While crossing the Vega City mall at Bannerghatta road, one has seldom noticed a bus stop named ‘Jeedi Mara’, a Kannada word which in English means cashew tree. With infrastructural projects taking a toll on the green spaces, the cashew trees were axed and the history behind the name of the bus stop went into oblivion. An NGO Project Vruksha Foundation along with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now planned to plant ten cashew saplings around the Jeedi Mara bus stop. The history behind the naming of the bus stop will also be put up at the spot.
READ | BBMP, NGO plan to revive Bengaluru’s tradition of naming bus stops after trees
Students and alumni of a government school in Dasarahhalli in North Bengaluru have launched the ‘Chipko’ movement to protest against the alleged cutting of trees on campus by the civic body. According to the students, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to cut down around 40 fully grown trees near the school ground inside Jindal Jubilee Government High School premises for the road-widening project in the Abbigere area in Dasarahalli zone.
READ | Bengaluru: Students hold ‘Chipko’ protest against felling of trees in school campus by civic body
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday directed officials to start the process of selecting eligible beneficiaries for four lakh homes under various housing schemes.
"If the target of four lakh new houses is not approved by the central government, or less houses are approved, the remaining houses will be constructed under the state government's housing scheme," a statement issued by the Chief Minister's office said.
The Chief Minister has told the officials to initiate the process of selecting socially and economically backward beneficiaries in the city and rural areas across the state for four lakh homes under the housing scheme. (PTI)
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The mother of a 10-year-old boy — who filed an FIR last month to report the missing of her son — has been arrested by the Bengaluru Police for the murder of the boy.
Investigations by the MICO Layout police into the disappearance of the boy, as reported by his mother in August, have revealed that the boy was tortured and killed by the woman and two associates in February this year.
The investigation found that the body of an unidentified child, that was found in neighbouring Bargur in Tamil Nadu in February, was of the boy who was reported missing seven months later in Bengaluru by his mother. Read More
The Bengaluru city police have arrested five persons, including the prime accused, in the assault and attempted murder case of D Shashi Kumar, the general secretary of the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS).
The city police identified the main accused as Ravi, a habitual offender and extortionist. “Ravi, who allegedly tried to murder Shashi Kumar, is the chief of the self-proclaimed Karnataka Vidyarthi Poshakara Jagruta Vedike (parents’ association). He had also rented out a house near Kumar’s residence for the assailants,” a police official said.
Ravi was arrested Thursday morning along with four other associates who had been absconding. The police have also recovered two country-made pistols and other weapons from them. Read More
A dip in Covid cases and test positivity rate (TPR) in all districts of Karnataka has prompted the state government to authorise Deputy Commissioners of districts to take a call on continuing the weekend curfew under their jurisdiction. The TPR is now below 2 per cent in all districts in the state.
The government has, meanwhile, extended its existing Covid curbs till September 27, including the night curfew across the state which will continue to remain in force from 9 pm to 6 am as per guidelines issued Thursday night.
“Further, there will be strict surveillance at the border posts setup by the districts adjoining Kerala and Maharashtra states as per the prevailing circular/guidelines issued by the Department of Health and family Welfare, Govt of Karnataka,” it said.
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Water supply in parts of Bengaluru will be disrupted on September 12 and 13, according to Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage Board(BWSSB) due to emergency repair works.
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Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged across the country for the fifth successive day on Friday, September 10, 2021. The prices of the key auto fuels were last revised on September 5 when petrol and diesel prices were cut by 15 paise per litre each in the national capital.
In Bengaluru, petrol is priced at Rs. 104.70 per litre while diesel costs Rs. 94.04 per litre.
Few people were injured in a head-on collision between Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus and North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) buses at Rajkumar Road in Rajajinagar in Bengaluru on Friday morning.
According to Rajajinagar traffic police, all the injured are being treated at the hospital and are said to be out of danger.
Bengaluru-based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure player EVRE will set up 200 charging stations in the city in the next six months.
Along with Bengaluru, the company is planning to set up 1,000 EV charging stations across India in partnership with MoEVing, a tech-enabled electric fleet startup for urban mobility.
EVRE said in a press release that it will conceptualise, design, manufacture, establish, operate and maintain the charging infrastructure. “MoEVing will help in demand assessment of where the stations should be set up for higher utilisation. EVRE will also provide the technology for the chargers.” the company said.
