No question of ending alliance with JDS says Bommai, accuses state of delaying investigation for Vokkaliga votesThe scandal broke last week when pen drives of obscene videos allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna – former PM HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and ...
04 May, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
Heavy rain alert for north, coastal KarnatakaThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alert for three districts — Bidar, Vijayapura and Kalaburagi. The three distric...
23 Sep, 2023, 12.25 PM IST
Heavy rains lash many parts of Karnataka, allaying fear of droughtHeavy rains, accompanied by high-velocity winds, continued to lash several parts of the twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udup...
23 Jul, 2023, 08.21 PM IST
Rains just 2.5 per cent less than normalAfter two weeks of torrential rain, rainfall is just 2.5% short of the normal level, with the deficit narrowing rapidly from about 35% belo...
09 Aug, 2019, 08.33 AM IST
Government ready with crisis management plan for droughtThe delay in its onset, which some foreign meteorologists attribute to El Nino, has made the officials alert.
07 Jun, 2019, 07.04 AM IST
A water crisis looms over India. This startup may have some answersHyderabad-based startup Vassar Labs is taking small steps to solve India's water crisis.
30 May, 2019, 09.09 PM IST
June is going to be the worst month with very little rainfall: GP Sharma, SkymetThere is as much as 70-80% deficit or more at certain pockets, says Sharma.
30 May, 2019, 09.54 AM IST
Bed and breakfast plan is a cruel joke on hotel staffThe “break shift” arrangement followed by most restaurants is supposed to facilitate a worker to work in two shifts of four hours each ever...
12 Jan, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
Monsoon deficit to widen, impact kharif crop, says IMDThe MeT department has projected 16 per cent deficiency in the remaining two months of the four-month season, that is, in August and Septem...
17 Aug, 2015, 07.07 PM IST
Meet Truth Labs' KPC Gandhi: The scientist who submitted computer forensics report in Vyapam scandalCan India become a superpower when its doctors may not know surgery, bank personnel may not be good at accounting and police may have bribe...
19 Jul, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Drought like conditions, heat wave delay sowing; El Nino likely in SeptemberThe monsoon deficit and high temperatures delaying crop planting, are giving jitters to the govt that needs a good harvest to prop up shaky...
18 Jun, 2014, 08.40 AM IST
IMD sees no immediate respite as scorching heat continues to roast North IndiaWhile monsoon has set in parts of Kerela, Lakshwadeep and Karnataka, the rain-carrying winds would take another three weeks to reach northe...
09 Jun, 2014, 01.28 PM IST
- FMC warns traders against price manipulation, may ban trading
FMC today said it would not allow traders to manipulate futures price of agriculture items and could ban its trading if required.
26 Jul, 2012, 02.39 PM IST
- Floods wreak havoc in Andhra, Karnataka, Goa; lakhs evacuated
Sixteen people were killed and over 4.5 lakh people evacuated after massive floods inundated parts of Andhra Pradesh as the state governmen...
03 Oct, 2009, 03.50 PM IST
- GDP growth may dip to 5% if monsoon fails to revive
India's Met office is reasonably sure that the elusive monsoon would arrive in Mumbai and the western coast over June 21-23.
22 Jun, 2009, 04.24 AM IST