Bengaluru: For an eight-month-old boy, Sunday’s two-hour wait probably felt like forever — his mother sat inside a police constable recruitment exam hall, unwilling to lose an opportunity she had travelled from Shivamogga to pursue. It was three women police personnel who stepped in, borrowing a saree to fashion a cradle, and singing the baby…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) Sunday claimed it successfully conducted the civil police constable recruitment examination across the state. However, the otherwise incident-free examination witnessed controversy at one centre in Vijayapura district, prompting KEA to seek a detailed report.According to KEA executive director H Prasanna, the recruitment examination was conducted at 884 centres across…
A view of Virupaksha Temple in Hampi Landscape view of the historical Virupaksha Temple located at the city known as backpackers paradise, Hampi as seen from Hemkunta Hills Bengaluru: Over the last three years, a total of Rs 90 crore was allocated by the Centre to maintain and preserve Karnataka’s 506 centrally protected monuments. According…
A landslip occurred on the railway track between Yedakumari – Shrivagilu stations of the Mysuru division Bengaluru: Rail connectivity between Bengaluru, Mangaluru and parts of Kerala was significantly disrupted Sunday after a landslip occurred along the ghat section between Yedakumari and Shrivagilu in Hassan district. According to South Western Railway (SWR), soil slipped onto the…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Tank Conservation and Development Authority (KTCDA) has granted conditional approval to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to construct a short tunnel through a portion of the Hebbal Lake premises for the proposed tunnel road project. The approval comes with a set of stringent safeguards aimed at protecting the lake’s ecology and minimising…
Bengaluru: On-demand house-help platforms Snabbit and Urban Company’s InstaHelp crossed one lakh completed jobs each on Sunday, as competition in the young category pushed the price of an hour’s household work to as little as Rs 29 in some locations.Snabbit said it had completed over 1.15 lakh jobs by 6.50 pm on August 2. The…
Karwar: Uttara Kannada police have stepped in to ease the burden on candidates arriving in Karwar for the Civil Police Constable recruitment examination scheduled on Sunday. Recognising the challenges faced by outstation applicants, especially those travelling from distant parts of the district and state, the police department has made special arrangements for their stay.According to…
Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has unveiled the revised BPharm syllabus, developed in line with the latest standards of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). The new curriculum is designed to meet the changing needs of pharmacy education, said RGUHS vice-chancellor Dr Bhagavan BC.The revised BPharm curriculum has been designed to provide students…
Bengaluru: A city hospital has become the fastest in the country to complete 3,000 robot-assisted surgeries using the Da Vinci Xi surgical system. The milestone was achieved by Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, eight years after it launched the programme in 2018, the hospital said Saturday.The hospital said it has performed robotic surgeries across 12 specialties,…
Bengaluru: Police have arrested 12 people for allegedly leading a violent mob attack on a private factory in Doddaballapur, where 30 to 40 armed men stormed the premises, assaulted employees with knives, longs, maces and wooden sticks, vandalised property, and allegedly threatened workers in what police are investigating as a case of moral policing. The…
