Bengaluru: The first batch of 15 artisans from Belagavi will begin training at Karnataka Institute of Leather Technology and Fashion (KILT) in July under the Prada-Dr Babu Jagjivan Ram Leather Industries Development Corporation Ltd (Lidkar) collaboration, marking the start of a three-year programme to skill 90 artisans in the state.The initiative follows criticism faced by…
Mangaluru: Revaluation of answer scripts in Karnataka’s II PU Examination-1 has led to a sharp jump in scores for many students, raising fresh concerns about the reliability of the initial assessment by Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board.Official data show that while most students recorded changes within a narrow band of one to five marks,…
Bengaluru: After more than two decades of legal limbo, a decisive green signal from the Supreme Court has unlocked what could become one of the most transformative agricultural marketing infrastructure projects in the city. By clearing the way for the proposed mega agriculture market on 272.3 acres on Magadi Main Road in west Bengaluru, the…
Bengaluru: The state govt has constituted two committees to investigate the collapse of a compound wall at the govt-run Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital following heavy rain that left seven people dead. Both panels have been asked to submit reports within a week.Chief minister Siddaramaiah had earlier ordered a probe and suspended an executive engineer…
Bengaluru: Home minister G Parameshwara said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has effectively put a “full stop” to speculation over a change in chief minister in the state, asserting that the issue stands closed “for now”. Welcoming Kharge’s statement that Siddaramaiah will continue as CM, Parameshwara said Friday it “carried weight”. “He has expressed an opinion…
Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Thursday criticised the Centre over the steep hike in commercial LPG prices, alleging it was timed after assembly elections. In a post on X, he said the price was increased by Rs 993 on May 1, taking it to over Rs 3,000 per cylinder, after being deliberately held back during the…
11cm in 1 hour: Deluge could have filled 30,000 pools, two-thirds of Bengaluru’s lakes BENGALURU: The squally thundershowers along with hailstorms that lasted a little over an hour Wednesday evening across central Bengaluru — hailed as the wettest April day in the city’s recorded climatological history — poured over 11cm of rain, according to India…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka govt’s announcement on Thursday that street vendors will be evicted from near Bowring Hospital has rattled hundreds of traders, who are looking down the barrel with no assurance on allotment of kiosks in designated hawking zones.When TOI visited the spot on Thursday afternoon, the footpath which held 300 vendors was empty. Barricades…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BENGALURU: Erratic pre-monsoon rains may have cooled districts surrounding Bengaluru. The city’s temperature dropped by a degree in a day. But the northern and central parts of the state continue to blaze in the summer heat, even recording a one-degree increase in 24 hours on Thursday.After the hail and…
Bengaluru: Terming the wall collapse tragedy that claimed seven lives at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital (rechristened as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hospital) as a fallout of “maladministration”, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice BS Patil Thursday announced that action would be taken against those responsible.Accompanied by Upa Lokayuktas Justice B Veerappa and Justice KN Phaneendra, Justice Patil…