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A project by a class 10 boy from Karnataka’s Bidar district was adjudged second best from among 3.92 lakh ideas and innovations sent from across the country for the eighth edition of the National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC).
Owais Ahmed, a student of Govt High School in Bhatambra, developed a ‘safety horizontal stretcher’.
According to Ahmed, the idea of developing a stretcher embedded with shock absorbers came to him after losing his grandmother last year. She died due to a downward shift of blood flow while she was taken on a stretcher up a ramp in a hospital.
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Bengaluru city police have arrested the prime accused in the assault and attempted murder case of D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary, Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools.
Shashi was attacked on July 29 by a gang of three masked men near his house at Mutyalanagar near Vidyaranyapura.
According to the city police, the accused, identified as Ravi, is a habitual offender and extortionist. “Ravi is a chief of a self-styled Karnataka Vidyarthi Poshakara Jagruta Vedike and had allegedly tried to murder Shashi Kumar and also he rented a house near the Shashi Kumar' residence for the assailants,” police officials said.
Ravi was arrested along with four other associates who had absconded fearing police arrest. The police have recovered two country-made pistols and weapons from them.
Students and alumni of a government school in Dasarahhalli in North Bengaluru have launched the ‘Chipko’ movement to protest against the alleged cutting of trees on campus by the civic body.
According to the students, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to cut down around 40 fully grown trees near the school ground inside Jindal Jubilee Government High School premises for the road-widening project in the Abbigere area in Dasarahalli zone.
On Thursday morning, around 50 high school students along with a few alumni of the institution, held the ‘Appiko movement’ (Kannada version of the Chipko movement) by hugging the trees, which are proposed to be cut down by the BBMP.
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Water supply in parts of Bengaluru will be disrupted on September 12 and 13, according to Bangalore Water supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB).
According to BWSSB, due to emergency repair works, water supply to the following areas will be disrupted:
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Dharmaraya Swamy Temple ward, Cubbonpete, Nagarthapete, Kumbarapete, Cottonpet, Chikpete, Bakshigarden and Bharathinagara.
Shivajinagar, Lavelle Road, Frazer town, Byadarahalli, Williams Town, Sindhi Colony, N.C. Colony, Coles Road, Cox Town, Doddigunta, Jeevanahalli, Vivekanand Nagar, Hutchins Road, Davis Road, Cook Town and old Byappanahalli.
St. Johns Road, Haines Road, Narayana Pillai Street, Sangam Road, Kamaraj Road, Veerapillai Street and Infantry Road.
Girinagar, Bytarayanapura, Raghavendra Block, Avalahalli, Muneshwara Block, Kalidas Layout, Srinagar, BSK 1st Stage, Yeshwanthapur (part), Malleshwaram. Nagayyanapalya, Sathyanagar, Maruthisevanagar, Pillanna garden-1, Muslim Colony, Kushalnagar , P&T Colony, Muneshwara Nagar, D.J. Halli, Pillannagarden-2 s/stn area- K.G. Halli, Nagawara and Samadha Nagar.
Pillanna garden-1st,2nd, 3rd stages, New Bagalur, old Bagalur, Lingarajpuram, Chamarajpet, Bank Colony, Srinivasa Nagar, Gavipuram and Hanumanthnagar.
Jayamahal, Seshadripuram, Nandidurga Road Extension, J.C. Nagar, Sadashivanagar, Palace Guttahalli, BEL Road, Sanjayanagar, Dollars Colony and RMV Extension.
Geddalahalli, Boopasandra, Kavalbyrasandra, Ganganagara, R.T. Nagar, Manorayanapalya, Anandanagar, V. Nagenahalli, Shampura, Sultanpalya, Shanthala Nagar and Ashok Nagar.
M.G. Road, Brigade Road, Part of HAL 2nd stage, Doopanahalli, Indiranagar 2nd stage, Lakshmipuram, Kadiraiahnapalya, Kalahalli, andhra Colony, LBS Nagar, LIC Colony, HAL 3rd stage, Jeevanbhimanagar, Kodihalli. Hanumanthappa Layout, Bazaar Street, Ulsoor.
