The Painted Lady travels thousands of kilometres from Europe to the Indian plains, completing its journey over generations. The route is embedded in these tiny creatures. Austin Ajit has learnt more from nature than from textbooks. Treading softly in the wild alongside experts has broadened his interests beyond birdwatching into insect life. While his peers…
The licence of the flying training school at Jakkur had lapsed three years ago but Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was persuaded to renew it Bengaluru: Three years after it slipped into limbo after its licence lapsed, the century-old Government Flying Training School (GFTS) at Jakkur, Bengaluru, has received approval from Directorate General of…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru Bengaluru: Although expansion of the cabinet has been delayed, chief minister DK Shivakumar and Congress face a complex exercise in striking the right balance between caste and regional representation.Sources say the selection process remains wide open, and almost all…
Bengaluru: Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting is acquiring TTK Healthcare’s Good Home and Eva brands for Rs 256 crore, marking its 17th acquisition as the company looks to strengthen its presence in India’s home care and personal care markets through buyouts and organic expansion.The two brands together reported revenue of Rs 148 crore in FY26….
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar during the foundation laying ceremony for a three-lane twin tunnel corridor connecting the Hebbal Flyover to the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University campus in Bengaluru, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@CMofKarnataka) Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda inspected the ongoing works at the Wind Tunnel Road underpass…
Bengaluru: “I need money to build a memorial for my recently dead mother, I need money for my grandmother’s treatment,” S Preeth Kumar, who claimed he was a DRDO officer, pleaded with a woman he had met on a matrimonial site only months earlier. The list of demands kept growing in the four months they…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man filed a complaint with Vidhana Soudha police, accusing four men of duping him of Rs 26 lakh after promising him a job of panchayat development officer with rural development and panchayat raj department.GK Raghunandan, senior manager with a private gold firm in Whitefield, told police he met the main suspect, Santosh…
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old youth was arrested Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting a cow at Weavers Colony, Nelamangala, on the city’s outskirts.The accused — Nizamuddin, a native of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh — was staying at a relative’s house in Nelamangala.Police said the incident occurred in broad daylight on a street. Residents and passers-by caught Nizamuddin…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court directed the Mysuru deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner to admit an ailing senior citizen — abandoned allegedly by son — to a govt hospital in Mysuru and provide necessary medical care with the state govt paying all the bills.Taking note of increasing cases of alleged lapses in geriatric care, the court…
Bengaluru: A woman married under Special Marriage Act (SMA) cannot claim the legal status of wife if her husband already has a living spouse, even if his personal law permits polygamy, the high court has ruled.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by Ballari resident Meena Kumari in a partition…
