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Mumbai: A swelling supply glut of ethanol is forcing policymakers and industry to look beyond car and two-wheelers to spur consumption of the renewable fuel. This includes ethanol-powered cooking stoves and diesel blends to generators and flex-fuel vehicles. Pilot projects are already starting to unfold. Ethanol-based cooking stoves are being tested as a cleaner household alternative, while blending the biofuel with diesel and using it in backup generators is under discussion. Early trials are ...Read More >
The impact triggered panic at the busy bus station, with injured victims rushed to hospital by ambulance. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A speeding bus hit passengers at Haveri bus stand injuring four people * A two-year-old child named Hazrat Ali sustained critical knee injuries * Police have launched a probe to determine whether the crash was caused by driver negligence or technical fault Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Haveri: ...Read More >
Haveri: A two-and-a-half-year-old child was killed and four others, including a six-year-old boy, were injured after a KSRTC bus, allegedly driven in a rash and negligent manner, mounted a platform inside the Haveri bus stand on Wednesday morning. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Hazrat Ali, of Savanur. The injured are Vasudev (44), his son Harsha (6), Kavyanjali (39), all from Bankapur, and Arabaz Khan (13) from Savanur. They are undergoing treatment at the district ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday assured that the country's agriculture sector and farmers will not be affected due to the West Asia Conflict, as the availability of seeds and fertiliser stocks is healthy for the upcoming Kharif season. The Ministry of Agriculture said that the seed availability for the Kharif season is in surplus of 19.29 lakhs, compared to the estimated 166.46 lakh quintals. Also Read | Husband's Duty To Maintain Wife Continues After De ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The office of Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh received a bomb threat via e-mail on Wednesday, officials said. The authorities said that a bomb threat was received at the Mayor's Office in Delhi. The threat was sent to the official email ID of Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh. Also Read | Haveri Accident Video: 2-Year-Old Killed, Several Injured After KSRTC Bus Rams Into Crowd at Central Bus Stand in Karnataka; Disturbing Video Surface. The Bomb Disposal Squad arrived at t ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A high-speed crash early Sunday morning on the Bengaluru-Tumakuru highway near Jindal flyover in the Peenya Dasarahalli area claimed the lives of five young men from Doddaballapura. The deceased have been identified as Durga Prasad (20), Keshav Gowda (19), Lalith (22), Harshit (19), and Dhanush (17). The accident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on the flyover's upper section. Keshav Gowda was at the wheel of the car carrying all five friends, who had left Doddaballapura around 9 p.m. Sat ...Read More >
Uttarakhand UCC: The Uttarakhand government has submitted a 78-page affidavit in the High Court, stating that certain provisions related to live-in relationships under the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) are being amended. The affidavit submitted by Advocate General SN Babulkar on October 15 specifies that the changes relate to Rule 380 of the Registrar's Office, which outlines the conditions under which a live-in relationship cannot be registered, news agency PTI reported. The affidavit was submitted ...Read More >
The Karnataka government is facing embarrassment after netizens raised questions over the credibility of certificates claiming 'world records' for the highest number of women availing free travel tickets under the Shakti scheme and the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) as the most award-winning road transport corporation. On October 16, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah posted on X: "Karnataka enters the global stage with two historic world records - certified by the London Book of Wor ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The state govt's claim of world records for the Shakti scheme and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has sparked a political and social media storm, with opposition parties and netizens questioning the credibility of the certificates. The controversy erupted after chief minister Siddaramaiah posted photographs on X asserting that the state had set global benchmarks for free rides for women.On Thursday, Siddaramaiah shared two photographs on X stating that Karnataka had ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that his government's 'Shakti' scheme, facilitating free bus rides for all women domiciled in the state, has been certified by the 'London Book of World Records' for the highest number of free bus rides availed by women. He also said the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has been registered in the 'London Book of World Records' for the most award-winning road transport corporation in the world. "Karnataka enters the global ...Read More >
The body of the student has been shifted to a private hospital. Bengaluru: In yet another pothole-related incident in Bengaluru, a 22-year-old student was killed after she came under the wheels of a tipper truck while trying to avoid a pothole in North Bengaluru's Avalahalli area on Monday. The second-year B.Com student, identified as Dhanushree, was travelling to her college on a two-wheeler when she lost balance and fell onto the road after abruptly changing direction in an attempt to avoid ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday lashed out at the Siddaramaiah government over the price hike for Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses ahead of the upcoming Dasara festival, accusing the state government of possessing an anti-Hindu mindset. The Congress government in Karnataka is a Khata khat loot and jhooth government. It only taxes and increases prices. It has an anti-Hindu mindset. At ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused Congress of taxing and raising prices in Karnataka on Tuesday. The BJP spokesperson described the Congress government as a 'Khata khat loot and jhooth' government and claimed that the ruling government in Karnataka harbours an anti-Hindu mindset. According to Poonawala, the Congress government increased KSRTC bus fares during the Dasara festival on the Bengaluru-Mysuru route, which Hi ...Read More >
Hubballi: Theatreperson Yashavant Sardeshpande, 60, passed away in Bengaluru on Monday morning due to a heart attack. He is survived by wife Malati and daughter Dosti alias Kalpashri.Sardeshpande presented his comedy plays as also certain movies in north Karnataka lingo, especially the Dharwad dialect. He was born to parents Sridhar and Kalpana on June 13, 1965, in Vijayapura.He studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya No.1 and New English School here. He pursued an apprenticeship at Kirloskar in Harihar a ...Read More >
