Jain Irrigation Systems Limited said it has won a Rs 288 cr project from the Karnataka government to set up a drip irrigation system for 5,000 farmers in Chikmaglur district. The project involves lifting water from Upper Bhadra Canal and and using the same to irrigate 16,193 acres using drip irrigation. The contract, won through […]
The Karnataka state government has not yet informed the central government that it is setting up an exploratory committee to study the prospect of having a separate flag for the state, the home ministry said. Karnataka has an unofficial yellow and red flag that is widely used on days such as the Rajyotsava or state […]
Karnataka Bank’s second quarter net profit fell to Rs 93.38 crores from 123.82 crores last year. However the operating profit showed a robust growth of 57.35% and improved to Rs 366.24 cr from Rs 232.75 cr. The Net Interest Income rose to 440 cr from 397 cr last year. Gross non-performing assets stood at 1,715.70 […]
The number of people killed by speedbreakers more than doubled in Karnataka to 2,310 in 2015, while they halved in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, which had reported the highest number of such deaths in 2014 at 3,192, saw the figure fall to 1,652 in the subsequent year, data obtained from the road transport ministry revealed. […]
Govt of India has constituted a high level technical team to visit the Cauvery basin area on the 7th of this month to assess the ground realities in the basin. The team will meet at Bengaluru for a preparatory meeting and subsequent visit to the Cauvery basin area for assessing the ground realities and submit […]
