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 ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011

General Compendium 3

Bannerghatta National Park:Bannerghatta National Park is situated at a distance of approximately 21 km from the Bangalore and is renowned for its lion and tiger safari. The other attractions of Bannerghatta National Park include its crocodile and snake farm. Bannerghatta ..