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Siddaramaiah expands ministry in Karnataka, inducts 28

Bangalore, May 18 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday inducted 28 members - 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state - into his five-day-old ministry, the first Congress ministry in the state after nine years. The cabinet ministers are: R.V. Deshpande, Shamanur Shivashankarappa,

Siddaramaiah inducts 28 into his ministry

Bangalore, May 18 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday inducted 28 members into his five-day-old ministry, the first Congress ministry in the state after nine years. Of the 28, Siddaramaiah gave cabinet rank to 20 and the remaining would be ministers of state. Governor

Super Kings not to take game against RCB easy

Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Two time IPL title-holder Chennai Super Kings (CSK) would not be taking their last league tie Saturday against hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) easy and would go all out to win for consistency, coach Stephen Fleming said Friday.

Spot-fixing charges sully game’s beauty: Fleming

Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Raging controversy over spot-fixing charges against three Rajasthan Royals players has sullied the beauty of the game and affected a lot of players, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming said Friday.

Karnataka ministry expansion Saturday, 29 to be sworn-in (Lead, Changing dateline)

Mysore, May 17 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Friday he will induct 29 members to his ministry Saturday, four days after he took office. "Twenty-nine will be sworn in tomorrow (Saturday)," he told reporters on arrival here from New Delhi. He declined to reveal the names.

Turkish Bank deploys Infosys’ Finacle software

Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Leading Turkish private bank Turkland Bank has deployed Finacle software product of Indian IT bellwether Infosys for its core banking, customer relationship management and treasury operations.

Karnataka ministry expansion Saturday

Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Four days after taking over as Karnataka chief minister, Congress leader Siddaramaiah will expand his ministry Saturday amid demands that "tainted" legislators be kept out as the party wrested power from the BJP on an anti-corruption plank. From Congress Lok Sabha member A.H. Vishwanath from Mysore to freedom fighter H.S.

IPL: RCB under pressure to perform against CSK (Preview)

Bangalore, May 17 (IANS) Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore are left with a mountain to climb in their bid to qualify for the play-offs as they host the high-flying Chennai Super Kings in their concluding Indian Premier League fixture here Saturday. The Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium, that was long considered as the RCB's impregnable fortress, especially after six consecutive wins this season, was breached earlier this week when Kings XI Punjab chased down a target of 175 to win by seven wickets. The shock defeat at home certainly stopped the RCB's progress at 16 points

Hockey: Karnataka lift Rangaswamy Cup

Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Karnataka created history by winning their maiden Rangaswamy Cup, the symbol of supremacy in the Indian Hockey Federation's senior National men's hockey championship after defeating Uttar Pradesh 3-1 in the final here Thursday. After going into breather tied 1-1, Karnataka stepped up the pace on resumption and pumped in two more goals even as Uttar Pradesh fought till the end

Somani, Bhat head Indian challenge

Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Parikshit Somani of Assam, with an ATF ranking of nine, leads the Indian challenge in the Karle Infra ATF Under-14 Series to be held at the Sadashivanagar Club here May 20-25. The tournament, sanctioned by Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) and being conducted under the auspices of All India Tennis Association (AITA) and the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), also has Kabir Manrai of Chandigarh (ranking 30) and local lad Adil Kalyanpur (90) besides Sai Pranav Ponaka and Varun Venkat. In the girls section, Tanvi Bhat of Karnataka, who has an ATF ranking of 18, leads the challenge and others in fray include Sama Sathvika, Shivanu Swarup, Shaikh Humera and Megha Muthukumar.