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SC orders Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs
The apex court directed Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu and asked the Centre to indicate the time frame within which it would notify the final decision of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal given on February ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Yeddyyurappa resigns from BJP and Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka B.S.Yeddyurappa gave resignation from Legislative Assembly and also renounced primary membership of BJP.
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News
No plans to dump nuclear waste in Kolar mines: NPCIL
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) Removing the fears of the people of Kolar in Karnataka, the NPCIL submitted in the Supreme Court that no decision had been taken to dump nuclear waste in the inoperative Kolar Gold Mines ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2012
‘EKUVERIN 2012’: India, Maldives joint military training exercises
Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) held joint military training exercise named EKUVERIN 2012 in Belgaum, Karnataka.
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
India inks loan agreement with World Bank for $70 Mn
India and the World Bank have inked an agreement. As pre the agreement, the World Bank will furnish a loan assistance of $ 70 million as additional financing for the Karnataka Health Systems Development and Reform Project. The main objective ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Apex court asks CMC to address issues raised by TN and Karnataka
The Supreme Court asked the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) to examine all the issues b/w Tamil Nadu and Karnataka regarding Cauvery water sharing dispute b/w the two states. Karnataka has assured that it will comply with the CMC’s recommendations. Why ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2012
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Jagadish Shettar to be the new Karnataka CM
The continuous pressure from former Karnataka chief minister (CM) B S Yeddyurappa has resulted into the resignation of present chief minister Sadananda Gowda. Mr Gowda handed over his resignation to BJP president NitinGadkari. BJP announced that Sadananda Gowda will be ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
IT Investment Region (ITIR) to come up in Bangalore, Karnataka
India’s first IT Investment Region (ITIR) for knowledge-based industries, including software and hardware firms with entire supply chain, to come up in Bangalore. The high-powered committee of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has sanctioned the ITIR proposal from ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2012
Kerala:’Mattu Gulla’ -Brinjal gets GI certificate
The local variety of brinjal, popularly known as “Mattu Gulla” was awarded the GI certificate by the Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) of the Union Government, in Chennai. The Certificate GI Number-100 and Certificate number-158 was presented to the Mattu Gulla ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2012
Justice Shivaraj Virupanna Patil, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice resigned over Charges of Violating Housing Society Laws
Facing charges of violating co-operative housing society laws, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Shivaraj Virupanna Patil resigned from his post Accusations are that he owned two residential sites in Bangalore city. Media reveal showed abnormality in the allocation of two residential plots ..