Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal began his road show here Saturday to campaign for his party’s candidates contesting the general elections April 17 across Karnataka.
“Kejriwal’s maiden road show in the city is drawing curious crowds and enthusiastic youth, including many who are volunteering to canvas for our candidates in the poll fray from the three Lok Sabha seats in the city,” AAP spokesman Rohit Ranjan told IANS here.
Unfazed by the criticism of his attack on media, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today fired yet another salvo, questioning whether the media had the courage to show the “true story” about Narendra Modi’s Gujarat.
Speaking to reporters before launching his roadshow in Bangalore, he accused the media of not bringing out the “truth” about the Gujarat Chief Minister before the people.
: Free Tree Shop, a unit of ‘One Tree by One Person’ was opened in Magnifique Public School campus, Kanakapura Main Road, here on March 5.
Free saplings were provided to people and also a database was created to keep information about the number of saplings that were distributed and planted through ‘One Tree by One Person’. The recipients of the saplings were not just requested to plant but were also encouraged to take care of them till adulthood.
Leaders Bengaluru FC went seven points clear atop the table after routing a listless United SC 3-1 in a round 21 I-League fixture here today.
Thoi Singh (44th) gave Bengaluru the lead but Eric Brown equalised for the hosts from the spot in the 54th minute at the Kalyani Stadium encounter.
But an own goal from Dhanachandra Singh (61st) and an 89th minute strike from India captain Sunil Chhetri gave the Ashley Westwood coached Bangalore side their fourth away win as they brightened their title hopes.
Congress leader C. Narayanaswamy Thursday sealed his candidature for the Lok Sabha polls from the Bangalore North constituency by winning the party primary.
“Narayanaswamy secured 189 of the 371 votes polled in the primary held at a resort in the city. He will be our candidate for the Bangalore North parliamentary constituency,” party returning officer Nitin Kumbalkar told IANS.
Karnataka will go to the polls April 17.
Of the 478 registered voters, only 359 could vote, as the remaining were either late or did not turn up when the polling process began at 11 a.m.
The swiftness at which Bangalore is sprouting, the gap between demand and supply of water may almost double by 2026, leaving a large section of the population left waterless, a study by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
he officers of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) conducted checks in its buses practicing in the State and neighbouring states, to keep checks on incidents of revenue pilferage.
The line checking team in its drive conducted in February checked as many as 46,899 buses detected 4,628 cases and booked 6,594 passengers.
The corporation collected Rs 7.12 lakh as penalty and detected revenue pilferage of Rs 86,564. Disciplinary action has been started against the delinquent staff as per a press release.
IT bellwether Wipro has entered into a strategic partnership with the US-based SGI to service its customers and partners in big data and computing, and expand its market presence in India.
“As exclusive authorised service provider for SGI, we will also provide new solutions, maintenance services and enhanced support to its customers and partners across the country,” Wipro vice-president Anuj Bhalla said in a statement here.
A two-and-a half-a-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man near Begur Main Road under the Electronics City police limits on Monday night.
According to police, the suspect was arrested on Tuesday after an intense search. The accused, Rajendra Sahani, 25, a native of Bihar, had settled in the City around five years ago and was working as a construction labourer in Bommanahalli.
He used to visit the parents of the vicyim who worked at a building site belonging to Mookambika Builders on Begur Main Road. The girl and her parents are also said to be from Bihar.
Satyarup Siddhanta, Bangalore-based software enginner, plans to climb seven summits in seven continents. Siddhartha, a native of West Bengal, has led successful expeditions to Kilimanjaro, Elbrus and Aconcagua.
From December 27, 2013, to January 15, 2014, Siddhanta, along with his mountaineering team, has climbed Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, becoming the first Indian team to do so.
Mr. Mir Humayun was elected as president of the Muslim Co-operative Bank, Mysore here on February 16. He retained the position by winning over eleven seats. On the occasion, Mr. Khamruddin, former chairman of Health Committee, MCC, Mysore, felicitated Mr. Humayun and congratulated him for his victory.Courtesy:Karnataka muslims
http://karnatakamuslims.com/portal/mir-humayun-elected-as-president-of-muslim-co-operative-bank/
The T.A. Pai Management Institute in Manipal will offer Master of Business Administration (MBA) course to Indian students in Dubai from this academic year.
“We have tied up with the University of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce to offer the 18-month course to Indian students residing in the Gulf region,” TAPMI Dean Chowdari Prasad said in a statement Tuesday from Manipal, about 400 km from Bangalore.
