Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the relief awarded to the family of a man who died in an accident involving a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus, observing that compensation claims under Motor Vehicles Act should not be assessed using the strict standards of proof followed in criminal cases.A division bench of Justices…
KPTCL engineers and workers replace petroleum based mineral oil in high-voltage and heavyduty electric transformers with natural ester oil at the 110 kV substation in Gangavathi of Koppal District as part of a pilot project. Bengaluru: As climate concerns increasingly influence infrastructure planning worldwide, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has taken a noteworthy step…
Home minister Priyank Kharge said RSS could face action if it does not produce documents related to its registration and functioning Bengaluru: Home and IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge’s sustained offensive against the century-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has ignited a fierce political debate across the country.It began with his open letter to RSS chief Mohan…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangalur: Health minister UT Khader said that those who have neither worked for the Congress nor supported it should refrain from commenting on its affairs. “Only those who voted for the party and worked for it have the right to speak about it,” he said.Responding to Muslim leaders and like-minded organisations demanding ministerial…
Bengaluru: A collective of educationists and activists, called People’s Alliance for the fundamental right to education, has slammed the NCERT’s new Kannada third-language textbook for class 6. The collective has alleged that the book is saffronising education, pushing mythology, religion and vegetarianism and fails to capture the diversity of Karnataka.This is the class 6 book…
Bengaluru: India must move beyond food self-sufficiency and position itself as a global food powerhouse by harnessing technology, innovation and value addition in agriculture, industry leaders said at a conference on ‘Reimagining Agro-Food Processing: The AI & Robotics Revolution’ organised by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) on Tuesday.Delivering the keynote address, former…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangaluru: All local bodies must formulate and adhere to a time-bound action plan to strictly implement Solid Waste Management rules. Deputy commissioner Darshan HV directed them to take measures to achieve 100% target by prioritising door-to-door garbage collection and waste segregation at the source.He presided over the district-level monitoring committee meeting held on…
Dakshina Kannada District khazi Alhaj Twaqa Ahmad Musliyar died at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangaluru: Dakshina Kannada khazi Alhaj Twaqa Ahmad Musliyar died at a private hospital in the city on Tuesday. He was 78.Musliyar, who took charge as the khazi of Dakshina Kannada in 2010, was heading over…
BengaluruAlready under duress over maintaining an ageing fleet and legacy issues of mismanagement of the available resources, the four road transport corporations (RTC) corporations are now facing a double whammy with the existing Shakti guarantee scheme and the newly announced free bus services for all students– male and female.At a recent meeting with chief minister…
BengaluruThe BJP central leadership, unable to fathom the cross voting which occurred in Karnataka during the recently concluded legislative council elections, pulled up the state unit for the embarrassment.On Tuesday morning, the leadership including state president B Y Vijayendra, opposition leader R Ashoka and Council election agent for the party, MLC N Ravi Kumar made…
