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Bengaluru: Karnataka govt will begin issuing Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs) at nearly 7,000 centres, including Atalji Janasnehi Kendras and Bapuji Kendras, from July 21 (Tuesday).While it remains unclear whether PRC alone will be sufficient for enrolment in the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), senior Election Commission of India (ECI) officials told TOI…

Bengaluru: There will be no power supply in several areas of the city this weekend.Saturday, 10am to 5pm (ITI East Bengaluru)Jai Bhuvaneshwari Layout, KR Pura Main Road, Vinayaka Layout, Ajith Layout, TC Palya, Bhattarahalli, Chikkabasavanapura, Alpha Garden Layout, Rajarajeshwari Layout, Muneshwara Layout, Brundavana Layout, Cambridge Layout, Cambridge Garden Layout, Manyata Tech Park, Manyata Embassy Business…

Bengaluru: A fake parcel delivery message turned into a cyber harassment nightmare for an 18-year-old girl, after an unidentified man allegedly sent her an explicit image and abusive voice messages on WhatsApp when she refused to engage with him.According to the complaint filed by Divya (name changed), a resident of Gavipuram in south Bengaluru, she…

Bengaluru: Classes were disrupted as students of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, launched a protest alleging that govt illegally expanded eligibility criteria for recruitment to the posts of agricultural officer (AO) and assistant agricultural officer (AAO).They maintained that AO and AAO are specialised technical posts responsible for providing scientific advice to farmers on crop…

Robotic Surgery System launched at SGITO Bengaluru: Karnataka govt Friday launched a robotic surgery system at Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics (SGITO), making it the first govt hospital in the state to introduce robotic-assisted joint replacement surgery.The Rs 3-crore robotic system was inaugurated by medical education and skill development minister Sharan Prakash Patil….

The century-old well, believed to have been constructed during the 1920s under the British administration, was rejuvenated over the past one-and-a-half months Bengaluru: What was once a neglected, silt-filled well hidden inside NC Colony in Cox Town is now full of clean water again, thanks to the efforts of nearly 50-60 residents who came together…

Police arrested five rowdy sheeters for extorting a gym trainer by posing as CCB police officers BENGALURU: Sleuths from Central Crime Branch arrested five rowdy sheeters on charges of extorting Rs 40,000 from a gym trainer, by posing as CCB cops and threatening the trainer to fix in a drug case.The trainer had lodged a…

BENGALURU: A proposed Rs 2,588-crore intra state transmission project in Mandya district, Karnataka’s first to be implemented under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) model, has trig-gered concerns over its long-term financial impact on electricity consumers. The Karnataka Electrici-ty Board (KEB) Engineers’ Association has filed objec tions before the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Com-mission (KERC), arguing that…

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Friday accused the Congress government of “forcibly seizing fertile farmland” in Bidadi in the name of the proposed Satellite Township to serve the “real estate interests of the High Command.“Speaking at a BJP protest in support of farmers from the Bidadi region, Vijayendra alleged that the state government,…

BENGALURU: Bengaluru’s wait for elected representatives in its city corporations will continue after the Supreme Court on Friday extended the deadline for completing elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) until December 31, 2026. The latest extension came after the state government informed the court that a large number of…