Mangaluru: The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi saw a reduction in the intensity of rain on Tuesday too. Hakladi in Kundapur of Udupi district received the highest rainfall of 189mm while Shirthady in Dakshina Kannada received 133mm in the last 24 hours.Barring minor rain-related incidents, including a landslide along the Kaikamba–Polali stretch, no…
Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar Tuesday inaugurated the Bengaluru India Nano 2026 Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday urged global capability centres (GCCs) in Bengaluru to move beyond back-office operations and make the city a hub for innovation, saying the “GCCs of the future should file patents, not merely close tickets here” as the state unveiled…
Supporters protest after MLAs M Krishnappa and Priya Krishna were denied ministerial posts Bengaluru: Peeved at being denied a ministerial post, senior Congressman TB Jayachandra has refused to accept the post of pro tem speaker, adding to growing discontent within Congress.“I am not interested in the post. Even MLAs have advised me not to accept…
DK Shivakumar must ensure key departments are entrusted to ministers capable of steering the govt’s legislative agenda, implementing flagship schemes and defending govt policies Bengaluru: With cabinet expansion behind him, chief minister DK Shivakumar now faces an equally delicate political exercise — allocating portfolios to his new ministers. While the induction of 19 new ministers…
Bengaluru: Dabur India, maker of products such as Chyawanprash, Honey, Pudin Hara, Hajmola and Real fruit juices, on Tuesday said it has begun removing “100%” claims from the labels, advertisements and website pages of products flagged by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), even as it maintained that the claims complied with…
MLA Nayana Motamma and former minister Laxmi Hebbalkar were both overlooked for a ministerial post Bengaluru: Chief minister D K Shivakumar’s expanded cabinet has come under fire for having no woman minister, with the reported last-minute exclusion of MLC Gayathri Shanthegowda fuelling a debate over gender representation. Demands that the lone vacancy go to a…
Bengaluru: Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya has urged Karnataka govt to strengthen the proposed Karnataka Apartment (Ownership and Management) Bill, 2026, by ensuring it complements Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), 2016, rather than creating a parallel legal framework.In a representation to chief minister DK Shivakumar on July 31, Surya welcomed the govt’s move…
Bengaluru: While Tamil Nadu pays private schools Rs 25,155 to Rs 33,806 as Right to Education (RTE) reimbursement per child, Madhya Pradesh has calculated the per-child expenditure at Rs 4,419.The observation was made by the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools of Karnataka (KAMS), which has been seeking a uniform national methodology for deciding…
File picture of Isro’s SSLV rocket, lifting off. Bengaluru: Indian private space companies and non-govt entities will receive govt support ranging from 30% to 100% on everything from launch services and technology transfer to satellite data and access to Isro facilities under two new schemes of the Department of Space (DoS).The incentives — Launch Services…
“India has always been a nation of storytellers,” says Amruta Patil, one of India’s acclaimed graphic novelists and the curator of A Moving Line, an exhibition that gathers more than 250 works to trace 1500 years of Indian storytelling at the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bengaluru. “Long before comic books, graphic novels and…
