Bill Gates's new mission: Low cost toilets
Software billionaire and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates will be in the city on Friday to attend an exclusive fund raising event hosted by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro.
According to sources, the e
Indian manufacturing keeps up pace in May
India's manufacturing sector kept up its steady expansion in May, with fast-rising output evened out by slowing growth of domestic order books, a business survey showed on Friday.
The HSBC manufactur
Setback to Congress in Karnataka: Siddaramaiah resigns as Oppn leader
In a jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, party opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday announced his resignation from the post saying the High Command apparently lacked confidence i
BEML serves legal notice on ex-Army chief, denies charges
A day after Gen V.K. Singh retired as chief of Army, public sector BEML on Friday slapped a legal notice on him demanding an apology for his 'false and motivated' allegations against it on the Tatr
Coal shortage cripples Bellary plant
There is no respite in sight for the power woes of the state with the Bellary thermal plant unit 2 which was scheduled to begin operations in May, failing to do this owing to a last minute back-out by
BS Yeddyurappa, Ananth unite but for how long?
Arch rivals B.S. Yeddyurappa and H.N. Ananth Kumar for once put aside their differences and put their heads together to discuss the candidates for the Council polls from the Assembly, graduates and te
No celebrations on fourth anniversary of govt: D.V. Sadananda Gowda
With the state facing a severe drought and the ruling party riven by internal differences, the BJP government has decided not to make a big event of its fourth anniversary in office. The BJP came to p
Pub to raise Rs 1 cr for BBMP
In a clear indication that the BBMP is finding it hard to raise resources, the cash-strapped Palike council on Tuesday approved a resolution, amid acrimony, to avail a Rs 1,000 crore loan by pledging
Double trouble for Bengaluru
The steep increase in the price of petrol announced this week has triggered a nationwide shut-down, a Bharat Bandh, planned for May 31.
Since the bandh has been called by the National Democratic All
BDA rapped for chopping trees
Coming down heaving on the BDA authorities for cutting more than 40 trees at Water Tank Junction in Koramangala for the signal-free corridor project between Sirsi Circle and Agara, the high court has