KOLAR: The District Cooperative Union will observe Cooperative Week in Kolar district from November 14. Managing the cooperative sector as a model and an efficient economic sector in the background of global economic recession has been the motto of this year’s Cooperative Week, union president Byalahalli Govinda Gowda told presspersons here on Tuesday. The event would be dedicated to the memory of...
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KOLAR: The Power Consumers’ Welfare Forum has given a call to observe Kolar bandh on November 6 to protest against unscheduled load-shedding in the district. Frequent power disruption has caused inconvenience to the public, former Minister and forum leader K. Srinivas Gowda said. Various organisations and parties such as Krishik Samaj, DYFI, JMS and CPI(M) have declared support to the bandh call....
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KOLAR: Under the banner of Palasandra Layout Nagarika Hitarakshana Vedike, the residents of ward no: 7 staged a road blockade on Kolar-Srinivaspur Road on Monday. They urging the authorities to provide various infrastructure facilities, including good roads in the area.Following an assurance by City Municipal Council Commissioner (CMC) Ramachandra, the protesters withdrew the stir.“The tender process...
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KOLAR: All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) State president K. Neela stressed on the need to adopt social auditing in order to prevent irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGREGA). Such a mechanism was necessary so that the benefits of the scheme, which aims at poverty alleviation in rural areas, works, Ms. Neela said, at a legal awareness workshop for workers...
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Raasi Group of Companies C. Narasimhan, Chairman and Managing Director of United India Insurance G. Srinivasan and Managing Director of Intel C.S. Rao at the launch of Corporate Agency -UIIC in Bangalore on Sunday.BANGALORE: Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa on Sunday said that people from BPL families should be helped to get insurance cover.Launching Corporate Agency-UIIC of Raasi Group...
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KOLAR: Barring a few incidents of stone throwing, a bandh called by the Power Consumers’ Welfare Forum with the backing of Krishik Samaj, DYFI, JMS and CPI(M), was peaceful on Friday.The forum organised the agitation to condemn erratic power supply in most parts of the district.All shops and business establishments remained closed. While some schools and colleges declared a holiday as a precautionary...
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KOLAR:Ever heard of people getting attracted to danger? Well, danger is certainlydrawing the crowds at Jai Durga Maa Trade fair being held at the MethodistGrounds at Kolar.The fire jump -- where a woman, set afire withcrackers, leaps from a height of 60 ft -- and the death well -- with daredevilriders zig-zagging wildly -- has left locals awe struck.The factthat these acts are violation of norms doesn't...
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BEML has bagged the order for supply of walking draglines to the Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), valued at Rs.185 crore. The order includes consumable spares for three years. Draglines are used in opencast mines. The equipment is to be manufactured at BEML’s facility at Kolar Gold Fields and is due to be commissioned in July 2011. —Special...
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Twenty districts received excessive rainfall during the last seven days (November 5 to 11), according to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics.The rainfall was in excess in Bangalore Urban, Chitradurga, Kolar, Shimoga, Chickaballapur, Chamarajangar, Chikmagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysore, Udupi, Bellary, Koppal, Raichur, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur and Uttara Kannada districts.The...
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KOLAR: Jala Samvardhana Yojana Sangha has organised a function on November 4 at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College auditorium. Minister for Minor Irrigation Govinda Karjol will inaugurate the function in which certificates will be issued to the tank management societies. Union Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa will be the chief guest while MLA Varthur Prakash will preside over the functio...
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