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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…

Bengaluru: A food delivery executive was allegedly robbed and forced to reveal his UPI PIN by a gang of four unidentified men in Kaggadasapura in the early hours of Thursday.According to a complaint filed by Jiban Miah, 29, a Murugeshpalya resident, he was returning home on his two-wheeler after completing a delivery in Kaggadasapura from…

Bengaluru: The National Federation of Girls Islamic Organisation (NFGIO) Saturday launched its month-long nationwide campaign, ‘Embracing Femininity,” which will run from Aug 1 to 31.Drawing on the Islamic concept of fitrah—the innate nature of human beings—the campaign advocates what it describes as a “third space” between two perceived extremes: cultural confinement on one hand and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called on India’s youth to build on the country’s achievements in science, technology and sports, while leading efforts to conserve water, protect natural resources, keep the nation clean and promote Indian handicrafts.Inaugurating the Viveka Smaraka — the Vivekananda cultural youth centre — in Mysuru, Modi said Swami Vivekananda believed that…

Bengaluru: The goal of haemophilia treatment is no longer just to prevent life-threatening bleeds, but to help people with the inherited bleeding disorder live lives as close to normal as possible, experts said at National Haemostasis Update 2026, an annual scientific meet organised by Indian Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (IAHAD) Saturday.Clinicians said advances…