Bengaluru: Children across all schools will now be required to spend 10 minutes each morning reading newspapers during the assembly, following a directive issued by the department of school education and literacy.In Dec, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights had written to the school education department proposing the initiative. The additional chief secretary…
BENGALURU: Karnataka high court Saturday quashed proceedings against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh after accepting his revised undertaking to visit the Chavundi deity as an act of atonement for his mimicry of the deity’s depiction in the film Kantara-1.Justice M Nagaprasanna indicated that the plea would be disposed of, adding that a detailed order will follow,…
Bengaluru: Riding on the successful rollout of the e-khata campaign by Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) across all five city corporation limits, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) has simplified the process of transferring electricity connections into property owners’ names by integrating its portal with the GBA database. This enables property owners to complete the transfer…
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old engineering student died after a BMTC bus mowed her down on Srinivasapura main road near Uttarahalli Saturday afternoon. The victim is Shirisha NR, a final-year student with RNS Institute of Technology in Channasandra.Shirisha was riding her gearless electric scooter by the side of the BMTC bus (KA-57-F-5071). Accidentally, the two vehicles brushed…
Bengaluru: A 60-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes was started on a glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 drug to improve glycaemic control and aid weight loss. While she initially responded well, she developed sudden vision loss after eight to nine months and was diagnosed with non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION), also known as eye stroke.GLP-1 drugs,…
Bengaluru: A woman escaped with minor injuries when a wild elephant, looking for drinking water, suddenly stormed into the midst of tourists at Sangama, the scenic confluence of Arkavathi and Cauvery rivers in Bengaluru South district Friday afternoon. Sangama, a popular picnic spot for city people, is located around 100 km from Bengaluru.A video of…
Bengaluru: A resident of an apartment in RT Nagar has been booked for allegedly abusing and hindering census officials earlier this week.According to the complaint filed by a census officer from Bengaluru North City Corporation, the incident occurred on April 20 at an apartment complex in Ganesha Block, RT Nagar, during enumeration work. The FIR…
Bengaluru: Karnataka could face drinking water shortage over the next two months as heatwave conditions worsen, rural development minister Priyank Kharge said while announcing Rs 45 crore to manage the crisis in rural areas.“I am seeing such heatwave conditions in the state after many years. Water levels in borewells and reservoirs are falling, and there…
BENGALURU: The share of total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) surgeries conducted in govt hospitals has risen sharply to nearly 99% following a series of reforms introduced in 2024 to strengthen public healthcare facilities.Until recently, a majority of these surgeries were being referred to private hospitals. In 2022-23, govt hospitals performed 645…
Bengaluru: Two days after the Haryana Food and Drug Administration (FDA Haryana) identified certain spurious batches of drug Mounjaro Kwik Pen, a city-based druggist body has flagged concerns on certain suspected batches of the drug out in the market.A Mounjaro KwikPen is a multi-dose, pre-filled injection device used as a medication prescribed for the treatment…
