The video, shared on Instagram and other social media platforms, went viral, with netizens demanding immediate police action. BENGALURU: A video of two girls and an auto driver fighting in HSR Layout 3rd Sector on Monday afternoon went viral on social media.A mobile clip recorded by the public shows the two girls fighting with the…
Work on the Hebbal short tunnel project has been underway since June, even as the IIT-B study was conducted in August. A tree-felling notification for 1,128 trees has been issued, and the matter is currently before the Karnataka high court. BENGALURU: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) commissioned a study led by an IIT-Bombay professor to assess…
Bengaluru: Karnataka will offer free anti-rabies vaccination to 11 lakh pet animals across the state in Oct and Nov under Assistance to States for Control of Animal Diseases (ASCAD) programme, animal husbandry minister C Puttarangashetty said Monday.The initiative is part of the state’s efforts to achieve zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030.Puttarangashetty was…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has reaffirmed a land parcel at Sonnappanahalli village in north Bengaluru, being used by Indian Air Force (IAF), as defence land.The land – 3 acres and 12 guntas – acquired by the govt during World War II in 1943, when India was under British rule, had remained part of the IAF…
The elephant damaged two compound walls in Anchepalya, behind Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysuru Road Bengaluru: A morning walker was killed by a wild elephant at Anchepalya, behind Rajarajeshwari Hospital on Mysuru Road, in the early hours of Monday. The victim, 60-year-old Nagaraj, was a daily-wage labourer. While elephant attacks are common in the far interior…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar with Jal Shakti minister CR Patil in New Delhi New Delhi/Bengaluru: The state govt has revised the estimated cost of the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir to Rs 16,745 crore, an 86% increase from the Rs 9,000 crore estimate made in 2019, with chief minister DK Shivakumar seeking speedy appraisal and clearance…
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar inspects a drought-hit sunflower crop in Bagalkot district of North Karnataka Bengaluru: Three central teams will visit the state from Oct 3 to assess the drought situation and verify ground realities before the state submits a fresh memorandum seeking relief, deputy CM and revenue minister G Parameshwara said Monday.Karnataka has declared…
Bengaluru: The office of the chief electoral officer has started circulating Election Commission’s changes to the claims and notices phase, but the verification-at-home process is yet to take effect.The revised directions ask booth-level officers (BLOs) to visit voters’ homes, collect documents and process them instead of EROs calling them for a hearing. “Only in exceptional…
Bengaluru: In a rare legal precedent, a Bengaluru court Monday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the 2021 kidnapping and murder of a 47-year-old widow, despite her body never being recovered.The convicts — Noor Ahmed S and Satyanarayana alias Satya, both from Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh — were found guilty of plotting a contract…
Mangaluru: RSS functionary Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat expressed his dissatisfaction regarding the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) for the reinvestigation of the the 2012 Dharmasthala rape and murder case.Responding to a journalist’s query, Bhat said, “We have a slight doubt about the SIT. While the formation of the SIT is a good move, we…