Hafsa Rehaman, a first standard student of S.B. Residential Public School, Gulbarga has bagged the ‘School Handwriting Champion Award’ (Gold Medal) in National Handwriting Competition 2013 organised by Smart Write and presented by ASK India Society, Chennai.Courtesy:Karnataka Muslims
http://karnatakamuslims.com/portal/first-grader-secures-gold-medal-in-handwriting/
Forty-five year old, Imam Khan is suffering from ‘GOITRE WITH SUSPECTED FELLICULAR NEOPLASM OF THYROID’ from the last 3 years. The doctors, from Cauvery Medical Centre have advised him to undergo surgery immediately. However, his financial condition did not allow him to undergo the surgery. The doctors after seeing his financial condition have reduced the cost to an estimate of Rs. 82,000. Imam is an auto driver who is not able to work since the last three years. His two sons are of no help to him and are living separately with their own families.
Muslim Industrialists Association conducted ‘Lean Management Training’ for its members at its corporate office at Queen’s Road here recently. Mr. Doraiswamy, a leading Lean Management Trainer and director Srushti Consultant, trained entrepreneurs how to eliminate wastage in running organizations and how to add value to their clients by avoiding wastage of time, infrastructure, resources etc.
The AAP Monday announced that former Infosys director V. Balakrishnan will be its candidate in the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.
Balakrishnan joined the AAP Jan 1 after resigning from the IT bellwether Dec 31.
Balakrishnan is a founder-member and chairman of Exfinity, a venture capital fund for technology start-ups here.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has re-nominated P.C. Mohan, who won in 2009, while the Congress is yet to announce its candidate.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Monday released its fourth list of 61 Lok Sabha candidates, fielding former Infosys CFO V Balakrishnan from Bangalore Central, journalist Ashish Khetan from the New Delhi constituency, and satirist Bhagwant Mann from Sangrur in Punjab.
The party has announced two candidates from Delhi, four from Haryana, three from Punjab, 13 from Karnataka and 39 from Uttar Pradesh, a party functionary said.IANS
Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV), Udupi district unit, held a protest demanding action against persons who are assaulted Muslim youths in the region repeatedly, here in front of the Clock Tower on March 5.
President of district unit of KKSV, G Rajashekhar, during the protest, allegedly said that Haneef and his wife were attacked at Trasi on February 23 and in another incident, Humair was assaulted at Nidamballi on February 24.
He said that in both the cases, activists belonging to right-wing organisations were involved in and the police allegedly supported them.
The Bangalore District Committee, delegation of Indian Union Muslim League met Shri. Ramalinga Reddy, minister of Transport and in-charge Bangalore Dist, Govt of Karnataka in regard to appeal to nominate the title to one of the Metro Railway stations near Tippu Sultan Summer Palace as ‘Tippu Sultan Palace’ Metro Station here recently.
The Social Democratic Party of India organized a protest urging the Government Of Karnataka to fill one lakh eighty thousand (1,80,000) job vacancies immediately, since there are lakhs of unemployed youths, here on March 4 at Town Hall from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah received thousands of applications in this regard during his program of Janatha Darshan which itself reflects that the government has failed in this aspect.
Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani formally joined the Congress party here Sunday as a primary member to contest from the Bangalore South parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha election.
Congress state unit president G. Parameshwar admitted the 58-year-old Nilekani, who is also the chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), into the party in the presence of hundreds of cadres and leaders, amidst bursting of crackers and beating of drums at the party office in the city centre.
Well-wishers of the AAP will host a fund-raising dinner at Rs.20,000 per head with party leader Arvind Kejriwal at a hotel here March 15.
Touted to be the young party’s novel initiative on the lines of dinners held by political parties in countries like the US, the high-profile event is reportedly a brain-child of former Infosys director and AAP member V. Balakrishnan, who is inviting about 200 high net worth individuals working in the IT sector, private equity investors and venture capitalists.
Star striker and skipper Sunil Chhetri struck twice as Bengaluru FC thrashed Churchill Brothers 3-0 in a Round 20 match to remain on top of the I-League points table here today.
A Robin Singh strike in the 61st minute sandwiched between a Chhetri (56th and 89th) double showed the resilience that Ashley Westwood’s side possesses after they suffered a 2-3 loss to Rangdajied United last week in Shillong.
The win takes Bengaluru to 34 points from 18 games while Churchill’s quest for survival was handed a severe blow. The Goan side still remained in the relegation zone.
Brainy Stars International Islamic Montessori (BSIIM), Jayanagar opened its second branch in Bangalore at R.T. Nagar here on February 23.
Inaugurating the branch of BSIIM, Mr Hyder Vali, chairman, Brainy Stars, said that, “the first 2 to 6 years of a kid’s life are the most valuable ones as the brain develops to the maximum at this stage. We wish to integrate Islam through children. Our concept is not confined to cities only but taluks as well. We have an excellent staff of teachers who are really co-operative.
Karnataka Media Academy, a government funded academy has awarded 58 Journalists for their excellence and contribution in the field of journalism here at Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha on February 24.
Among this following four are Muslims:
B.M. Haneef: a senior jouranist with Deccan Hearald group of publications. Currently he is serving as editor of Kannada weekly Sudha. Recently he has been nominated as chairman of Beary’s Academy also.
Afshan Yasmeen: A senior journalist working for The Hindu, daily newspaper.