Udupi: Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, the Women & Child Development Minister and Udupi District In-charge Minister, inaugurated the 'Shyena Drishti' CCTV surveillance center in Udupi today, lauding the Udupi District Police Department for its proactive initiative in enhancing public safety through comprehensive CCTV coverage. The project, a collaborative effort between the district police and the Udupi Chamber of Commerce, aims to install strategically placed CCTV cameras across urban, rural, and bor ...Read More >
MANGALURU: Several persons sustained injuries after the private bus they were travelling in crashed into the compound wall of the KSRTC bus stand in Vittal on Saturday.Veena D'Souza, 42, a resident of Kanyana in Bantwal, stated that the accident took place when she was travelling with other passengers on a private bus. The bus was operating on the interstate route between Kalladka and Kanhangad. As it was heading toward Kanyana from the Vittal private bus stand, near the Vittal KSRTC bus stand i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19: Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP P. Sandosh Kumar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a thorough and independent probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into a series of disturbing incidents in and around Dharmasthala, Karnataka. The letter, dated July 19, points to what the MP described as "a disturbing and systematic pattern of crimes -- primarily targeting women, often silenced through coercion, and concealed with frightening impunity ...Read More >
Mysuru: Fulfilling a long-standing demand of the people of the Mysuru region, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate over 74 development projects worth Rs. 2,578.03 crore across 24 Departments in the Assembly Constituencies in Mysuru city and district tomorrow (July 19) at 10.30 am. Most of these ceremonies will be conducted virtually by the CM during a mega convention organised by the District Administration and ZP at Maharaja's College Grounds in city. Advan ...Read More >
Congress and BJP lock horns over inauguration of a bridge in Karnataka (Image: X/@CBC_Smg) A political controversy erupted between the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party on July 14 with Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday saying neither he nor his ministers were attending the inauguration of Sigandur bridge and foundation stone laying ceremony of infrastructure projects at Sagara taluk in Shivamogga. They said they did not attend the inauguration, which was attended by Union Mi ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Shakti, one of the five Guarantee Schemes of the State Government, that provides free travel facility to women passengers in the State-owned Road Transport Corporations buses, set a new milestone yesterday, with 500th crore ticket. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah symbolically issued the 500th crore ticket to a woman passenger, with Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and Transport Minister R. Ramalinga Reddy, aboard a KSRTC bus. Latha, a factory worker, was the lucky woman to receive 5 ...Read More >
Mandya: The Karnataka govt has allocated Rs 12,800 crore for the Shakti scheme, which, along with the state's five guarantee schemes, completed two years of implementation, said MLA P Ravikumar.He was speaking after inaugurating an exhibition organised by the department of information and public relations at the KSRTC bus stand here on Sunday. The exhibition highlights two years of the govt's developmental initiatives and the impact of its five guarantee schemes.Ravikumar said that the Shakti sc ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 14 (PTI) 'Sakthi' scheme, announced by the Congress government in Karnataka, providing free bus travel for women, crossed the 500 crore free rides mark on Monday, officials said. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar, and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy celebrated the occasion by symbolically issuing the 500th crore free ticket to a woman passenger here. 'Shakti' scheme, which provides free bus travel for all women domiciled in the state, is among the five gu ...Read More >
Tumkur (Karnataka) [India], July 14 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister and Tumkur District In-charge Minister, G. Parameshwara, paid a surprise visit to the KSRTC bus stand in Tumkur. During this time, he inspected the hotels at the bus stand. He observed the cleanliness of the kitchen and store rooms. During this visit, he checked his weight on the weighing machine in the hotel. Then, he questioned the customers. He also served salt, pulao, and dosa to the customers. He sat with the officials and ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Congress-led state government's key guarantee scheme, Stree Shakti that allows women to travel in government buses for free, will achieve a significant milestone by crossing 500-crore rides on Monday. To mark the occasion, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar will symbolically issue tickets to women passengers. After the Congress government took charge in 2023, Shakti was the first of the five guarantees to be launched on June 11, 2023. From then ...Read More >
Bengaluru Bandh: Karnataka's capital is likely to face significant disruptions on July 9 as trade unions across India participate in a massive Bharat Bandh. The strike is supported by over 25 crore workers from banking, insurance, postal, coal, and transport sectors. Organised by ten central trade unions, the bandh is a protest against the Centre's "anti-labour" and "pro-corporate" policies. Banking and Insurance Services Hit The All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and Bengal Provinci ...Read More >
Deputy leader of Opposition in the assembly Arvind Bellad (BJP) has written to Union Heavy Industries Minister HD Kumaraswamy urging him to allocate electric buses under the PM's e-Drive scheme to North Karnataka cities like Hubballi-Dharwad, Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Ballari and Vijayapura. While Bengaluru has rightly received 4,500 e-buses, other regions also deserve attention. These cities have growing transport needs, existing KSRTC infrastructure, and in some cases BRT systems -- making them r ...Read More >
Mysuru: The KSRTC Mysuru urban division launched a low-floor BS VI bus service in the city. These buses offer a smooth travel experience to commuters. Meanwhile, the KSRTC is also planning to launch 100 e-buses to the key tourist and business corridors of the city within a year. According to the KSRTC authorities, 80 new BS VI buses joined the corporation fleet recently. With this, the total number of buses available for service in the city reached 554. "These buses are operated on all major r ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet has decided to increase the bus fares in the state-owned transport corporations by 15 per cent, an official statement said on Thursday. Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil said that the decision was taken in view of the substantial hike in operational costs, such as an increase in spending on fuel prices and staff. "The cabinet has decided to revise the bus fare of the four state transport corporations of Karnataka State Road Transport Cor ...Read More >
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