Congress, BJP-JDS spar over ‘One Nation, One Election’ at Bengaluru JPC meet Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP-JDS alliance traded blows over the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan during a consultation meeting convened by the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in Bengaluru Saturday.While BJP and JD(S) backed simultaneous Lok…
What began as a temporary pandemic adjustment in 2020 has now evolved into a lasting workplace expectation. Six years after COVID-19 forced offices to shut, the work-from-home debate has resurfaced after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to adopt fuel-saving measures and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced a mandatory two-day work-from-home policy each week…
Metro passenger’s unfortunate ride Bengaluru: Grabbing a handle on a Metro coach for support turned painful for a commuter after it snapped, bloodying his nose mid-journey. Alleging that Metro officials ignored his complaint and denied him compensation, the commuter moved the consumer commission, which recently held Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) accountable and ordered…
Bengaluru: Your daily fix of instant ramen, gobi manchurian and hot chips might be silently contributing to your rising blood pressure, doctors warn, as these sodium-heavy foods can exceed the recommended daily intake in just one meal. With more youngsters being diagnosed with hypertension, doctors say packaged and processed foods are playing a key role…
Bengaluru: A 57-year-old EV bike rider was killed after crashing into a truck that came to a sudden halt on rain-soaked Bengaluru-Nelamangala highway near Huskur Cross Saturday afternoon.The victim is sales executive Lokesh PM , a resident of Basaveshwaranagar. The accident occurred around 2:30pm when he was travelling towards Bengaluru on his electric bike.Police said…
Bengaluru: With artificial intelligence increasingly seeping into governance across the country, the state’s power sector could also use it to its full potential. By 2047, Karnataka aims to run its grid operations fully based on AI-based predictions .In every asset, distribution and transformer, it will be visible within minutes for things that used to take…
Bengaluru: The city’s bursting railway network may soon witness one of its biggest infrastructure transformations yet, with the railways planning a ₹6,000-crore elevated mega coaching terminal at Yelahanka — envisioned as the country’s first.A senior South Western Railway (SWR) official said the final location survey for the project has already been sanctioned and a study…
Bengaluru: The high court has set aside the lookout circular (LOC) issued against Abdul Khadar Nihad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Dakshina Kannada district who works as a driver in Saudi Arabia.“The state cannot, under the guise of investigation, reduce a citizen to economic destitution. The constitutional guarantee under Article 21 is not confined to…
Bengaluru: Police have exhumed the body of a 40-year-old-man, who died in March of a suspected heart attack, and sent it for postmortem to know the real cause of death.Imtiyaz Pasha had collapsed in his Rameshnagar residence after dinner. He was shifted to a nearby hospital, where he died. His wife, Nasira Bhanu, told relatives…
Bengaluru: A local court in the city Friday acquitted a man of the charges of subjecting his wife to unnatural sex during the initial days of their marriage. The accused, Vikram Vincent, was also acquitted of the remaining charges, which included domestic violence and crimes under the IT Act.Vikram, a resident of Ejipura, runs an…
