Girl child in standard 1 to get Rs 2 per day in Karnataka

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 18:26

Each girl child will get Rs two a day for attending Class 1 in Karnataka government schools under a state scheme aimed at increasing enrolment in government-run schools.

Govt officials to be pulled up for admin delays

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 20:53

In a move to tone up the administrative machinery, Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to issue notices to senior officials for inordinate delay in disposal of files, even as it announced dismissal of two officers for alleged irregularities.

Yeddyurappa in verbal bout with Speaker over Shaadi Bhagya

Last Updated: Monday, November 25, 2013, 20:25

Former Chief Minister and KJP President BS Yeddyurappa was on Monday locked in a verbal duel with Assembly Speaker Kagodu Thimappa and staged a dharna in the well of the House over Shaadi Bhagya yojana on the opening day of the winter session here.

Karnataka to enact anti-superstition law

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:51

Bangalore: Karnataka government intends to enact a legislation to crack down on superstition and black magic on the lines of the one in Maharashtra, Law Minister TB Jayachandra said on Monday.

Now, nanostructured glass allows 360 TB disk capacity

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 19:36

Scientists have experimentally demonstrated nanostructured glass could record 360 TB/disc data capacity, has thermal stability up to 1000 degree Celsius and has practically unlimited lifetime.

Jail inmate escapes from TB ward in MP

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 14:23

An undertrial jail inmate undergoing treatment at TB ward of MY Hospital here escaped after sawing off his handcuff.

TB screening for Indians soon in UK

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 22:47

Indian citizens seeking to enter Britain for more than six months will need to be screened for tuberculosis before they are granted a visa, official sources said.

Pharma bigwigs join hands for new TB drug

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 08:56

Pharmaceutical companies and research institutions in association with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have stepped up efforts to aid research on a new drug for tuberculosis (TB), a disease that annually kills about three lakh in India.

Govt to launch website to monitor tuberculosis patients in May

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 20:01

Govt is learnt to launch website in May to monitor patients affected by TB.

Maharashtra Opposition stages walkout on TB cases

Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 17:34

Opposition members staged a walkout from the Maha Legislative Council expressing dissatisfaction over the government`s reply on the tuberculosis cases.

Funding cuts put 3.4 million TB patients at risk: NGOs

Last Updated: Friday, March 23, 2012, 09:12

A $1.7 billion funding shortfall to fight tuberculosis (TB) over the next five years means 3.4 million patients will go untreated and gains made against the disease will be reversed, three non-governmental (NGO) agencies said on Friday.