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Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452040300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452050300.htm Karwar: The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) will not allow any industrialist to destroy the forests and environment of the State, vedike president Narayana Gowda has said. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, he referred to the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452090300.htm Janardhana Swamy, MP, says pressure will be put on Centre Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452240300.htm CHIKMAGALUR: Four persons died on the spot and 13 were injured when two Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation buses collided head on near Ajjampura cross, about three km from Tarikere, on the Bangalore-Honnavara national highway at 7.30 ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452680300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453600300.htm Chitradurga: Chitradurga district seems all set to witness a change for the better once the second campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) is established. P. Balaram, Director, IISc. who was here recently to inspect the land ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453650300.htm PANAJI: Students from Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai will participate in a weeklong film appreciation course here from Saturday. The course is being organised by the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) in association with the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454970500.htm CHICKABALLAPUR: Minister for Minorities Welfare, Wakf and Haj Mumtaz Ali Khan has said that 117 km of rural roads in Chickaballapur district will be developed at a cost of Rs. 31.92 crore under the Prime Minister’s Grameen Sadak Yojana ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459880300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460610600.htm BANGALORE: For the first time since the onset of monsoon this year, the Linganamakki reservoir saw huge inflow on Friday. The inflow to this major reservoir, that has seen declining water levels causing anxiety in the State’s ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450970200.htm BANGALORE: Snehadeep Trust will organise a Sneha Musical Night, a special dance, music and mimicry programme by differently abled artistes, at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday. The programme will be held at 64/1, Jeevanahalli Main Road, Cox Town, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453390300.htm Bangalore: A criminal case has been filed against University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Vice-Chancellor P.G. Chengappa and three officials in connection with a student’s suicide. J.K. Ramesh, a second year B.Sc student at ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454180400.htm BANGALORE: A two-day State-level workshop on “Writing scholarly research proposals and articles” will be held at New Horizon College of Education at Indiranagar in Bangalore on July 10 and 11. Teacher educators, research scholars ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454190400.htm BANGALORE: The Government has decided to repatriate 588 lecturers from pre-university colleges to degree colleges in the State. According to sources, an order to this effect was issued on June 30. The 588 lecturers, who will now be ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454200400.htm Bangalore: Karnataka Minister for Water Resources Basavaraj Bommai said here on Friday that Tamil Nadu had not in recent times put forward any demand for the release of Cauvery water. He said: “I’m sure Tamil Nadu is fully aware ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454280400.htm BANGALORE: Minister for Horticulture and Prisons Umesh Katti on Friday said a decision has been taken to totally restructure the Horticulture Department to reduce the administration cost as well as to bring in transparency in the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454290400.htm Centre for inclusion; State averse to disturbing system Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454390400.htm Bangalore: A five-day State-level national integration camp of the National Service Scheme (NSS) was inaugurated here on Friday. Inaugurating the camp, Minister for Youth Affairs, Sports and Textiles Goolihatti D. Shekar said the camp would ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454450400.htm Bangalore: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Friday questioned the former Assistant Director of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) S. Malini in relation to the narco analysis conducted on the three accused in the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454480400.htm BANGALORE: The State Government’s ambitious Kannada Ganga project aimed at providing 24/7 water supply from surface water sources to city municipal councils and town panchayats will be implemented with an investment of Rs. 750 crore in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454570400.htm BANGALORE: The Federation of Kannada Associations in Industries and Commerce is celebrating its seventh anniversary on Sunday. The event, to be held at Nayana Auditorium, will be inaugurated by the Minister for Labour B.N. Bachche Gowda. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454650500.htm Bangalore: More economic deregulation does not automatically result in economic development and meaningful economic freedom, said M.R. Sreenivasa Murthy, Principal Secretary, Finance Department. He was speaking on the role of economic ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454790500.htm Bangalore: The BJP Government’s patronage of temples continues with the Muzrai Department announcing renovation of three temples in every taluk in the State within 100 days at a cost of Rs. 15 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh each. Minister for ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455460800.htm Bangalore: Taking note of a report titled “Health officials charge pollution control board with double standards” that appeared in The Hindu recently, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission has sought an ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459180300.htm BANGALORE: BJP general secretary H. N. Ananth Kumar termed the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday as an experiment to gain cheap popularity and maintained that the budget was “disappointing” from ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459760300.htm Despite Muniyappa’s presence, demands not fully addressed Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459890300.htm Bangalore: Parking problems of those shopping on Brigade Road may be solved temporarily with the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) deciding to allow the Brigade’s Shops and Establishments’ Association (BSEA) to restore the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459900300.htm Bangalore: Jaya Karnataka will organise a free health camp on Sunday