Residents of densely populated pockets in the IT hub in south and south-east Bengaluru woke up to find their homes marooned on Friday. The heaviest rain in four nights flooded houses and roads. The fire brigade deployed 10 boats to evacuate residents. Five lakes between Bannerghatta Road in the south and HAL Airport Road overflowed, sending water swirling into neighbourhoods. […]
» Read moreDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the designing of “Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Memorial” coming up at his burial site at Pei Karumbu near here was almost in the final stage and work would begin in August. He was addressing reporters after laying the stone for the memorial on Wednesday with Minister for Urban Development M. Venkaiah Naidu. […]
» Read moreWipro Consumer Care, in association with “Wipro Cares”, has announced the Santoor Scholarship programme, to financially support underprivileged young girls. The program will be rolled out in 2016-17 and will offer 300 scholarships in Karnataka. It will be a recurring annual programme. Wipro Cares is a not-for-profit trust, engaging with proximate communities on the issues of education for underprivileged and […]
» Read moreControversial former BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, who made derogatory remarks against the former Chief Minister Mayawati, was arrested by the UP police with the help of the Bihar police. Mr. Singh was arrested at Sugar Mill Colony in Buxar.
» Read moreAfter declaring a 23.55 per cent overall increase in salaries and pensions for more than 1 crore government employees and pensioners, in line with the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations, it was announced today that the arrears will be paid in cash as one instalment to employees. To expedite disbursement of arrears, it is decided that arrear claims may be paid […]
» Read moreLloyds Banking Group said on Thursday it would step up its cost cutting plans to help to offset a more testing economic environment caused by Britain’s vote to quit the European Union. Britain’s largest retail bank aims to save £ 400 million ($528.56 million) by end-2017 by axing a further 3,000 jobs and closing an additional 200 branches to protect […]
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