Karnataka

Mangaluru, Aug 29 (PTI) Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama arrived here on Thursday on a private visit.

The Dalai Lama was received at the airport by the officials of the Dakshina Kannada district administration.

He was received with Tibetan traditional dance outside the airport amid tight security.

BENGALURU: AUGUST, 28; GANASHAKTI: Lunar lander spacecraft Chandrayaan-2 was manoeuvred into a closer orbit to the moon on Wednesday morning.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it performed a nearly 20-minute third orbit action on the spacecraft which had been orbiting the moon since August 20. The action was done from its Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) facility in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (PTI) More than three weeks after he was sworn in as the Chief Minister, B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday expanded his ministry by inducting 17 ministers into his Cabinet.

This is the first Cabinet expansion after he assumed office on July 26 and proved his government's majority on the floor of the Assembly on July 29.

The new Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at the Raj Bhavan here.

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (PTI) In a major milestone for India's Moon mission, the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered the lunar orbit on Tuesday.

Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed successfully at 0902 hours as planned, using the onboard propulsion system, the Bengaluru headquartered space agency said in a statement.

"The duration of maneuver was 1,738 seconds. With this, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully inserted into a Lunar orbit," ISRO said.

Bengaluru, Aug 14 (PTI) The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti on Wednesday demanded that the Tipu Express running between Bengaluru and Mysuru be renamed after Krishnaraja Wodeyar and Sir M Visvesvaraya.

The outfit's members led by state convenor Mohan Gowda met ChiefMinister B S Yediyurappa and urged him to take steps for renaming the train.

Bengaluru, Aug 14 (PTI) India's second moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' left the earth's orbit early on Wednesday, 23 days after being launched, and is moving towards the moon following the successful completion of a crucial manoeuvre by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency said it has carried out a manoeuvre called 'Trans Lunar Insertion' (TLI) at 2:21 am on Wednesday, following which the spacecraft has successfully entered the Lunar Transfer Trajectory.

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI) Nine more people have died in rain related incidents in Karnataka, taking the toll to 40 as the flood situation remained grim in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Belagavi district and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa joined him in the exercise.

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI) Four more people have died in rain-related incidents in Karnataka, taking the toll to 31 on Sunday as the flood situation remained grim in the state.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will conduct an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Belagavi district and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will join him in the exercise.

Bengaluru, Aug 9 (PTI) A day after legal scholar Shamnad Basheer was found dead in his car in Karnataka, police on Monday said he may have died due to suffocation, discounting the possibility of any foul play.

Basheer, an alumnus of the National Law School of India University here and the Oxford University, was found dead by police in his car in an open area, a short distance from the road, on the outskirts of the district headquarters town of Chikkamagaluru on Thursday.

Mangaluru, Jul 31 (PTI) The body of Cafe Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha, who had gone missing, was found on Wednesday in the Netravati river in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka after 36 hours of intense search, officials said.

The body had washed ashore near Ullal and was fished out by local fishermen.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader said friends and relatives have confirmed that the body is of Siddhartha.