Bengaluru: Days after the state govt rolled out its ambitious plan to convert govt schools in 15 districts from the Nali Kali system to mono-grade bilingual classrooms, several govt schools across Karnataka are struggling with an embarrassing reality: No benches or desks and, in some cases, not even enough classrooms.The transition, effective June 1, was…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court Monday ordered notice to Kutta police in Kodagu in response to a petition filed by a homestay owner, challenging an FIR registered against him in mid-April after a 33-year-old US woman alleged she had been drugged, held captive and sexually assaulted in the hospitality facility.Vishal Ponnana, along with cook Brijesh…
Bengaluru: From being a political recluse in 2016 to becoming a cabinet minister and torchbearer of his father, former chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s legacy, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, 45, has come a long way in a short time.While Yathindra believes it is hard to walk out of his father’s shadow, he says he can and will carve out…
Suraj Hegde, a prominent Congress leader and AICC secretary, passed away in Bengaluru BENGALURU: Senior Congress leader and AICC secretary Suraj Hegde passed away late Sunday night in Bengaluru after suffering a cardiac arrest, party sources said on Monday. He was around 55 years old.Hegde, who was serving as the vice chairman of the Karnataka…
Woman from Bengaluru dies at Kodagu homestay. BENGALURU: AA 27-year-old woman from Bengaluru holidaying in Kodagu died of asphyxiation due to poisonous gas leakage from the gas geyser at a homestay in Somwarpet on Sunday. Vinuta and 13 colleagues from a city-based healthcare-solutions firm arrived in Kodagu Saturday on a two-day trip. Source link
Karnataka braces for heavy rain as IMD issues red alerts. BENGALURU: With the southwest monsoon intensifying across Karnataka, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Monday, warning of extremely heavy rainfall. The weather department has also sounded a red alert for five…
Samir Kumar, Country Manager, Amazon India Bengaluru: Amazon is accelerating its quick-commerce push in India, planning to expand Amazon Now from 12 cities to 100 cities and build 1,000 micro-fulfilment centres in the coming months. The expansion marks a significant scale-up for the ecommerce giant in a market dominated by Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart.The e-commerce…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old rowdy-sheeter was hacked to death by a group of armed assailants in Hoskote Saturday night, prompting heightened police security at the area.Police said Kaleem Ullah Khan, a resident of Janata Colony at Sulibele of Hoskote taluk was riding back home when the miscreants, waiting near his house, intercepted him. They reportedly chased…
Chintamani: The Chintamani city municipal council (CMC) has imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on a bank officer caught dumping garbage on the roadside while riding a two-wheeler.The incident took place Friday morning when CMC commissioner GN Chalapathi was on a routine inspection near Ooty Tank on the outskirts of Chintamani. He noticed a man…
Happy Streets returns to Koramangala Bengaluru: Veera Yodhara Vana Park and the streets surrounding it in Koramangala transformed into a community space Sunday as Happy Streets by The Times of India, presented by Bhima Jewellers, drew residents for a morning of fitness, culture, and social engagement.The event began with a meditation session led by Heartfulness,…
