Karnataka First

The 65-year-old Gangadhar G. Kadekar, a former employee of the Regional Transport Office, made it to the India Book of Records by swimming a distance of 1.4 km in 73.7 minutes by chaining his legs in the ‘Padmasana’ pose in the sea in Padukare in Udupi district on Sunday.

Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Saturday said Udutadi, the birthplace of the 12th century saint-poetess Akka Mahadevi, in Shivamogga district was being developed into a holy site.

He added that his government was committed to developing all other places in the State that promote the ‘Sharana’ philosophy.

“We have found different stone tools, which were in use during the stone age, in the small hill located on the bank of the Malaprabha river,” said Ramesh Mulimani, superintending archaeologist.

The programme is an Idea2PoC grant-in-aid seed funding programme for SC/ST startups with innovative ideas/ solutions, with up to Rs 50 lakh in funding support.

Karnataka has provided funding to 489 startups, with a committed amount totalling Rs 116.73 crore, Deputy Chief Minister Dr Ashwath Narayan said here at the awards ceremony of Elevate Unnati 2020, a social inclusion programme to promote startups from the SC/ST community.

The DyCM said the state had given seed funding without taking any equity. This is done by the Social Welfare Department under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan/Tribal Sub-Plan scheme.

The staff of Yeswanthpur railway station convert an area dumped with scrap into an art showcase, featuring figurines of a train examiner, welder, track maintainer; murals and more.

The city gets $3.9 billion institutional investment out of a total of $6.5 billion during the year

Jan 2021

The BBMP has bought 10 old buses from the BMTC, paying Rs 4 lakh for each vehicle. The buses have been provided with vinyle flooring, white board and chairs for teachers and staff, a release said.

Senior advocate Ashok Haranahalli unveiled the calendar at an event in Bengaluru on January 23

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