BengaluruRDPR minister Eshwar Khandre on Friday at the all India conference of RDPR ministers urged the centre to release funds earmarked for gram panchayats by the finance commissions, without delay.Apprising the states of Karnataka’s progress, Khandre said that the centre is yet to release Rs 2,186 crore of the previous five year fiscal between 2021-22…
Authorities apprehended a Ghaziabad man for sending a bomb threat email to ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru BENGALURU: Police have traced and secured a man from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad for allegedly sending a hoax bomb threat email to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters in Bengaluru. Preliminary investigation found that the man has a history…
Mangaluru: MLC for the Udupi-Dakshina Kannada local bodies constituency, Kishore Kumar Puttur, met deputy chief minister G Parameshwara, seeking intervention to resolve technical and administrative hurdles faced by farmers in obtaining electricity connections for poultry farm buildings.In the state, many farmers and rural youth have taken up poultry farming — an allied agricultural activity —…
Bengaluru: While the state is preparing a comprehensive Coastal–Malnad Karnataka Tourism Policy 2026, the Tourism Minister KJ George directed officials to formulate strategy to attract more international cruise liners to port cities in the city. During the review meeting, Friday, George instructed officials to consult major cruise operators on industry requirements.Emphasis was given to tourism…
Chief electoral commissioner, ECI, Anbu Kumar BENGALURU: Chief electoral commissioner, ECI, Anbu Kumar warned district election officer, Bengaluru and chief commissioner, GBA, among other districts’ officials,against lapses in distribution of enumeration forms for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) program in the state.SIR in Karnataka began on June 30 with visits to VIP houses: govt officials, judges,…
National child rights body NCPCR is dispatching a fact-finding team to Bengaluru following disturbing media reports of toddlers allegedly being tortured at a daycare on Capgemini’s campus BENGALURU: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged torture of toddlers at a daycare centre on Capgemini’s Brookefield…
Outrage over Bengaluru daycare abuse fuels reform demands. BENGALURU: The disturbing videos, purportedly showing toddlers being abused inside a daycare centre functioning out of a Bengaluru technology campus, have understandably triggered nationwide outrage. The allegations themselves are shocking enough: caregivers locked kids in bathrooms, put them in a front-loading washing machine, sprayed water into their…
Bengaluru: As Bengaluru’s five city corporations intensify footpath-clearance drives under the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) Safe Footpath initiative, a key question remains unanswered: where will thousands of street vendors displaced from pavements earn their livelihood?While Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda has maintained that vendors are not being evicted but only shifted from arterial roads…
Footpaths in JC Nagar and RT Nagar remain unusable because of garbage and poor upkeep Bengaluru: The city’s Safe Footpaths campaign continued for the second consecutive day Thursday, with GBA carrying out encroachment clearance drives across major roads.Bengaluru Central City Corporation cleared 8.5km of footpaths on 11 roads, including Residency Road, Old Madras Road and…
In an age of instant texts and disappearing messages, here’s an opportunity to slow down and reconnect with the charm of handwritten letters. A 12-day celebration of India’s postal heritage at Bhartiya Mall of Bengaluru, from July 3 to 12, invites visitors to rediscover the art of letter writing, explore the fascinating history of stamps,…
