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Parched Karnataka thirsty for rain |
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
 Karnataka is also not much better off as it continues to wait for the rain.
The rain is playing havoc with Karnataka this year. They started early, and then seemed to stop for a while. And while parts of Bangalore are flooding, north Karnataka is parched and waiting for the monsoon to resume.
''For the last two years, the rain was good, but this year it is bad. We will not survive if the rain does not come,'' said Vittal Durgannavar, a Bailhongal farmer.
''Without the rain everything has dried up. We have spent five to six thousand per acre that is wasted. There is no other work available for us. How do we survive? There is a problem for drinking water,'' said Shivananda Hudakeri, farmer.
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Karnataka urges centre to set up IIT in the state |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has urged the Centre to consider the state's demand to set up an IIT in Karnataka, 'the IT and technology and R & D hub of the country,' housing nearly 100 global companies and the largest workforce in hi-tech areas.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said the state government had "repeatedly' been requesting the Centre to set up an IIT in Karnataka". The Governor had also written to the Centre in this matter.
"We are hoping that our request will be positively considered in the 11th five year plan", the letter said.
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Power shortage in Karnataka shoots up demand for diesel |
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 |
 Panic buying and hoarding of diesel has hit Karnataka in the wake of massive power shortage following monsoon failure, oil companies and dealers say.
Industries, commercial establishments and even some residential complexes are forced to use the diesel-run generators for uninterrupted power supply as India's IT hub and other parts of the state remain without power for hours together.
"Demand for diesel has gone up by nearly 40 percent in Bangalore alone since July 20. The daily supply to Bangalore has gone up from around 1,800 kilolitres to about 2,500 kilolitres," a senior Indian Oil Corporation official, declining to be identified, told . |
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Kuselan - Trouble in Karnataka |
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
 It looks like Kuselan will not release in Karnataka, causing a loss of Rs 1.50 crore to its distributors Pyramid Saimira. The chauvinist organization Karnataka Rakshana Vedika (KRV) is determined to block the release of the film scheduled on August 1.
Their grouse is that during the Tamil Film industry's protest fast opposing Karnataka stand on the Hogenekkal project, Rajinikanth had come down heavily on Karnataka. He had warned the state not to politicize the issue.
Rajinikanth in typical style seen in his films had said: "Karnataka should not test our (Tamilnadu) patience by not letting us draw water from our own land." This made Rajini a hero in the land where he became a superstar and a villain in his own home state. |
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KSRTC keen on floating MMTC in Mangalore |
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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
 The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Mangalore division has initiated the move to introduce city and mofussil services in its divisional jurisdiction, particularly a city service in Mangalore and intra city service between Udupi and Mangalore.
Initially the KSRTC will start Peak Hour Service (PHS) in various routes including Ullal to State Bank, Surathkal to State Bank. Feasibility studies are also on for few other routes according to top official sources in KSRTC headquarters in Shantinagar Bangalore.
The sources said the proposal has come from the KSRTC Mangalore division and a decision will be taken at the Board level soon. The Ministry is also in the grip of the situation.
The Dakshina Kannada district is serviced by mainly by the private operators. There is 60 percent private routes and only 40 percent nationalized routes. The KSRTC is operating on all state highways while the Udupi-Mangalore sector has been operated solely by private operators despite the KSRTC being in a position to operate on this route.
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Fertilizer issue: Karnataka BJP threatens stir |
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
 Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Wednesday threatened that his party BJP would hit the streets if the Centre failed to respond the state's need for fertilizer for farmers.
"We will have to take to the streets if the Centre fails to respond", Yeddyurappa told reporters after meeting Governor Rameshwar Thakur to pressure Centre to get adequate fertilizer stocks to the state in the wake of stepped up demand following revival of monsoon activity.
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Power shortage grips Karnataka |
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
A severe shortage of power in Karnataka has reached alarming proportions. The authorities are resorting to loadshedding in various parts of the state including Bangalore.
In view of the failure of monsoon rains, the authorities had already suspended power generation in a couple of hydro-electric power generating stations in the state. Adding to their woes, the technical snags experienced at two thermal power-generating units at Raichur have sparked off a major crisis in the state.
Several parts of the state including Bangalore remained plunged in darkness for almost two hours on Monday due to an unexpected shortfall. The disruption in power supply continued yesterday forcing the top brass of Energy Department to go into a huddle and chalk out emergency measures.
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BJP facing internal threat in Karnataka |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
 It is now sure that some murmurs within the party have begun over the induction of new ministers and the new MLAs into the party. Mr. Yeddyurappa himself appears to be not happy the way it is going and the state party president D.V. Sadananda Gowda has stayed aloof from the party affairs for last one week since the three MLAs from JDs and Congress joined the party.
It has come as a shock to the old timer BJP leaders that those MLAs who have been in other parties have joined the party and have become ministers over night and those old timers who have won from their respective constituencies for more than 4 times have not even been given a board president's job let alone being given ministry.
The seething dissent came into open when many senior party leaders including the party state president D.V. Sadananda Gowda abstained from attending the swearing in ceremony at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. He has not been sent an invitation by the CM's office say circles close to Mr. Gowda. He was at Puttur when the swearing in ceremony took place.
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