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What the Budget holds for Karnataka
Karnataka hopes to get its due share of funds for infrastructure and healthcare as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and has made a sizeable allocation for these priority sectors in the Union Budget. Read more
Bengaluru: Centre’s nod for ORR-Airport Metro likely to arrive by March
The much delayed Outer Ring Road-Kempegowda International Airport Metro project got a Budget boost on Monday. Read more
Bengaluru on Monday reported 201 new Covid-19 cases
Karnataka: Revenue chief will probe Shivamogga blast
Home and law minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday rejected the opposition demand for a judicial probe into the Shivamogga blast that claimed six lives on January 21. Read more
Karnataka: Colleges open, thrilled I PU students throng campuses
Scores of grade 9 and I PU students poured into school and college campuses across the state on Monday as regular classes commenced for the first time since the pandemic hit on Monday. The state recorded attendance of 65% for I PU students on Day 1. Read more
Bengaluru: Two Metro lines get Rs 15,000-crore budget fuel
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced the much-delayed 58km Outer Ring Road-Kempegowda International Airport Metro project. She announced Namma Metro’s Phase 2A (Silk Board to KR Puram) and 2B (KR Puram to KIA) at a cost of Rs 14,788 crore. Chennai Metro’s phase 2 spanning 118km has received a whopping Rs 63,246 crore. Read more
Bengaluru: Leopard caught 9 days after its apartment visit
A leopard that made two visits to an apartment complex on Begur Road in Yelenahalli in south Bengaluru in the latter half of January was rescued from the same locality early Monday. It walked into a cage that forest officials had set up behind the complex, Prestige Song of the South. A goat was used to lure it. Read more
Taxi fares up 20%, Ola, Uber spared
The government on Monday hiked the tariffs of long-distance taxis and city cabs, which are not operated by aggregators such as Uber and Ola, by over 20 per cent to Rs 18 per km for non-AC and Rs 24 for AC taxis.