While crossing the Vega City mall at Bannerghatta road, one has seldom noticed a bus stop named ‘Jeedi Mara’, a Kannada word which in English means cashew tree. With infrastructural projects taking a toll on the green spaces, the cashew trees were axed and the history behind the name of the bus stop went into oblivion. An NGO Project Vruksha Foundation along with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now planned to plant ten cashew saplings around the Jeedi Mara bus stop. The history behind the naming of the bus stop will also be put up at the spot.
Project Vruksha Foundation Vijay Nishanth said, “We proposed the plan to the BBMP and they will provide us with the necessary equipment and manpower to support the project. The word Jeedi Mara is also not in use. One can see the semblance of this beautiful tradition of naming streets and bus stops after trees and lakes. Be it the Margosa Road or the Sampige Road in Malleshwaram and Hunasemara stop in Banashankari or Jeedi Mara stop, Aralimara stop in Chikkalasandra. Now why can’t we revive this tradition and give an impetus to tree plantation at a time when we are losing green space.”
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Based on a plea by the directorate of enforcement (ED), of the ministry of finance, for legal assistance in obtaining information and documents regarding Singapore and Mauritius based investors in the space start-up Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd – which is under probe for alleged money laundering – a special court has ordered issuance of letters of request for information to authorities in Singapore and Mauritius.
The court ordered the issuance of the letters of request to Singapore and Mauritius after the ED alleged that foreign investments to the tune of Rs 579 crore that came to Devas Multimedia, in the aftermath of a 2005 satellite deal with the Indian Space Research Organization’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation, was obtained from dubious sources in the US.
The ED has alleged that the dubious funds were routed via Singapore and Mauritius to India and later routed back to the US.
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Four newly elected JD(S) councillors, who hold the key to the Kalaburagi city council amid a hung verdict and both the BJP and Congress vying for power, have now been sheltered in Bengaluru by party leaders over fears of being poached by the two parties.
JD(S) councillors Aleemuddin Patil, Vishal Navarang, Sajid Kalyani and Vijayalakshmi R arrived in Bengaluru on September 8. They have been seen at a farmhouse outside Bengaluru where former CM and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy resides and at the city residence of JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda.
The JD(S), which won only four seats in the 55-seat council, compared to 27 of the Congress and 23 of the BJP, is driving a hard bargain to gain political ground while considering its weakened political and economic situation in the state after the fall of its coalition government with the Congress in 2019.
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Karnataka on Thursday reported the lowest number of deaths due to COVID-19, since the beginning of the second wave, with four fatalities, taking the toll so far due to the pandemic to 37,462, the health department said. The state logged 1,074 new cases of corona infections taking the total number of cases so far to 29,59,164. The day also saw 1,136 discharges, taking the total recoveries in the state to 29,04,683.
Out of four deaths reported on Thursday, three are from Bengaluru Urban, and one in Hassan. Out of 1,074 new cases reported on Thursday, 343 were from Bengaluru Urban, and the city saw 251 discharges. Total number of active cases in the state is at 16,992. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.63 per cent, case fatality rate (CFR) was at 0.37 per cent.
Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 343, Dakshina Kannada 176, Udupi 126, Hassan 81, Chikkamagaluru 68, followed by others. Bengaluru Urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 12,40,653, followed by Mysuru 1,76,735 and Tumakuru 1,19,567. Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 12,17,401, followed by Mysuru 1,73,542 and Tumakuru 1,17,813.
Cumulatively a total of 4,49,07,570 samples have been tested in the state so far, out of which 1,69,448 were tested on Thursday alone. (PTI)
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While crossing the Vega City mall at Bannerghatta road, one has seldom noticed a bus stop named ‘Jeedi Mara, a Kannada word which in English means cashew tree. With infrastructural projects taking a toll on the green spaces, the cashew trees were axed and the history behind the name of the bus stop went into oblivion. An NGO Project Vruksha Foundation along with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has now planned to plant ten cashew saplings around the Jeedi Mara bus stop. The history behind the naming of the bus stop will also be put up at the spot.
