stock of the damage caused by rains and to oversee the relief measures.
The Chief Minister on Sunday had said that he has sought permission from the Election Commission for the Ministers to travel to the rain ravaged districts to oversee the relief work, in the wake of December 10 Legislative Council polls and the Model Code of Conduct being in place. (PTI)
A total of 24 people have lost their lives till Sunday evening, due to rains and floods caused by it across the state since the beginning of this month, Karnataka Disaster Management Authority officials said.
As per the preliminary loss and damages estimated by the authority since November 1, as many as 658 houses have been completely damaged, while 8,495 houses have been partially damaged. While an estimated 191 animals have lost their lives, crops in over 4 lakh hectares have been damaged, out of them 3,79,501 hectares are agriculture crops and 30,114 hectares are horticulture crops.
The data shared by the officials also showed that 2,203 km of roads have been damaged. Other infrastructure damage till Sunday evening include 1,225 schools, 39 PHCs, 1,674 electric poles and 278 electric transformers. (PTI)