at Triveni Memorial School, Bagalgunte, near Reliance House, Hesarghatta Main Road, off Tumkur Road, Bangalore. Free consultation will be offered to those suffering from ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459910300.htm BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Friday admitted petitions by more than 500 engineers of the Public Works Department challenging an order by the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) setting aside their recruitment. A KAT Bench ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459930300.htm BANGALORE: The State Government on Friday informed the Karnataka High Court that the Mangalore Shouth police had on June 30, 2009 filed a charge sheet in a court in Mangalore in the sensational Naushad Kashimji case. Naushad, an ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460080400.htm BANGALORE: Snehadeep Trust will organise a Sneha Musical Night, a special dance, music and mimicry programme by differently-abled artistes, at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday. The programme will be held at 64/1, Jeevanahalli Main Road, Cox Town, to ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460090400.htm BANGALORE: A book festival, organised by Strand Book Stall, began at Basava Bhavan on Friday. With a wide range of titles from literature, children’s books, travelogues, popular fiction, non-fiction, management, architecture, comics and ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460130400.htm Bangalore: The results of the supplementary Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations conducted in June will be announced on Saturday. The pass percentage is 54.74, according to a release from the Karnataka Secondary ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460140400.htm ’Draw up a zero sewage in storm water drains project’ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460190400.htm Bangalore: An alleged sandalwood smuggler was injured when Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel fired at a gang which was attempting to fell sandalwood trees early on Friday in the land belonging to IAF at Jalahalli East. Raviyappa (45) ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460200400.htm Bangalore: A mother and her three children were found dead in a water sump at their residence near Parappana Agrahara here on Friday. The police suspect that the mother killed her children before killing herself. The bodies were ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460210400.htm BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a petition by Empire Group of Hotels against the midnight deadline set by Bangalore City Police for closing down hotels and eateries. — Staff ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460230400.htm We are not allowed to prosecute officials: Lokayukta Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460300400.htm A colleague tests positive for swine flu Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460360400.htm Prathasankalpa Gadya: Discourse by Holavanahalli Srinivasachar, Raghavendra Swamy Math, Shakambari Nagar, 1st Main, opposite Banashankari Temple, 7 p.m. Bhakti in Vachana Sahitya: Discourse by ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460390400.htm Bangalore: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Friday questioned the former Assistant Director of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) S. Malini in connection with the narco analysis conducted on the three accused in ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460400400.htm Bangalore: A 30-year-old web designer, married barely two months ago, hanged himself at his home near Sarakki here on Friday. R. Rajashekar, a native of Mysore, was staying with his wife, Swarnalatha, a software engineer with Infosys, at ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Belgaum http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452250300.htm Belgaum: Traditional sugarcane growers, who are worried over the increasing salinity and loss of soil fertility, may take up sugar beet (tropical sugar beet) as one of the alternatives. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bellary http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453630300.htm BELLARY: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah has accused the Government of curtailing the rights of Opposition leaders by directing officials not to participate in meetings convened by them. Responding to ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bellary http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453640300.htm Hold mock ‘funeral’ of Government Gazette categorising their land as dry Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bidar http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450640200.htm Bangalore-based private consultant given the work Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bidar http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452060300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bidar http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452130300.htm Bidar: One person died and two others were injured when two two-wheelers collided near Kadwad village of Bidar taluk on Thursday night. Yadav Reddy (25), a resident of Bellur village of Bidar taluk, sustained serious injuries and died on the ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bijapur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452110300.htm Bijapur: V.A. Machaknur, Additional Commissioner of Public Instruction, has warned the managements of private unaided schools that if they failed to pay salaries to teachers by cheques, their schools would be de-recognised. Qualified teachers ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Bijapur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452120300.htm Sowing operations completed in 1.95 lakh hectares Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Gulbarga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450670200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Gulbarga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450680200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Gulbarga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451050200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Gulbarga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452100300.htm Gulbarga: Thickly populated Rehmath Nagar and its surrounding areas in the heart of Gulbarga city are a perfect example of total neglect by the elected representatives and the city corporation officials. These areas do not have proper roads, ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Gulbarga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453610300.htm Nationalised commercial banks disburse loans totalling Rs. 1,026.94 cr. in 2008-09 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hassan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452180300.htm HASSAN: A portion of the Government Model Higher Primary School building in Katehalli near here collapsed on Friday. Fortunately, the classrooms that were damaged were not in use for the past few months as the walls had developed cracks. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hassan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452210300.htm HASSAN: Principal District and Sessions Judge K. Somashekar has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for murdering a farmhouse owner. The convicted individuals are Suresh and Balaji. They have also been asked to pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hassan http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453620300.htm HASSAN: A three-member team from the Medical Council of India visited the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) for a “compliance inspection” on Thursday. The members inspected HIMS on May 19 and 20 and made certain ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450530200.htm DHARWAD: The record attempt by Hindustani vocalist Prasanna Madhav Gudi of Dharwad, who presented the longest concert lasting 26 hours and 12 minutes in December 2008, has been considered as a record by the Guinness World Records ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452070300.htm It is mobilising funds through donations: Das Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452150300.htm HUBLI: “Sukruti”, a pre-university college established by a group of lecturers, will be formally inaugurated here on Saturday. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri will inaugurate the college. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452220300.htm HUBLI: General Manager of South Western Railway Kuldeep Chaturvedi inaugurated the 57th All-India Railway Table Tennis Championship 2009 at the Chalukya Railway Institute here on Friday. As many as 150 players from 16 railway zones and ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452270300.htm It has been built in Dharwad at a cost of Rs. 2 crore Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Hubli-Dharwad http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452300300.htm Moily, Yeddyurappa to take part in it Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Madikeri http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452140300.htm Agricultural activities have gained momentum in the district Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Madikeri http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452190300.htm Madikeri: The Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress alliance won the election to the 11 posts of board of director of the Kodagu District Cooperative Central (KDCC) Bank, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party by a six-five margin here on ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070454710500.htm Tidal waves give sleepless nights to hundreds of families Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459260300.htm Mangalore-Bangalore Express train has been extended up to Kannur Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459410300.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mangalore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070460010300.htm Supreme Court’s permission essential for implementing the plan Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mysore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452080300.htm Greater interaction between communities sought Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mysore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452260300.htm Those on Harishchandra Ghat Road move to safer zones Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mysore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452290300.htm MYSORE: The Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Siddaramaiah demanded a judicial inquiry into the violence that took place in Mysore on July 2, which claimed three lives and left at least 18 people injured. Addressing a press ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mysore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452310300.htm MYSORE: Aslam, Tabrez Pasha, K. Ramu and Surendra are from economically weaker sections of society, who had no connection with the events that triggered Thursday’s violence. They are all admitted in various hospitals in Mysore. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Mysore http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070455080600.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Raichur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070450690200.htm Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Raichur http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452200300.htm Udasi says work on 7,000 km of roads has been completed Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Shimoga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452030300.htm SHIMOGA: Lawyer and journalist S. Seshadri has filed a complaint before the Deputy Commissioner and the Returning Officer for Shimoga Parliamentary Constituency, Pankaj Kumar Pandey, seeking an inquiry into the affidavit filed by BJP MP B.Y. ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Shimoga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452160300.htm Target is to utilise Rs. 100 crore for implementing the scheme during 2009-10 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Shimoga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070452230300.htm SHIMOGA: Chairman of Mysore Paper Mills Araga Jnanendra said on Friday that students were concerned only about scoring good marks in examinations and they had “lost the sensitivity of learning”. He was speaking after ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Shimoga http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070453750300.htm Shimoga: President of Shimoga Zilla Panchayat Ashokmurthy has enrolled himself and his family members under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) to take up work at Kukke near Mandagadde in Tirthahalli taluk. Mr. Ashokmurthy ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Udupi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070451520300.htm Udupi: Scholar K. Govindaraju from Mysore has been chosen for the Kadengodlu Kavya Prashasti for his anthology of poems “Valmikiya Aayusu, Vyaasana, Manasu”. In a press release, Krishna Bhat, director of Rashtrakavi Govinda ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Udupi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459450300.htm Udupi: The Karnataka Sahitya Academy, in association with the Rathabidi Geleyaru, and Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, will be organising a programme for recital and interpretation of late Gopalakrishna Adiga’s ... Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Udupi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459460300.htm The move follows complaints from residents of Kurvalu Sat, 04 Jul 2009 Udupi http://www.thehindu.com/2009/07/04/stories/2009070459470300.htm Udupi: Judge of Fast Track Court Shivalinge Gowda said on Friday that the judiciary could function smoothly if there was harmonious relation between the judges and the lawyers. He was speaking at a farewell and felicitation function, ... 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