Project Vruksha Foundation Vijay Nishanth said, “We proposed the plan to the BBMP and they will provide us with the necessary equipment and manpower to support the project. The word Jeedi Mara is also not in use. One can see the semblance of this beautiful tradition of naming streets and bus stops after trees and lakes. Be it the Margosa Road or the Sampige Road in Malleshwaram and Hunasemara stop in Banashankari or Jeedi Mara stop, Aralimara stop in Chikkalasandra. Now why can’t we revive this tradition and give an impetus to tree plantation at a time when we are losing green space.”
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Bengaluru-based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure player EVRE will set up 200 charging stations in the city in the next six months.
Along with Bengaluru, the company is planning to set up 1,000 EV charging stations across India in partnership with MoEVing, a tech-enabled electric fleet startup for urban mobility.
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Students and alumni of a government school in Dasarahhalli in North Bengaluru have launched the ‘Chipko’ movement to protest against the alleged cutting of trees on campus by the civic body.
According to the students, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to cut down around 40 fully grown trees near the school ground inside Jindal Jubilee Government High School premises for the road-widening project in the Abbigere area in Dasarahalli zone.
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The 105-year-old University of Mysore (UoM), a state-run varsity in Karnataka, has witnessed an improvement in its place in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2021, of which standings were announced earlier today.
At NIRF 2021, UoM was placed 19th and 34th in the 'University' and 'Overall' categories respectively. "It is really a quantum jump in the performance of the University in spite of the dwindling number of permanent faculty members and other limiting factors. This is the best performance of the University in NIRF rankings so far," Vice-Chancellor G Hemantha Kumar said.
Last year, UoM was adjudged 27th and 47th in the 'University' and 'Overall' categories respectively. The Central government began NIRF rankings in 2015 to assess Higher Educational Institutions across the country in different segments.
The ranking framework judges institutions under five broad generic groups of parameters of Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.
The Physiotherapy Department which was renovated recently at the Leprosy Hospital situated on Magadi Road in Bengaluru was inaugurated by Dr Arundhathi Chanderashekar, Managing Director of National Health Mission in Karnataka on Thursday.
Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar Thursday met representatives of the Karnataka State Government Medical Officers Association. After the meeting, Sudhakar said that several grievances and demands of doctors serving under the state’s Health and Family Welfare Department was discussed.
Health Commissioner K V Trilok Chandra was also present in the meeting held at Vidhana Soudha.
A project by a class 10 boy from Karnataka’s Bidar district was adjudged second best from among 3.92 lakh ideas and innovations sent from across the country for the eighth edition of the National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC).
Owais Ahmed, a student of Govt High School in Bhatambra, developed a ‘safety horizontal stretcher’.
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The VHP and Bajrang Dal members on Thursday protested outside the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike headquarters against the state government imposing restrictions on Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations across Karnataka.
A Bajrang Dal member said that the government only imposes restrictions during a Hindu festival but allows other religions to celebrate the way they want to.
The Hindu right wing organisations also want the government to remove the restrictions with regard to the size of the Ganesh idol which the government has fixed at 2 feet at houses and 4 feet at public places.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said he will be getting a report on the possible impact of Nipah virus infections in the state, and necessary action will be taken to control it.
“Regarding Nipah virus, I have given directions to the Health Secretary and experts. I will get a report on its behaviour in Kerala and its impact on us by this evening, following which necessary action will be taken,” Bommai said.
With confirmed cases of the Nipah virus (NiV) infection reported recently in neighboring Kerala, the Karnataka government on Tuesday had directed district administrations, especially those bordering that state, to strengthen surveillance and preparedness.
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Prices of petrol and diesel continued to be steady across the country for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, September 9, 2021. The prices of the key auto fuels were last revised on September 5 when petrol and diesel prices were cut by 15 paise per litre each in the national capital.
In Bengaluru, petrol is priced at Rs. 104.70 per litre and diesel costs Rs. 94.04 per litre.
As many as three institutions situated in the Karnataka capital featured among others recognised as top colleges and universities in the country, as Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings 2021 on Thursday.
While the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was adjudged the best in University and the new Research category, it was also ranked second overall. Meanwhile, the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) ranked first in the Law and second in Management categories respectively.
For the first time in the history of the annual 10-day-long Mysore Dasara festivities in Karnataka, the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari will be brought from Chamundi Hills to the Mysuru Palace in an elephant procession (jumbo savari).
