Bengaluru: A surprise raid at the Central Prison in Parappana Agrahara on Tuesday afternoon has once again brought convicted former MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former PM H D Deve Gowda, under scrutiny after officials allegedly recovered a 5G smartphone loaded with social media and OTT applications from the high-security cell he shared with another…
Bengaluru: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed an FSSAI order prohibiting the sale of certain whisky and rum products made by Associated Alcohols and Breweries (AABL), granting interim relief to the liquor maker in its dispute with the food regulator.The Indore bench observed that FSSAI’s July 29 prohibition order did not consider AABL’s detailed…
Bengaluru Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara Bengaluru: Repeated raids at Bengaluru Central Prison have uncovered what prison authorities believe is a well-organised network supplying sim cards purchased in Andhra Pradesh to inmates, allowing them to use smuggled mobile phones despite signal-jamming measures inside the jail at Parappana Agrahara.Director general of police (prisons and correctional services)…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar with his deputy G Parameshwara Bengaluru: DK Shivakumar will face his first legislature session as chief minister, with the monsoon session beginning Thursday set to test his ability to manage a determined opposition, defend his govt on several contentious issues and keep his recently expanded cabinet and Congress legislators together.The first…
Officials and cybersecurity experts from Karnataka and Israel at the Karnataka-Israel Cyber Dialogue in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Bengaluru: From critical infrastructure to businesses and public institutions, Karnataka’s expanding digital footprint is bringing cybersecurity to the centre of its economic agenda. Seeking to position its vast startup and technology ecosystem for a deeper role in the…
Bengaluru: Eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions reported a sharp jump in profit in the June quarter, helped by higher sales, store expansion and customers buying more premium products.The company posted a net profit of Rs 228.4 crore in Q1 FY27, nearly four times the Rs 61.2 crore it reported a year earlier. Total income rose 43%…
Bengaluru: In a major incentivisation project, the department of school education and literacy plans to provide up to Rs 20 lakh in maintenance grants annually for schools with large enrolments.For instance, schools with an average enrolment of 3,000 students registered through its face recognition app could get up to Rs 20 lakh. There are eight…
Bengaluru: Citizens across central Karnataka are set to benefit from faster road connectivity to Bengaluru, Tirupati and Chennai, with the Centre clearing the first phase of a major highway expansion project in Tumakuru district.Sources in National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said construction of the 20.2-km, four-lane Sira–Badavanahalli section of NH-69 is expected to commence…
Picture from Mallige Ootada Mane on Legislators’ Home premises BENGALURU: In a significant expansion of its food safety crackdown, the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday inspected government establishments and found expired food products and unhygienic storage conditions at the canteen of Arogya Soudha, the headquarters of Karnataka’s health department.FDA officials found expired…
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has allocated portfolios to twenty-three ministers. (File photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday allocated portfolios to the 23 ministers in his cabinet, before the state assembly’s monsoon session begins.DK Shivakumar retained key portfolios including finance, cabinet affairs, personnel and administrative reforms, intelligence, information, law and…
