Bengaluru: Continuing its crackdown on habitual offenders and organised crime, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has detained a rowdy sheeter under the Goonda Act as part of its preventive policing measures.The accused, Srinivasa Gowda alias ‘Havali Seena’ (26), a rowdy sheeter at Hanumanthanagar police station, was detained by the CCB’s organised crime squad on Wednesday….
Representatives of BRICS standards bodies Bengaluru: Aimed at better information sharing and to coordinate on quality infrastructure across emerging markets, BRICS nations Thursday agreed to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in standardisation.The consensus was announced by Union minister for Consumer affairs Prahlad Joshi at the meeting of the heads of the…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangaluru: JD(S) MLC SL Boje Gowda, criticising the Congress-led govt for not initiating a survey of drought situation in the state, demanded that principal secretaries should be sent to every district in this regard.Stating that ministers have been given 4-5 districts to monitor natural disaster and drought situations, the MLC said that the…
BJP MLCs Keshava Prasad and Kishore Kumar Puttur (right), along with Dakshina Kannada BJP district president Sathish Kumpala (left) , addressing the media in Mangaluru, Thursday Mangaluru: Karkala MLA and former minister V Sunil Kumar has urged the govt to consult coastal kambala organisers and buffalo owners before deciding on hosting the traditional buffalo race…
Net Effect: Work under way to install a 12-foot-high chain-link mesh atop the 23-foot laterite compound wall at Mangaluru district jail Mangaluru: Authorities at Mangaluru district jail have begun installing a 12-foot-high chain-link mesh atop the existing 23-foot laterite stone compound wall to prevent contraband, including ganja packets, from being thrown into the prison.With the…
Only 51% schools have internet facility in Karnataka Bengaluru: Nearly one in every two schools in Karnataka still lacks internet connectivity, placing the state significantly behind the national average and most of its southern neighbours, according to the latest UDISE+ 2025–26 data released by the Union Ministry of Education.The report shows that only 51.7% of…
Police found Swapna’s body in the bedroom and Manoj Kumar hanging from a ceiling fan. BENGALURU: A 30-year-old man allegedly strangled his pregnant wife to death with a dog’s leash before dying by suicide at their rented house in Banashankari Park in Channamanakere Achhukattu in south Bengaluru on Thursday.The incident came to light on Thursday…
The grape farm that was targeted by thieves on the outskirts of Bengaluru Bengaluru: Sometimes, the biggest harvest story isn’t about what comes off the vine, it’s about what disappears before anyone gets the chance to pick it.In what could easily pass for the plot of a rural heist thriller, thieves allegedly walked away with…
AI representative image of a woman consuming folic acid supplement Bengaluru: Karnataka has recorded a sharp improvement in iron-folic acid (IFA) consumption among pregnant women, with nearly eight in 10 mothers taking the supplements for at least 100 days during pregnancy, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6.The proportion rose to 78.9% from 44.7%…
Investigators said Surya went to Amrutha’s house on July 13 following instructions from his brother Dhanush. (L) BENGALURU: “Teach Amrutha a lesson for playing with his life” — this was the alleged threat made by two brothers before a 24-year-old woman was stabbed at her home in Bengaluru, police said.The woman, identified as Amrutha, succumbed…
