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Social networks abuzz with debate

Social networking sites are abuzz with both support and condemnation on the attack on partying young women and men at a home stay in Mangalore. Interestingly, within hours after the attack a FaceBook

Power crisis looms large

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With rains still far from normal in the catchment area, the state’s Energy department officials are gearing up for an impending power crisis.

Water inflows into Linganamakki, Supa and Mani reservoir

Transport dept to rein in school buses

Even as the city school buses are yet to comply with the six-year-old Supreme Court directive, the State Transport department is planning to bring in additional changes in the existing rules to make s

KERC dumps norms, fails to register with Bescom

Do the rules apply differently for those who are meant to uphold the law? This seems so with regard to the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC). As per the rules, a consumer occupying a

SW Rly plans green stations

In a push to the plans of creating ‘Green Energy Stations’, the South Western Railway has selected 30 stations, including the infamous Penukonda where 25 people were killed in a rail collision in May,

Work on Rs 9,000-crore power plant stalled

The state is desperate for coal to produce power, and state energy minister Shobha Karendlaje has written a desperate note to the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation for the allocation of coa

Drive to track stolen vehicles

Many Bengalureans were taken by surprise when the police, on Tuesday night, conducted a special drive to check vehicles. Sources said the drive is specifically aimed at tracking stolen two-wheelers an

Rs 250 cr to turn power lines safe

Almost two years after the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) directed Bescom and other power utilities to take up adequate safety measures to curb electrocution, the city power utilit

BBMP keeps Russell Market in dark, but traders see hope

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Traders at the 85-year-old Russell Market have been carrying out their business without power or water for the last two months ever since a major fire gutted the heritage landmark of the city.

With

Bijapur to get Karnataka’s first solar park

The State government, that has for long been talking about establishing a 500 MW solar park on the lines of Gujarat, has finally zeroed in on Munnur village in Bijapur district, where the Karnataka Re

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.