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Poojary has been vocal against several controversial decisions of the state government, the chief Minister and a few ministers, lately.

Expel HY Meti from Congress: B Janardhan Poojary to Siddaramaiah

'Our party is being destroyed because of him (Siddaramaiah)' Poojary claimed. He denied rumours of the high command...

23 Dec 2016 6:05 AM IST

Kannada is an important ancient language, which has won eight Jnanpeeth awards, but it has been left out of the list of vernacular languages in which NEET will be conducted. We have written to the Centre and are pursuing the matter, says Dr Sharanprakash Patil, Medical Education Minister.

NEET in Kannada? State insists on it

The state is strongly pressurizing the Centre to allow NEET be conducted in Kannada language as well.

23 Dec 2016 5:42 AM IST

Austrian firm Geoconsult India Private Limited is conducting geotechnical tests in the Shiradi Ghat.

Finally, light at the end of Bengaluru's Shiradi Ghat tunnel

Going by the tests, the soil and rock strata along the route appear to be solid enough for the 23.5 km long...

23 Dec 2016 5:38 AM IST

Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa and Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda call on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi on thursday. (Photo: KPN)

Declare Rs 4,702 crore relief package for Karnataka soon: Karnataka...

A High-Level Committee, headed by the Home Minister, will soon take a call on the quantum of relief amount to be...

23 Dec 2016 5:33 AM IST

While admitting his governments inability to mobilise the huge amount of funds for UKP-III in the remaining tenure of his government, the CM called upon people to vote the Congress to power again for brisk completion of the project.

Can't finish Upper Krishna Project, need more funds: CM Siddaramaiah

The project cost, estimated at Rs 17,000 cr, but it has risen drastically after the centre announced its new land...

23 Dec 2016 5:28 AM IST

The Supreme Court on December 15 took serious exception to the high number of fatalities (approximately 1.5 lakh annually in road accidents) on the highways across the country and banned States and UTs from renewing licences to highway liquor outlets after March 31, 2017.

Karnataka: Nearly 50 per cent liquor vends in state near highways

Out of the 10,097 Excise licensees in Karnataka, around 4,500 licensees are located on the highways.

23 Dec 2016 5:15 AM IST

Mr B A Krishnamurthy is a nominated member of the BBMP council. By forging documents he has grabbed BBMP lands which comes under V V Puram ward: N.R. Ramesh, BJP City Spokesperson

Bengaluru: Congress MLA's aide grabbed land, claims BJP leader

The market value of these properties measuring over 9044 square feet will cross Rs 30 crores.

23 Dec 2016 5:10 AM IST