Everything you need to know about Bidar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bidar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bangalore, May 20 (IANS) Karnataka's apex industry body Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCIC) has drawn an action plan to revive the state's sagging economy with a strategy on kick-starting the manufacturing sector.
Dubai, May 11 (IANS) Expatriates in Saudi Arabia have hailed the results in the recently concluded assembly elections in the Indian state of Karnataka.
Bangalore, May 5 (IANS) Bangaloreans Sunday slightly improved their record as poor voters with a higher turn-out at the booths to cast their ballots in the assembly election but still remained the lowest in the state.
Bangalore, May 5 (IANS) Around 69 percent voting was registered Sunday in the 14th Karnataka legislative assembly election in 223 constituencies, with heavy turnout in rural areas but only around 52 percent balloting in Bangalore, an election official said.
Bangalore, May 4 (IANS) Lingayats, Vokkalikga heartland, Old Mysore, Hyderabad-Karnataka, Mumbai-Karnataka: These terms crop up frequently in the media as voters in Karnataka queue up to cast their votes Sunday to elect the state's 14th assembly.
Hubli (Karnataka), Apr. 29 (ANI): Launching a frontal attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Monday alleged that bad governance and corruption has weakened the state's development.
Bidar (Karnataka), April 8 (IANS) Three priests were found burnt to death early Monday in an ashram at Chouli near Bidar in the state's northern district, police said.
Bangalore, March 26 (IANS) British aerospace major BAE Systems is keen on partnering with the Indian defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for new projects across 17 countries where it has presence.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Monday issued notice to Karnataka Police for not arresting two people who allegedly raped a five-year-old girl in Bidar district.
Bangalore, Dec 10 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Monday dared incumbent Jagadish Shettar to dissolve the government, and said that the latter was trying to humiliate him indirectly.
New Delhi, Nov.27 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar has pressed for the passage of a Constitutional Amendment Bill for providing a special status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region.
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) AS the old guard takes the backseat, Indian tennis will be looking for new faces as the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships starts here Monday at the R.K.Khanna Tennis Complex.
Bidar, Oct 6 (IANS) London Paralympics silver medallist Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda was given a cash award of Rs. 1 lakh by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
Bidar, Oct 6 (IANS) Top seed Wing Yau Venise Chan of Hong Kong lived up to her billing as she lifted the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women's futures tennis championship singles title here Saturday.
Bidar, Oct 5 (IANS) Top seed Wing Yau Venise Chan set up a title clash against unseeded Yumi Miyazaki of Japan as the Indian Challenge ended at the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women's futures tennis championship at the Police Training School courts here Friday.
Bidar, Oct 5 (IANS) Top seed Wing Yau Venise Chan set up a title clash against unseeded Yumi Miyazaki of Japan as the Indian Challenge ended at the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women's futures tennis championship at the Police Training School courts here Friday.
Bidar, Oct 4 (IANS) Fifth seed Ankita Raina and national junior champion Prarthana Thombare scripted contrasting wins storming into the semifinals of the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women's futures tennis championship at the Police Training School courts here Thursday.
Bidar, Oct 2 (IANS) Unseeded Varunya Wongteanchai of Thailand defeated Prerna Bhambri 7-5, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open Women's futures tennis championship at the Police Training School courts here Tuesday.
Bidar (Karnataka), Oct 1 (IANS) Ukrainian teenager Oleksandra Korashivilli and India's Prarthana Thombare provided the first two upsets in the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women's Futures tennis championship here Monday.
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) A constitutional amendment bill introduced by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the Lok Sabha Friday seeks to establish a special development board for six most backward districts of Karnataka.
The Karnataka Education Board has announced the results of Senior School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exams 2012 on Thursday. Higher education minister Vishveshwar Kageri announced the results.....
The Karnataka Education Board has announced the results of Senior School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) exams 2012 on Thursday. Higher education minister Vishveshwar Kageri announced the results.....
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Actress Sugandha Garg, host of "It Happens Only in India", says that the travel show is unique as it took her to lesser known places in the country where she stumbled upon quirky stories.
Bangalore, Mar 27 (ANI): The Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday assured of thorough probe into the two lakh crore rupees Wakf land scam in the state.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (ANI): An all-party delegation from Karnataka led by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, here on Monday to demand special status for the Hyderabad-Karnataka area.
New Delhi, Jan 30 (ANI): The Indian Air Force has won the best marching contingent award amongst the three Services at this year's Republic Day Parade while the Indo Tibetan Border Police has been adjudged the best amongst the paramilitary and other auxiliary marching contingents.
Bangalore, Dec.26 (ANI): Polling during the first phase of zilla and taluk panchayat elections in 12 districts across the Karnataka peacefully came to an end with an estimated 1.11 crore electorates exercising their franchise on Sunday.
Bangalore (Karnataka), Oct.8 (ANI-Business Wire India): Indian Ambience Vineyards Pvt. Ltd. (IAVPL) presents a wide range of wines designed to give wine lovers a refreshing taste of some outstanding creations.
Mumbai, July 13 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Tuesday demanded that the Centre declare Marathi-speaking villages in Karnataka,including Belgaum, as a Union Territory till a court decision was arrived at. The opposition Shiv Sena backed the demand.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik assumed office as the new chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) here on Sunday. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major.
New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): Commenting on the accident of a Mig-21 'Bison' plane on Wednesday, Air Chief Marshal Fali H Major today said that the Indian Air Force is deeply concerned about the loss of life or loss of fighter jets during accidents.