According to Mysuru in-charge minister S T Somashekar, the Dasara executive committee reached a decision to do so to enable more people in the city to get a darshan of the deity. “The procession route will be decorated and illuminated apart from the idol being embellished,” he said. To date, the idol was brought to the palace before the elephant procession in a low-key manner.
However, the jumbo savari, usually held from Mysuru Palace to Bannimantap grounds, will be limited to the palace premises for the second consecutive year due to Covid restrictions.
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Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will restart Flybus operations between Bengaluru and Kundapura starting from today.
The fare is Rs 1,210. The flybus will depart from Kempegowda International airport (KIA) at 9 pm, and arrive at Kundapur at 8.30 am. The bus will later depart from Kundapur at 7 pm and arrive at KIA at 5.15 am.
The KSRTC had suspended the operation of Fly Bus after the outbreak of COVID-19.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is in New Delhi on a two-day visit, met several Union ministers on Wednesday to discuss various projects related to the state.
Bommai met Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and said that the decks have finally been cleared for the long-pending ring road project connecting Dobaspet and Hosur under the Bharatmala programme near Bengaluru. This will help decongest the traffic in the state’s capital city, he said.
After meeting Gadkari, the CM said all concerns related to land acquisition have been resolved and the state government has agreed to give GST exemption on items like steel, cement, sand and aggregates which are used in road construction.
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Karnataka Congress president D K Shivakumar on Wednesday urged the State government to withdraw restrictions on the height of Ganesha idols.
“The Ganesha festival is just two days away and the State government’s new decision imposing a meaningless restriction on Ganesha idols placed in houses to 2 feet and 4 feet in public places, is troubling the life of the idol makers,” Shivakumar said.
This order should be withdrawn immediately or the idol-makers should be compensated, he said.
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Karnataka logged 1,102 new COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 29,58,090 and the toll to 37,458. The day also saw 1,458 discharges, taking the total number of recoveries in the state so far to 29,03,547. Out of the total number of cases, 338 were from Bengaluru Urban, as the city saw 277 discharges and five deaths, a health department bulletin said.
Active cases in the state stood at 17,058. While the positivity rate for the day stood at 0.64 per cent, the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was 1.54 per cent.
Behind Bengaluru Urban in number of fatalities was Uttara Kannada with four, Dakshina Kannada (3), Mysuru (2), followed by others. Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru Urban accounted for 338, Dakshina Kannada 200, Udupi 133, Mysuru 64, followed by others.
Bengaluru Urban district topped the list of positive cases, with a total of 12,40,310, followed by Mysuru 1,76,687 and Tumakuru 1,19,545. Among discharges too, Bengaluru Urban tops the list with 12,17,150, followed by Mysuru 1,73,457 and Tumakuru 1,17,766.
Cumulatively a total of 4,47,38,122 samples have been tested in the state so far, out of which 1,69,621 were on Wednesday alone. (PTI)
Congress leader and former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has sought a probe into corruption allegations against state Agriculture Minister BC Patil in the procurement of Rs 210-crore worth of farm equipment.
The allegations are likely to be raised by the Opposition during a legislative session next week.
On Tuesday, Krishnamurthy N, president of a self-styled Anti Corruption Taskforce, filed a complaint with the state Anti-Corruption Bureau claiming that fake bills have been used to show the purchase of diesel pump sets, sprinklers and sprayers, all meant for distribution to farmers in the state.
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BBMP marshals were deployed at KR Market to fine people for COVID violations.
With 1,19,51,707 people inoculated with both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, Karnataka is sixth among states and union territories in India with the most complete-vaccination coverage.
While Maharashtra has double-vaccinated most people (nearly 1.8 crore people), the others with more coverage than Karnataka are Uttar Pradesh (1.36 crore), Gujarat (1.34 crore), West Bengal (1.28 crore), and Rajasthan (1.20 crore).
The Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) is geared up for Tiger Census 2022, expecting a considerable improvement in the state’s tiger population. In Tiger Census 2018, Madhya Pradesh led the overall chart in India with 526 tigers, followed by Karnataka with 524 and Uttarakhand with 442.
Sharing his thoughts with The Indian Express, Vijaykumar Gogi, principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife) and chief wildlife warden, said conservation initiatives like least human intervention in their prey and breeding areas could culminate into something good. He said it would not be prudent to do guesswork and give out the figures now.
