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July 2007

June 2007

Jun 25: Heavy rains claim 43 lives; mainly in the districts of Bagalkot, Bijapur and Raichur.
Jun 21: Two new districts, Ramanagaram and Chikballapur are expected to be created shortly in Karnataka
Jun 19: Heavy monsoon rains caused sea erosion in the coastal districts of Karnataka.
Jun 15: The disease Chikungunya makes a comeback in Karnataka with 482 suspected cases being reported.
Jun 14: The 28th district of Karnataka, Ramanagaram is to be inagurated on 28th Jun 2007.
Jun 11: Changi Airport Ltd. wants to jointly bid with Tatas for the development of airports at Shimoga, Gulbarga and Bijapur.
Jun 08: President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam dedicated to the nation, India's latest communication satellite Insat 4-B at Hassan in Karnataka.
Jun 07: Bangalore Bio-2007, a three day biotechnology show is inaugurated in Bangalore.
Jun 05: U T Khader of the Congress party won the by-election held in the Ullal constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Jun 05: The Government of Karnataka has allotted 300 acres of land in Dharwad for a project by Tata Motors.
Jun 02: 70% voter turn-out has been recorded in the by-election held in the Ullal constituency of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

May 2007

May 30: South-west monsoon has entered regions of Coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka and heavy rains are expected in these regions.
May 29: Aparna Murlidhar, of Kendriya Vidyalaya school, ASC Centre, Bangalore has topped the Chennai Region in the Class X examination of CBSE by scoring 99% marks.
May 28: The Chief Minister of Karnataka, H. D. Kumaraswamy has paid visit to Chamarajanagar defying a superstition that any Chief Minister who visits the place loses his power.
May 27: The Chief Minister of Karnataka, H. D. Kumaraswamy had a close escape when his helicopter force-landed due to strong wind and rain in the Chamarajanagar district.
May 25: SKG Sangha, a Karnataka-based firm involved in undertaking biogas-related projects in the rural areas has been shortlisted for the Ashden Award.
May 22: Information Technology related exports from Karnataka have crossed the Rupees 500 billion mark in the financial year 2006-07.
May 19: Google to digitize 800 thousand books and manuscripts of Mysore University.
May 17: Second Year Pre-University results announced with an overall pass percentage of 50.64%. Dakshina Kannada with a pass percentage of 80.33% stood first among all districts of Karnataka.
May 14: Karnataka Government withdraws the controversial ban on night shift for women.
May 10: The three day elephant census conducted within the forests of Karnataka came to an end.