Bangalore, May 18 (IANS) Sad, but true. Karnataka ended up electing nine parliamentarians with criminal record during the 15th Lok Sabha polls, a report by National Election Watch (NEW) reveals.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday retained its stronghold in Karnataka by winning 19 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, one more than what it had secured in the 2004 general elections.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party won 19 of the 28 seats in Karnataka Saturday, one more than its 2004 tally, but there was little to celebrate as the party's hopes of capturing power in New Delhi came a cropper. The Karnataka jinx, by which the party that wins more seats in the state loses at the centre, worked again.
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister N. Dharam Singh (Congress) won the Bidar seat defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli by 37,999 votes.
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) As a mark of protest against non-implementation of development works, hundreds of voters in six Lok Sabha constituencies kept away from polling booths in Karnataka Thursday.
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) Nearly 29,000 polling booths opened at 7 a.m. across 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Thursday in the first of the two-phase election for the 28 seats in the state.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Thursday took on Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her 'ghulam' (slave) utterances against BJP's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, saying it 'smacked of arrogance' and 'frustration'.
Bangalore, April 16 (IANS) Karnataka has a population of over 50 million, of which 40 million are eligible to vote. But political parties, mainly the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have struggled to get fresh candidates for the state's 28 Lok Sabha seats.
Bangalore, April 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to get personally involved in any 'smear campaign' after he continued his sharp criticism of BJP leader L.K. Advani.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) On the eve of the first round of balloting, the Congress party's top leadership went hammer and tongs at L.K. Advani, forcing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sue for truce and plead for an end to 'this ongoing mud-slinging'.
Margao/Bangalore, April 15 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday called the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani a 'slave of the Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS)' and accused him of making 'ulta-sidha' (wild) statements.
Bangalore, April 15 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday stepped up her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and L.K. Advani for calling Manmohan Singh a weak prime minister, saying every one knows who are 'slaves' of the Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS).
Bidar (Karnataka), Apr 15 (ANI): Continuing her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday termed him a "slave of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)".
Bangalore, April 8 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary H.N. Ananth Kumar, Congress leader Margaret Alva and former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are among the 273 candidates left in the fray in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka after the expiry of the nomination withdrawal date Wednesday.
Bangalore, April 6 (IANS) Karnataka voters are in a quandary. Though familiar with most of the candidates in the poll battle, they are no longer sure who is in which party as the number of politicians switching sides is increasing as the voting dates approach.
Bangalore, April 4 (IANS) A Congress leader in Karnataka Saturday termed the partymen who deserted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) as rank 'opportunists' who are ideologically weak and lack commitment.
Bangalore, March 30 (IANS) He may not know the nitty-gritty of recession, but Sriram Prasad, owner of a 'dhaba' in India's Silicon Valley, knows that these are hard times. In the last few months his clientele - mostly construction workers and daily wagers - has come down by nearly 70 percent.
Bangalore, March 29 (IANS) The Congress is banking on party veterans in Karnataka to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, in spite of young party general secretary Rahul Gandhi preferring a greater role of youth in the grand old party.
Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) The Election Commission Saturday set the poll process in Karnataka rolling by notifying the first phase April 23 in 17 Lok Sabha constituencies across the state, an official said.
New Delhi, Mar 28 (ANI): The filing of nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls began with the issue of notification today. In this phase, 141 parliamentary constituencies in 13 States will go to polls on April 23.
Bangalore, March 9 (IANS) Voting in the first of the two-phase Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka will take place six weeks from now but already liquor and saris are being stored to woo voters, an official indicated Monday.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) lost two planes Wednesday, with a jet aircraft of the Surya Kiran aerobatic display team crashing in Karnataka, killing its pilot Wing Commander R.S. Dhaliwal, and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) going down in West Bengal, an officer said.
Bidar (Karnataka), Jan.21 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot was killed on Wednesday morning after a Kiran trainer aircraft crashed during a training sortie in Karnataka's Bidar district here.
Bangalore, Jan 21 (IANS) A jet aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatic display team crashed at Bidar in north Karnataka Wednesday, killing its pilot Wing Commander R.S. Dhaliwal, a defence spokesman said.
Bidar (Karnataka), Jan 21 (ANI): An IAF fighter pilot on a training sortie was killed when a Surya Kiran trainer aircraft crashed in Bidar in Karnataka this morning.
Bangalore/New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A Surya Kiran jet trainer of Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed during a routine flight in Bidar town in Karnataka Wednesday morning, killing the pilot, Wing Commander R.S. Dhaliwal, officials said.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot was killed Wednesday as the Surya Kiran aircraft he was flying crashed in Bidar town of Karnataka, an official said.
Bangalore, Dec 27 (IANS) Taking strong exception to the way Aamir Khan-starrer 'Ghajini' was released throughout the state in violation of its guidelines, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has limited the number of theatres where it can be screened.
Bangalore, Dec 9 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims thronged Idgah grounds and mosques in and around Bangalore to celebrate Eid-ul-Zuha Tuesday with religious fervour. Many mosques put up banners condemning terrorism in the wake of the Nov 26 Mumbai attacks.
Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Karnataka is all set to take justice and legal literacy to the doorsteps of its people across the state, particularly to the poor as they cannot pay for the expensive and time-consuming court battles.
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil today chaired the fourth meeting of the National Committee of Ter-Centenary of Guru-Ta-Gaddi of Shri Guru Granth Sahib here today.
Giving a much-needed boost up to strengthen Indian Air Force (IAF), the Defence Ministry has formally announced to induct the Advanced
Former Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi said on Monday, â??This will be a red letter day for usâ?? as after a long-long waiting, finally India has got two Advanced Jet Trainer, AJTs for the purpose of third stage training to its newly commissioned pilot
