CID officials taking IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar to ACMM court on Monday Bengaluru: From a small village in Uttar Pradesh and rising through the corridors of Karnataka’s bureaucracy, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar’s career reflects a transition from engineering and the corporate world to public administration.Sources in the department of personnel and administrative reforms…
While two-wheelers are exempt from paying toll on some NH stretches, motorists are wondering whether they get the quality of travel they pay for Bengaluru: Lanes are clearly drawn in the debate over the govt’s move to ban two-wheelers from certain flyovers. While two-wheeler riders have voiced strong opposition to the restrictions, four-wheeler users have…
The suspect asking apology for recording Bengaluru: A man was caught for allegedly recording videos of women jogging at Agara Lake near HSR Layout Wednesday morning.When women were out for their usual jog, one of them noticed a man secretly filming them on his mobile phone and confronted him. The matter soon drew the attention…
Bengaluru: The proposed restrictions on two-wheelers and other vehicles on select high-speed flyovers in Bengaluru are primarily aimed at reducing accidents and improving road safety, joint commissioner (traffic) Karthik Reddy said, citing a series of fatal crashes on Electronics City and Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) flyovers.Reddy said similar restrictions were already in place on select…
Duniya Vijay and his son Samrat Bengaluru: Karnataka high court Thursday granted divorce to Kannada actor Duniya Vijay, ordering dissolution of his 27-year marriage with his wife Nagarathna.Allowing the miscellaneous first appeal filed by the actor, a division bench comprising Justice DK Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan directed him to pay Rs 2 crore…
Bengaluru: The high court Thursday adjourned to next week the hearing on a PIL challenging the proposed short tunnel project at Hebbal Lake, directing the authorities to arrange a presentation by an engineer to demonstrate that the project would not disturb the water body’s inflow and outflow.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and…
Bengaluru: A routine police patrol led to the detection of three Bangladeshi nationals staying in a rented house in northeast Bengaluru without proper tenant verification.According to police, around 8pm on Aug 23, a patrol officer received information that GV Rekha, owner of a building in New Mico Layout, had rented out the second floor to…
Bengaluru: After the suspension of Karnataka Public Service Commission chairman Sahukar S Shivashankarappa, the vet exam scam claimed a second big wicket on Thursday, with Karnataka govt suspending IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar pending further inquiry by Criminal Investigation Department.The 2016-batch IAS officer, who served as exam controller at KPSC from Feb 2024 to March…
Bengaluru: The proposed ban on two-wheelers on the Electronics City elevated corridor from Sept 11 could affect an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 commuters, many of them tech professionals who have relied on this signal-free stretch for their daily commute to Bengaluru’s IT hub for nearly 16 years.While an NHAI official said traffic police had decided…
Bengaluru: Days after the Karnataka chief minister indicated a relook at the 5% park land bill, the state cabinet Thursday decided to withdraw the controversial move following citizen backlash over its provision. This marks the first major policy reset since DK Shivakumar took office four months ago.Besides citizens, environmental groups and opposition parties also staged…