“One of the major things we have done in the past few years is to have reduced anthropogenic (originating in human activity) pressures so that tigers can breed. However, birth rate is not the only way to determine the number of tigers. We have set up camera traps, and the forest guard members also track the movement of tigers by their scat (animal droppings). Every animal has its own scat pattern. The guidelines of carrying out the census are laid down by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA),” Gogi said.
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From April 2022, passengers flying out of Bengaluru will have to pay more for flight tickets since the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has allowed the Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) to increase the user development fee (UDF) for four years till March 2026.
However, AERA has refused to give permission for any immediate hike in the UDF as sought by BIAL.
AERA, in an order last week, stated that from the next financial year, a fee of Rs 350 for departing domestic passengers and Rs 1,200 for international passengers will be in effect till the end of March 2023, and subsequently increased in a graded manner through the third control period, according to order. The present fee for departing domestic passengers is Rs 184 and Rs 839 for international travellers.
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A Class VIII student of a private school in Bengaluru has alleged that she was disallowed from clearing her doubts during online classes and moved to another section where the students, she claimed, were not allowed to ask questions and had to keep their microphones muted all the time.
While the school’s management said they were unaware of any such incident, the block education officer said he had asked the school to send back the student to her original section a fortnight ago.
In a letter addressed to the principal of VIBGYOR School in Horamavu on September 5, the student alleged she was moved to another section as a “punishment” by the school.
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Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Wednesday said that the Ethics Committee of the state legislature is likely to be formed during the upcoming session, starting from September 13.
“During the previous session I had held a meeting of the Joint Rules Committee, during which discussions were held regarding constituting the Ethics Committee. We have made necessary arrangements for it that includes certain changes and additions to the rule book. It will also be finalised during the session,” Kageri said.
The Speaker was addressing reporters ahead of the 10-day legislature session from September 13 to 24.
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An electric scooter owner in Bengaluru had to take his e-scooter to the fifth floor of his apartment complex to recharge it in his kitchen due to a lack of charging points at the building.
Vish Ganti, vice president (product management and GM) with AutoGrid India, posted his woes on LinkedIn where he stated, “My apartment community in the so-called EV capital of India (Bangalore) wouldn’t let me install an EV charging point, after trying to educate them and fighting an uphill battle for 4 months. So I decided to load up my scooter in the elevator and bring it up to my unit on (the) 5th floor to charge it in the kitchen, as a sign of protest and to create awareness of this ground reality.”
Ganti advised others not to repeat what he did as there were risks from shock and fire. “Everyone needs to be educated about the importance of EV charging infrastructure. We recently rolled out the EV charging handbook for India…but the question still remains how do residential communities and common people understand the intricacies living with an EV (sic),” his post read.
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The JD(S) has emerged as a kingmaker with the Kalaburagi city council poll results throwing up a hung verdict for the BJP and Congress.
The party, which won only four seats in the 55-seat council, compared to 27 of the Congress and 23 of the BJP, is now driving a hard bargain with the two parties in return for its support to take control of the council.
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A plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to split the trial into the alleged money laundering by a Bengaluru start-up firm Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd – following a failed satellite deal with Indian government entities – was rejected by a special court in Bengaluru on account of the central agency failing to issue summons to a US-based official of the firm and a US subsidiary.
The special court rejected an application filed by the ED to conduct a separate trial against Ramachandran Vishwanathan, the CEO of Devas Multimedia and Devas Multimedia America Inc (DMAI), a US arm of the start-up.
Vishwanathan and DMAI are among 10 individuals and entities accused of money laundering by the ED in a chargesheet filed in 2018 against Devas Multimedia.
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday met Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh in New Delhi and discussed the issue of induction of officers of the Karnataka Administrative Service into the IAS, according to an official statement.
During the discussion, the chief minister appreciated the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) for the prompt response to every request made by the state government, it said. "He also requested assistance in carrying out the state cadre review," said the statement issued by the personnel ministry.
Bommai also took up the issue of induction of officers of the Karnataka Administrative Service into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), it said.
Singh assured the Karnataka chief minister that DoPT is very prompt in disposing of all the service matters related to different states and as soon as the required procedures and requirements are fulfilled by the respective state governments, the ministry pushes forward the process at the earliest, the statement said. (PTI)
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