India’s Defence Secretary meets delegations from Saudi Arabia, USA and Oman
NEW DELHI: India’s Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane held bilateral meetings on 12 February 2023 with three defence delegations on the sidelines of Aero India 2023 at Bengaluru. Defence Secretary met Engr Turki Saad, General Manager Industrial Relations, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and discussed a number of bilateral defence cooperation issues. A US delegation led by […]
Narendra Modi inaugurates Aero India 2023 in India’s Bengaluru
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 14th edition of Asia’s biggest aero show – Aero India 2023 – at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru on February 13, 2023. A commemorative stamp was also released by the Prime Minister on the occasion. The five-day event, on the theme ‘The runway to a billion […]
Narendra Modi dedicates HAL Helicopter Factory to the nation in Tumakuru
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, dedicated the HAL Helicopter Factory to the nation in Tumakuru . He also laid the foundation stone of the Tumakuru Industrial Township and two Jal Jeevan Mission projects at Tiptur and Chikkanayakanahalli in Tumakuru. The Prime Minister took a walkthrough of the Helicopter Facility and Structure Hangar and […]
India inaugurates swanky Terminal-2 of Kempegowda International Airport
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport at Bengaluru. The Prime Minister also interacted with airport authorities where he was briefed on the model of the Terminal 2 building. The Prime Minister also inspected the facilities at the experience centre and took a walkthrough of Terminal 2 of […]
Building a New India is possible only with Bold Reforms, Big Infrastructure and Best Talent: Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural function of Invest Karnataka 2022, the Global Investors Meet of the state today via video conferencing. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister greeted the people of Karnataka for their Rajyotsava, which was observed yesterday. The Prime Minister remarked that Karnataka is an amalgamation of tradition […]
New Educational Policy aims to assimilate ancient with modern: Dharmendra Pradhan
MANGALURU: The new national educational policy (NEP) is the philosophical document of the 21st century that aims to assimilate ancient with the modern, said Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday. Addressing the 20th convocation of the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) here, he said the Union government aims to […]
Karnataka eyes Rs 5 trillion investment at Global Investor Meet next month
NEW DELHI: The Karnataka government expects over Rs 5 lakh crore investment during the Global Investors Meet 2022 to be held next month in Bengaluru, state’s large and medium industries minister Murugesh R Nirani said on Tuesday. The global investors meet is scheduled on November 2-4 after a hiatus of six years. “The state is […]
Logiy Spaces to invest $37 million to build logistic park in Karnataka
NEW DELHI: Industrial and logistic park developer Logiy Spaces has tied up with AA Holdings to build a new project at Narasapura, Karnataka with an investment of USD 37 million (around Rs 300 crore). In a statement, AA Holdings, which has recently been formed by Abhijit Verma, said it has formed a joint venture with […]
Karnataka government to enter into pact with German varsities
BENGALURU:The Karnataka Department of Higher Education and Bavarian Universities of Germany on Thursday decided to join hands together under National Education Policy (NEP-2020) and a schedule of proposed activities have been charted out. A meeting was held at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday between Minister for Higher Education C N Ashwath Narayan, representatives of the German […]
Karnataka cabinet decides to ban online gambling
BENGALURU: The Karnataka Cabinet on Saturday decided to impose a ban on online gambling or betting. However, lottery and horse racing have not been prohibited. “We are amending the Karnataka Police Act, with an intention to put an end to online gambling, on the basis of the High Court directions. The cabinet has approved the […]
Cooperate, if you don’t want another Covid-19 lockdown: Yediyurappa to people
BENGALURU: Expressing concern over spike in fresh COVID-19 cases, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said the pandemic seemed to be going out of control in the state and asked people to cooperate by adhering to the preventive measures if they don’t want another lockdown. “I appeal to the people with folded hands […]
Piyush Goyal dedicates 88 Railway projects in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh , West Bengal and Karnataka
NEW DELHI: Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal has inaugurated and dedicated a host of infrastructure projects, projects related to passenger amenities and facilities at various railway stations in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Karnataka through video conferencing. About 88 Railway projects were dedicated to […]
Five more states get additional borrowing of Rs. 2,094 crore
NEW DELHI: Reform linked additional borrowing permissions are stimulating reforms in Power Sector in the states. As a part of reform process, five more states namely, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have successfully met the target set by the Ministry of Power for reduction in Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses or achieved the […]
Tesla to set up electric car manufacturing unit in Karnataka
BANGALURU: Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a government document seen by Reuters on Saturday. “The U.S. firm Tesla will be opening an electric car manufacturing unit in Karnataka,” the state government said in a brief statement. The statement was […]
About 540 exhibitors would showcase their defence manufacturing prowess at Aero India 2021: Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI: Aero India 2021 three-day mega event to showcase the prowess of Aviation Industry will begin from tomorrow at Bengaluru. The Curtain Raiser Press Conference chaired by India’s Defence Minister (Raksha Mantri) Rajnath Singh for Asia’s premier air show was held on 2nd February. Aero India-2021 will be inaugurated by Rajnath Singh and will […]
Karnataka withdraws night curfew order
BENGALURU: In a U-turn, the Karnataka government on Thursday withdrew its night curfew order, hours before it was to comment into effect. The decision to impose night curfew for nine days from 11 pm to 5 am starting from Thursday was taken on Wednesday in line with the Centre’s advice, amid concerns over a new […]