Bangalore

Soaring temperatures have pushed up the demand for power in Karnataka, which leads to a shortage of around 400 MW.

As per a press release from the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), the Power Company of Karnataka Limited (PCKL) is taking measures to purchase power from producers within the State, to come to get the additional requirement.

The release said that owing to glitches in thermal units, there was load-shedding in the State last week.

The stand-off between Toyota India and its agitating employees continued as they refused to sign an undertaking for joining duty after eight-day lockout was lifted early Monday.

“As we are against giving or signing any undertaking, none of us has entered the factory for the first shift beginning 6 a.m.,” Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd. union president Prasanna Kumar told IANS here.

A defiant management has been insisting that the workers should be give an undertaking to abide by rules governing their work ethic and conduct.

Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) pulled down over 29,585 flex banners and 26 unauthorised advertisement panels.

The banners and hoardings featured political parties and party leaders, birthday wishes, cutouts, welcome greetings to political leaders for Lok Sabha elections among others.

According to officials, 75 per cent of advertisements were carrying images of various political parties, their symbols and pictures of leaders.

The attack on a security guard at an ATM in Kammanahalli has brought to the scene in view how guards without arms are becoming easy targets of criminals.

Recently, three security guards at various ATM booths have suffered injuries after being attacked with lethal weapons.
In the past decade, about 30 guards, deployed by private security agencies at various establishments, have been put to death and many cases have remained unsolved.

Police Friday achieved a breakthrough in the murder of rector Father Thomas last year at the St Peter’s seminary here by arresting three priests for their alleged involvement in the crime.

“It appears the accused have fatally assaulted the 65-year-old rector who caught them stealing documents from the seminary at Malleswaram (in the northwest suburbs),” Additional Police Commissioner (Crime) Pronob Mohanty told reporters here.

The rector was found dead April 1, 2013 in the seminary with head injuries and the case remained a mystery, as the accused had left no clues at the crime scene.

Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association, a government-recognised body with 2,132 members, is in discourse with the department of horticulture and the real estate developer, RMZ Corp, to establish the gymnasium. The company is of the same mind, in principle, to sponsor the equipment to be imported from Istanbul, Turkey.

The idea to set up the gymnasium hit the association members during their recent visit to Sankey Tank which has a similar facility having fitness equipment for upper and lower limb, waist stretching , dual walking and leg and arm exercise, among others.

The City has to face a shortage of tender coconuts this summer because the arrivals dropping considerably at the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) yard at Maddur in Mandya district, since the City gets a large chunk of its tender coconut supplies from Maddur.

Officers at the APMC in Maddur said that since March 1, shortage of water supply to the coconut farms had considerably reduced the yield. “Tender coconut production is getting affected due to various diseases,” said N G Venkatesh Reddy, secretary, APMC, Maddur.

A 6-year-old girl was sexually harassed by her tutor near her home in Gangondanaalli on Wednesday, according to police. The victim and her brother used to attend Quran classes run by their neighbour Abdul Bari, 34year-old, a native of Bihar.

As per police complaint made by her mother, her children had gone to attend the class on Wednesday. While the boy returned home in an hour, there was no sight of the girl.

Bangalore University has it in mind to construct a hostel for girl students from the Northeast at a cost of Rs 15 crore.

Updating reporters on the sidelines of Academic Council meet on Wednesday; Vice-Chancellor Prof B Thimme Gowda said they would get funds from the North Eastern Council. Adjacent to a Golden Jubilee building, the university is also planning to fix CCTVs for safety of students. The university will also introduce one-year LLM course from this year.

Toyota India has agreed to lift the lockout in its twin car plants five days after shutting them down over a failed wage hike deal with its employees.

“The decision (to lift lockout) was taken considering the inclination and in the interest of the majority of law-abiding team members,” Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd said in a statement hours after talks with its workers’ union ended in presence of a senior state labour official here late Thursday.

The company, however, has asked the employees to give an undertaking on good conduct before resuming work Monday.

“The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is utilising fictive-propaganda as an effective tool to mislead the people and projecting itself as the only savior of the country which is otherwise,” expressed MLA MK Somashekhar. He was addressing the pressmen here today.

“I happened to meet a Gujarati today”, Somashekhar said, “and when I asked him about the ‘much-hyped’ developments in Gujarat, I was shocked to learn that there is no proper drinking water facility”.

Former Minister and Senior Congress leader C K Jafer Sharief is almost a confirmed candidate for Mysore-Kodagu constituency for the Lok Sabha elections from JD(S), MLA GT Devegowda asserted while speaking to pressmen here today.

