The police team with the seized vehicle and explosives Bengaluru: In a major crackdown on illegal transportation of explosives, Dobbespet police Friday seized 600 gelatin sticks and 100 detonators from an SUV near Nelamangala and arrested a 45-year-old man.The accused, Shivashankar, was intercepted near Sompura in Nelamangala taluk following a tip-off about the transportation of…
AI Illustation on bike taxis Bengaluru: At a time when the state transport department is cracking down on bike-taxi operations by seizing vehicles apart from threatening to suspend driving licences and registration certificates, Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has once again shown support for the service. The minister, while suggesting state…
Students volunteers create awareness among public on garbage segregation and in collaboration with the environment lovers and public, clean up garbage as part of the #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, a citizen led civic movement by The Times Of India at Jakkur Lake Park Jala Poshana Plogging and waste segregation Jakkur in Bengaluru on Saturday….
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s proposed Artificial Intelligence University (KAIU) is set to move beyond the drawing board, with its consultation committee deciding to begin AI skilling programmes while the legislative and institutional process to establish the university continues in parallel.The first meeting of the KAIU consultation committee, chaired by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan and co-chaired by N…
Bengaluru: A 40-year-old goods truck driver was allegedly beaten to death with a nail-studded piece of plywood following a trivial dispute over loading goods onto the truck near Mallathahalli around midnight on Friday.The deceased, Ganesh, was a native of Uttar Pradesh, while the suspect has been identified as Kanchan. The two had been assigned to…
School education minister joins students at a Teachers’ Day event at a govt school in Thanisandra Saturday Bengaluru: A promise made to schoolchildren a year ago could finally become reality, with School Education and Literacy minister Madhu Bangarappa Saturday saying the govt is working to roll out free notebooks for students of govt and aided…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar at the launch of ‘Prajaseva Abhiyana’, at Kudligi, in Vijayanagara district Vijayanagar: If you’ve ever struggled to get a pension sorted, a khata corrected, or a site allotted, chief minister DK Shivakumar has a message for you — you won’t have to run to govt offices anymore, officials will come…
Bengaluru: The BJP’s Ballari Chalo padayatra entered its fifth day Saturday, with the party stepping up its attack on chief minister DK Shivakumar over the govt’s handling of drought and farmers’ problems.The 22-km march began in Karatagi and ended at Jangamarakalgudi in Koppal district. Marking Teacher’s Day, senior BJP functionaries also felicitated retired teachers in…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar’s announcement allowing teachers to use ‘Tr’ as a prefix before their names has drawn a mixed response, with teachers’ associations welcoming the move, while education experts called for greater attention to the profession’s status and teachers’ working conditions.Ramya Venkataraman, founder and CEO of the Centre for Teacher Accreditation (CENTA), said…
A woman suffered a crushed ankle and required emergency surgery after hitting a hidden pothole; Representative image (R) BENGALURU: A woman has urged civic authorities to urgently repair roads after she allegedly suffered a crushed ankle in an accident caused by an unmarked, waterlogged pothole on Varthur Road, leaving her requiring emergency plastic surgery and…
