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ISRO unveils bust of space pioneer Sarabhai in Bengaluru

Bengaluru : Marking the 99th birth anniversary of India’s space pioneer Vikram Sarabhai, the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday unveiled his bust at its headquarters here. The space agency’s former chairmen K. Kasturirangan and A.S. Kiran Kumar and incumbent Chairman K. Sivan were present on the occasion at the Antriksh Bhavan. Sarabhai […]

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Mid-air collision between two IndiGo aircraft averted

Nearly 330 passengers on board two Indigo aircrafts had a narrow escape when a mid-air collision between them was averted over the Bengaluru airspace on Tuesday. This prompted the authorities to launch a probe into the incident, PTI quoted industry sources as saying. The aircrafts involved in the incident were operating on Coimbatore-Hyderabad and Bengaluru-Cochin […]

Congress wins Bengaluru’s RR Nagar seat

Bengaluru :  Congress candidate Munirathna won from the Raja Rajeshwari (RR) Nagar Assembly constituency here by over 25,000 votes, said an official on Thursday. “Munirathna won the election by over 25,000 votes after completion of all the 18 rounds of counting,” Karnataka Joint Chief Electoral Officer K.N. Ramesh told IANS here. In the fiercely-fought contest, […]

Congress wins 13, BJP 11 in Bengaluru

Bengaluru : The Congress won 13 Assembly seats and the BJP 11 in Bengaluru, where polling was held on May 12 in 26 of the 28 constituencies, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday. Among the Congress winners are outgoing cabinet ministers K.J. George, Ramalinga Reddy, R. Roshan Baig and Krishna Byre Gowda. The Congress […]

Repoll in Bengaluru assembly booth over faulty EVM

Bengaluru :  The Election Commission on Saturday said there will be repolling at a voting booth in Bengaluru’s Hebbal constituency after the EVM there suffered a malfunction. “There will be repolling at a polling station in Lottegollahalli in Hebbal due to the malfunctioning of a ballot unit,” Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar told reporters here.A […]