Here are the big stories from Karnataka today
The Hindu
Karnataka Today newsletter: Bengaluru gets largest Boeing aerospace engineering facility outside US, and more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center (BIETC) campus in Bengaluru on January 19. The state-of-the-art BIETC is built with an investment of ₹1,600 crore. Located in a 43-acre campus, it is the American aerospace major’s largest such investment outside the U.S.
Mr. Modi also launched the Boeing Sukanya Program that aims to support the entry of more girl children from across India into the country’s growing aviation sector. For young girls, the programme will create STEM labs at 150 planned locations to help spark interest in STEM careers.
Archaeologist and retired associate professor T. Murugeshi has yet again found a unique Veera Sthambha (pillar dedicated to a hero), this time at Chitteri in Ulturu Mudabettu village of Kundapura taluk in Udupi. According to Mr. Murugeshi, a Veera Sthambha is a rare type of hero-stone found across India.
Located in front of Nandikeshwara temple at Chitteri, the 6-feet-tall Veera Sthambha has four faces. Each face has three panels of 2 feet length depicting heroes equipped with swords and other sharp weapons attacking enemies riding horses and elephants. Sword-fighting, horse-fighting, an apsara (angel) taking a hero to heaven are also depicted.
Two labourers were killed and 20 others have been injured after an under-construction building, identified as the site of St. Agnes School, collapsed at Byadarahalli in Anekal in south Bengaluru. It is feared that a few workers are stuck under the rubble.
According to the initial findings of the Anekal police, labourers were carrying out centring work on the top when a part of the building collapsed. The workers fell down, along with the structure.
Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has been recognised as the Best Airport of the Year at Wings India Awards 2024. At the award ceremony held in Hyderabad on January 18, the airport was also conferred with the ‘>25 MPPA Traffic Award’ under the airports category.
Chennai will get its sixth reservoir along East Coast Road (ECR) and Rajiv Gandhi Salai in Chengalpattu district with a capacity to store nearly 1.7 thousand million cubic feet to cater to the city growing needs.
Karnataka establishes dog squads to combat narcotics in prisons due to increased cases of drug use.
Puducherry Congress chief criticizes AINRC-BJP government for issuing new liquor permits, advocates government control of manufacturing and distribution network.
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister presents MTFP with borrowing and repayment plans, highlighting state's economic growth and investments.
Former higher education minister C. N. Ashwath Narayana, who wanted to initiate a debate on the government’s move on closure of universities, and said closure of universities would lead to denial of opportunities for students to undertake higher studies.
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Since the use of pesticides for whitefly control is not very effective, awareness among farmers is being created.
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Electricity, Prohibition, and Excise Minister V. Senthilbalaji said he would face the allegations from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) legally, adding that the agency’s complaint regarding irregularities in Tasmac was made with “ulterior motives” and without any evidence.
House Beneath a Jackfruit Tree in Kerala features interconnected spaces, jaali work
Madras High Court dismisses criminal revision petition of Papanasam MLA Jawahirullah in foreign funds receipt case.
Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.