Times News NetworkBengaluru: A day after his whereabouts became the subject of intense speculation, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar’s house in an upscale locality of Bengaluru was searched by Enforcement Directorate Sunday in alleged jobs scam in Karnataka Public Service Commission.ED searches are in connection with veterinary recruitment examination irregularities allegations, and Gangwar was then…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has substantially increased the accident compensation of an IT couple injured in a 2012 accident from Rs 8.7 lakh to over Rs 53 lakh, accounting for loss of future income.The couple suffered grievous injuries when a truck slammed their car in Nelamangala, while returning from Chitradurga to Bengaluru in Sept 2012….
Bengaluru: In fresh trouble for embattled minister B Nagendra, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought Karnataka governor’s sanction for his prosecution in the Rs 90-crore Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scam.Of the alleged siphoned amount, a sum of Rs 84 crore has since been recovered by the state govt.The combined BJP-JD(S) opposition…
NITI AAYOG REPORT GRAPHIC Bengaluru: India may be producing more research papers, patents and startups, but scientists are still spending too much time navigating the system meant to support their work.A new NITI Aayog report on the Ease of Doing Research & Development lists procedural problems researchers face, from repeated grant applications and delayed funds…
A coalition of organisations and citizens has written to chief minister DK Shivakumar, seeking withdrawal of the proposed amendment, arguing that parks cannot be treated as vacant land Bengaluru: Environmental groups, urban planners and citizen activists have begun mobilising against the govt move to allow up to 5% of parks and gardens to be used…
Passengers scheduled to travel from Bengaluru to Ernakulam receive onboard meals on the platform Bengaluru: Hundreds of Kerala-bound passengers who reached KSR Bengaluru and KR Pura railway stations Sunday morning were left disappointed after a “hot axle” was detected in their Vande Bharat train.The newly augmented KSR Bengaluru-Ernakulam Jn Vande Bharat Express had been fully…
Bengaluru: The cabinet decision on Aug 21 to relax restrictions and allow commercialisation of 5% of parks and open spaces in Bengaluru has drawn allegations from BJP leaders that the move is intended to benefit chief minister DK Shivakumar’s loyalists and Congress cadre, particularly by facilitating the establishment of Nandini milk parlours.According to BJP leaders…
After raising the limit to Rs 1.2 lakh via an order on Aug 19, deputy CM and revenue minister G Parameshwara asked officials to re-verify cases and restore pensions to those eligible Bengaluru: The govt’s decision to raise the annual income ceiling for social security pensions from Rs 32,000 to Rs 1.2 lakh is expected…
Mobile clipping screenshot of cow in chamber Bengaluru: A cow had a narrow escape after falling into a nearly 10-foot-deep BWSSB chamber left open on busy Food Street in VV Puram late Saturday evening.According to locals, BWSSB had left the chamber open without replacing the cover, posing a danger to commuters and animals. The cow…
Mangaluru: Congress and BJP leaders in Dakshina Kannada traded barbs over the Vande Mataram controversy, with the Congress accusing the BJP of politicising the song and the BJP terming the Congress stand proof of its “intellectual bankruptcy”.District Congress Committee president Harish Kumar said the Congress had sung Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s Vande Mataram with respect since…