“Yes. It is confirmed by the party high command that Jaffer Sharrief will be contesting from Mysore-Kodagu constituency,” he said to the pressmen. However, there is still a slight doubt as the MLA said Sharrief’s candidature is 99 percent confirmed.

Protest erupted against school authorities in Bangalore on Wednesday after two girls allegedly committed suicide.

Reportedly, they committed suicide for being punished for celebrating Holi in school premises.

On Monday, Priyanka (15) and Sonali (15), studying in tenth grade of a convent school, reportedly celebrated Holi by throwing colour on each other. The students were threatened that their parents would be called to inform about their poor performance in academics.

Being denied a ticket to Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat by the Congress, Mr. CK Jaffer Sharief is said to have threatened to quit the Congress party. When asked whether he would join the JD(S) he said, “Why shouldn’t I ? After all JD(S) is a secular party. I am not looking for personal gains,” here on March 12.

The AAP party Chief Arvind Kejriwal named Roshan Baig in a long list of Congress’ current ministers and BJP’s leaders who he said were corrupt. Addressing a mammoth rally of AAP supporters in his Karnataka leg of 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign, on March 16, at Freedom Park, Mr. Kejriwal read out the names mentioned in a list which he stated was handed over to him by a youth supporter when he was on his way to meet the public. After reading out each name, he engaged the public to reply if the leader mentioned in the list was corrupt or not.

India has offered to set up a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) in the Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste that lies between Indonesia and Australia.

India’s Ambassador to Indonesia Gurjit Singh, who is concurrently accredited to Timor-Leste, made the offer when he called on Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao during a visit to the island nation’s capital Dili March 13-15, according to a statement issued by the Indian embassy in Jakarta.

Agitating Toyota’s workers Tuesday said they are open to lower their wage hike demand to persuade management to lift the lockout declared Sunday.

“We are open to reduce our wage hike demand to Rs.4,000 per month from Rs.8,000 asked earlier for fiscal 2013-14 in view of the increase in cost of living and more workload, as we want management to lift lockout immediately,” Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd Union president Prasanna Kumar told IANS here Tuesday.

Renowned artist and photographer, Mohammed Ayazuddin Patel’s photography has been selected in 55th National Art Exhibition organised by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi an organisation of Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.

Colour photography on the title ‘Bijapur Heritage’ a view of Gol Gumbad captured from inside the tomb is a unique one. The view covers graves of Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah, his youngest wife Arus Bibi and his son Ali Adil Shah II.

Royal Academy Public School organized 5th Annual Day Programme based on the theme ‘Lights, Camera and Action,’ here at KKS Function Hall, Thanisandra, on February 25.

Recent surveys of graduate employability in India, such as the one conducted by Wheebox, have shown that the general employability of graduates is quite poor. These reports show that the graduates are especially found lacking in the areas of English Language, Cognitive Skills, Personality and Soft Skills.

Ahad Ibrahim (20), an architecture student of Acharya Polytechnic College, Soladevanahalli, who suffered head injuries on January 27, died at a private hospital in Thrissur, Kerala on March 11.

Ibrahim who hailed from Thrissur, Kerala was studying Diploma in Architecture at the Acharya Polytechnic College, Bangalore, residing in a flat in Bagalagunte along with two of his friends, was allegedly injured in ragging and admitted to Sapthagiri Hospital by his roommates on January 27.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today met veteran Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief in an attempt to pacify him, after he publicly gave vent to his displeasure over denial of ticket by the party to contest Lok Sabha polls and hinted at joining JDS.

Siddaramaih was greeted by Sharief’s supporters with slogans “we want justice” at his residence, as they also tried to gherao his car as he tried to make his way out.

Upping the ante against the Toyota Kirloskar Motor management over the wage hike issue and the subsequent lockout at the two plants near Bangalore, the company’s employees union today sought state government’s intervention in the issue.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor, the subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corp of Japan, had yesterday declared a lockout at its two manufacturing plants at Bidadi near Bangalore, following the failure of talks between the management and the union over wage negotiation.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday organized a road show in Bangalore and said the people of the state are fed up with both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“The people here are fed up with both the Congress and the BJP. Both the parties have indulged in corrupt practices in the state. The people of Delhi had uprooted both these parties in the recent assembly elections. They had elected an honest government,” Kejirwal said.

The Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore (IIM-B) has entered into a contract with Toulouse Business School of France to offer executive general management programme in Aerospace and Aviation Management.

The agreement was supported by Airbus, will be first step towards collaborating in teaching and research. IIM-B Director In-charge Prof Devanath Tirupati said that students entering the programme will have the alternative of earning an Aerospace MBA degree from Toulouse Business School.