Bengaluru: The BJP Saturday came down heavily on the Congress govt for reducing overall Scheduled Caste (SC) reservation from 17% to 15% and lowered allocations to key sub-categories, terming the revised internal quota formula “unjust to several communities.“On Friday, the cabinet led by chief minister Siddaramaiah approved internal distribution within the 15% SC quota, allocating…
Bengaluru: The highly anticipated Vande Bharat sleeper between KSR Bengaluru and CSMT Mumbai will hit the tracks by August. Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in an exclusive interaction with TOI on Saturday confirmed that the train will operate via Solapur and Kalaburagi.For more than a decade, Udyaan Express has been the only train to Mumbai, taking…
Bengaluru: The Pan IIT Alumni India Association, in collaboration with Karnataka govt, will organise the Pan-IIT Bengaluru Summit 2026 in the city on May 16. The summit will be held on the theme ‘technology sovereignty’, principal secretary, e-governance department, Pankaj Kumar Pandey said.Pan IIT president Prabhat Kumar said the summit will feature high-level plenary sessions,…
Bengaluru: As chief minister Siddaramaiah nears three years in office on May 10, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh have stepped up lobbying in New Delhi, meeting senior Congress functionaries and fuelling speculation over a possible CM change in Karnataka.The two met AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, senior functionaries KC Venugopal and…
Bengaluru: After completing a 10-day intensive surveillance and containment operation following the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) at the state poultry rearing training centre in Mathkuru village, Hesaraghatta, Karnataka health department Saturday confirmed that no human cases of the infection have been detected so far.The outbreak, first identified on April 14, prompted…
Bengaluru: Spanish artist Jaume Plensa’s 16ft sculpture titled ‘Bengaluru’s Soul’ at Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) became one of the most Instagrammable spots within minutes of being unveiled Saturday evening, offering travellers a “wow” moment.Plensa’s monumental work featuring interlaced ideograms of alphabets in Kannada, Arabic, Chinese, Tamil, Armenian, Korean, Greek, Hebrew, Thai, Hindi,…
Bengaluru: A small, dissolving tube developed in a Bengaluru lab is moving a step closer to hospital use, offering a way to avoid repeat procedures after major abdominal surgeries.The device, called the “Asthana Stent”, is the result of a collaboration between liver transplant surgeon Sonal Asthana of Aster CMI Hospital and researchers led by Kaushik…
Bengaluru: A letter by assembly speaker UT Khader to home minister G Parameshwara seeking a review of cases linked to the 2022 Ladle Mashak Dargah violence has sparked a fresh political row. Khader urged the govt to examine the cases and consider withdrawing charges against what he described as innocent Muslim youth. He contended that…
South Western Railway recently invited consultancy services for a proposed mega coach terminal at Yelahanka. The project is planned near the Rail Wheel Factory. Ashwini Vaisnaw said the proposed terminal will not impact the wheel factory. The terminal, estimated to cost Rs 5,745 crore, will feature a multi-level coach terminal. It was initially proposed at…
AI-generated representational image. BENGALURU: A man identified as Harish was arrested by Karnataka Police on Saturday for the alleged murder of an onion trader, Ramachandra, following a dispute linked to the victim’s relationship with a local woman. The arrest was made within hours of the incident, which took place near the Patalamma temple in Patalamma…
