Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar paid a surprise visit to the Yeshwantpur APMC market on Tuesday morning and listened to the grievances of farmers and vendors supplying fruits and vegetables Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar paid a surprise visit to the Yeshwantpur APMC market on Tuesday morning and listened to the grievances of farmers and vendors supplying…
Bengaluru: To understand — and appreciate — that ‘India lives in its villages’ as the Mahatma declared, Karnataka govt is sending 2.1 lakh students from 931 urban schools and pre-university institutions to villages this academic year to experience rural life, agriculture and the realities of farming.The destination of the next school trip may not be…
Protest at Indian Academy Degree College against dress code Bengaluru: A college dress code became the unlikely trigger for a student protest in the city Monday, after a group of students of Indian Academy Degree College alleged they were asked to leave the campus for not wearing the prescribed uniform and for having beards.A group…
Bengaluru: Coming under attack from citizens and civil society groups over the govt’s several mega projects and policy initiatives that might negatively impact Karnataka’s ecology, forest minister Ramalinga Reddy Tuesday assured them he would intervene in issues directly under the forest department’s purview, while other matters would be taken up at the govt level for…
Senior citizens and voters seen submitting form 6 and other documents for SIR Special Intensive Revision process at Yeshwanthpur Constituency Senior citizens waiting for their turn to submit documents for SIR Special Intensive Revision center at Cox Town in Bengaluru on Tuesday Senior citizens and voters seen submitting form 6 and other documents for SIR…
Star Tortoises seized by DRI Bengaluru: A green trolley bag being carried through the busy streets of Gandhinagar concealed a shocking wildlife haul: 180 live Indian star tortoises, a protected species being moved as part of an illegal trafficking network, which was busted by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Bengaluru zonal unit.Acting on specific intelligence,…
Bengaluru: A proposed peptide party promoted on social media eventually led Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) officials to Amazon’s dark stores in Bengaluru and other warehouses, after the organisers allegedly told investigators that products linked to the event had been sourced from the e-commerce giant’s facilities.The party, scheduled for Aug 29, was cancelled after…
Bengaluru: With over 125 taluks in the state reeling under severe drought, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday dealt Karnataka another blow, upholding the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) direction to release 6,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. Karnataka had appealed against the order at the…
Traffic on the Peenya Flyover along Tumkur Road in Bengaluru on Friday following a partial relaxation of restrictions on two-wheelers. Autorickshaws and heavy vehicles continue to be prohibited from using the flyover. Bengaluru: Bike riders have won a reprieve on two of Bengaluru’s busiest elevated roads as the govt slammed the brakes on its proposed…
Bengaluru: Citing procedural aberrations, the high court Tuesday set aside a trial court order granting conditional pardon to Pradosh, accused no. 14 in the Renukaswamy murder case who was granted the status of an approver.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order after partly allowing the petition filed by actor Darshan, accused no. 2 in the case….
