Public consultation held for revamp of 17km stretch of ORR from Silk Board to KR Pura Bengaluru: Should Bengaluru’s most congested corridor be rebuilt with stone mastic asphalt (SMA) or concrete? That question dominated a public consultation on the proposed Rs 450-crore redevelopment of the 17.1km Outer Ring Road (ORR) stretch between Silk Board and…
Bengaluru: As students across the country protested the NEET paper leak, a city-based musician chose music over slogans to express his support.Techie-turned-singer Sunil Koshy, co-founder of amateur singing platform From Mug To Mike, composed, recorded, and shot a protest song in under 24 hours after watching the protests unfold in the news and on social…
Bengaluru: As the country pushes to transform cutting-edge research into globally competitive technologies, the city will host the 14th edition of Bengaluru India Nano from Aug 3 to 5, with renewed focus on convergence of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence and on accelerating commercialisation of research through collaborations among academia, industry, startups and investors.Ahead of the…
Amid pushback from several private educational institutions over adopting govt schools, chief minister DK Shivakumar Saturday said it is a step towards improving quality of education.“By encouraging prominent and large private school managements from urban areas to adopt govt schools free of cost, we are asking them to help out,” the CM said in Chitradurga…
Bengaluru: Said to be depressed over financial issues, a 40-year-old woman and her two children died by suicide by jumping into an agricultural pond at Chatrakodihalli village in Kolar late Friday night.The victims are are domestic help S Pramila and her children Swapna, 22, and Charan, 17, residents of Begli Benajenahalli village. The incident came…
TIMES NEWS NETWORK V Anbukumar (second left), chief electoral officer of Karnataka, reviews SIR documents in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: Karnataka state chief electoral officer V Anbukkumar instructed officials to thoroughly inspect cases involving absent, shifted, deceased, and duplicate (ASDD) voters and conduct a proper mahazar (verification report) during the SIR process. This list must…
Bengaluru: Mapping, done before the enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll has been useful for booth-level officers (BLOs) to digitise the applications that have come to them. However, in cases where the mapping itself has mistakes, BLOs have the option to rectify the details and set the digital record…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has sought the intervention of petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri regarding the permanent employment commitments for project displaced families (PDFs) at GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited (GMPL), Mangaluru.In a letter, the MP mentioned about the issue concerning the livelihoods of the PDFs, and sought the urgent intervention…
Vinobha KT | TNNMangaluru: Nearly 34 primary schools across Dakshina Kannada, including 20 govt schools, have recorded zero admissions to class I this academic year.According to officials, the primary reason behind this is the growing preference among parents towards Karnataka Public Schools (KPS), PM Shri Schools and English-medium education for their children. The figures indicate…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangaluru: JD(S) MLC SL Bhoje Gowda expressed concern over the Dakshina Kannada district administration declaring blanket holidays for schools and colleges, solely on the basis of the weather department reports during the rainy season. He questioned the rationale behind repeatedly declaring holidays as a precautionary measure, even when there is no rain.Speaking to…
