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Bengaluru to get nine new townships, 300-km metro line, 210-km ring road and RRTS network in the next 10-year plan. Where will they come up?

Karnataka plans to construct nine new integrated industrial townships, 312 km of new Metro lines, a 210-km ring road and a 270-km RRTS network across Bengaluru Metropolitan Region over the next decade. The government has already acquired 7,900 acresfor the proposed townships.

The Economic Times · 7h ago

How deficient rainfall is affecting ragi farmers in Karnataka’s Mandya

Shiva Shekhar, a 40-year-old farmer from Padavalapatna village in Mandya district's Nagamangala taluk, could not sow ragi this kharif. “I kept waiting for the rain but it never came, so I sowed cowpea instead, which is more drought-tolerant,” he said on September 16.

Newslaundry · Sep 21

Rs 15 lakh fraud money credited to senior citizen’s account, police wanted to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail on this ground

Criminals deposited Rs 15 lakh in senior citizen’s bank a/c; police wants to question him; HC grants anticipatory bail and observes mere deposit of crime money in a/c insufficient to conclude he was knowingly involved in the crime

The Economic Times · Sep 4

Aim and purpose important to achieve success, students told at The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling 2024

When the aim and purpose in life is clear, achieving success is possible, said Ashok K.V., Superintendent of Police, Tumakuru, at the inaugural session of the The Hindu Education Plus Career Counselling 2024, which was held at SIT, Tumakuru, on Sunday. He added that students should decide what they want…

The Hindu · May 19, 2024

One killed in road accident in Madhugiri, Tumakuru

One person was killed and two sustained major injuries after a KSRTC bus collided with a bike on Sunday morning. The bike was headed from Kodigenahalli to Vatadahosahalli in Gauribidanur when the bus, approaching from the opposite direction, ran into it. The incident happened in Madhugiri, Tumakuru

The Hindu · May 5, 2024

Summer of discontent in the land of coconuts in Karnataka

According to farmer, the prices of copra dropped this year due to a glut and manipulation by traders in the APMC rates. Traders bid for low price in APMC, which became a standard price outside too.

The Hindu · Apr 24, 2024

Metro a misplaced mobility option to suburbs, try Regional Rapid Transit System, say experts

Should the low-capacity, low-speed, hugely expensive Metro rail system be extended to the far-flung suburbs and the adjacent districts of Bengaluru? Vast swathes of the city’s core are yet to get a decent Metro network, but the urge to extend its reach comes at the cost of a very viable…

The Hindu · Apr 22, 2024

Upper Bhadra project is crucial, but farmers on the ground hardly know about the Centre-State row over it

Drought-stricken villages in Tumakuru/Chitradurga demand water from Upper Bhadra project amid political funding disputes, risking crop loss.

The Hindu · Apr 20, 2024

Congress has not won Lok Sabha seat in Bengaluru after 1999, but hopeful of turning the tide in 2024

Bengaluru South was one of the first Lok Sabha seats to be won by the BJP in Karnataka in 1991 along with Mangalore (now Dakshina Kannada), Bidar and Tumakuru seats. Of them, the party has retained Bengaluru South and Dakshina Kannada seats since then.

The Hindu · Apr 16, 2024

Kumaraswamy’s statement on women triggers a row

Janata Dal (Secular) State president and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s statement on women, at a political rally at Turuvekere of Tumakuru district, has turned controversial. The Karnataka State Women’s Commission on Sunday decided to issue a notice to him for his alleged derogatory remarks against women at a political…

The Hindu · Apr 14, 2024