With Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar watching, HTT-40, the indigenously designed and built basic trainer aircraft for Air Force pilots, officially demonstrated its flight on Friday morning. The small plane, painted bright yellow, was in the skies for about 15 minutes over the old HAL airport in Bengaluru around 9:15 a.m. Group Capt. (Retd.) Subramaniam, HAL’s chief test pilot, flew the […]
» Read moreChennai: The vice-president of Pudukudi village panchayat in Tirunelveli, arrested by Karnataka Police officers on Monday in connection with the 2013 blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, had close connections with subversive elements and sleeper cells of terrorist organisation Al Ummah in Tamil Nadu, investigators revealed on Tuesday. He also supplied them explosives on at least three occasions. […]
» Read moreAs students scramble for admission into science stream, Nandini Singla, Ambassador Designate to Portugal, could well be an example of how an arts stream student from a small town can go places. “I was denied admission to arts stream initially at Basaveshwara College in Bagalkot as I had scored 88 per cent in SSLC and students with such a score […]
» Read moreIn one of the biggest lake conservation projects under the PPP mode in the State, Infosys Foundation has joined hands with the district administration in Mysuru and other stakeholders for the conservation of Hebbal Lake. The Foundation is funding a whopping Rs. 30 crore for restoring the lake. Sudha Murthy, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, and Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha signed a […]
» Read moreIn an embarrassment for former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s party, the Janata Dal (Secular), two of the party MLAs were allegedly caught in a sting operation by a private television channel, negotiating for rates upward of Rs. 5 crore in exchange for their votes in the elections to Rajya Sabha seats from the State. In all, four Karnataka legislators […]
» Read moreBengaluru: A three-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by the husband of day care owner at J.J. Nagar on Thursday. The incident came to light when the child’s parents noticed her writhing in pain after coming back from the day care centre and took her to the doctors, who confirmed sexual assault. Based on a complaint, the police arrested the accused identified […]
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