Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP Saturday submitted its internal report on cross-voting during the recent legislative council polls, but kept its findings confidential, leaving the next course of action to the party leadership.Senior MLC CT Ravi, who headed the three-member committee, said the report, prepared after a four-day inquiry, identifies areas where the party should have exercised…
Bengaluru: Acting on a tip-off, police raided the premises of a cement factory in Kurubarahalli, west Bengaluru, and seized Rs 2.9 crore in unaccounted cash stuffed inside gunny bags.Cops detained factory owner TM Nagaraju and business partner BB Venkatesh for questioning. The case has been handed over to the income-tax department for probe into source…
Tumakuru city police registered a suo-motu case against an contractor on charges of employing three labourers for manual scavenging. The incident took place Thursday morning when the workers were asked to clean two pits at KEB Association building in Tumakuru town, police said.Based on the complaint filed by constable Raghu SR, police registered the case…
Bengaluru: The persistent menace of stray cattle blocking busy roads has now led to legal action, with City Market traffic police filing a case against unidentified owners of cows that disrupted traffic and endangered commuters near the bustling Market Circle on SJP Road and adjoining roads.Police said the cattle frequently blocked roads, fought with each…
Bengaluru: Govt schools in the state are unable to generate transfer certificates for their students, leaving children who want to change schools in a fix. The school education department said they have deliberately kept the process administratively difficult so that children stay in the govt schools.The schools say they usually were able to generate transfer…
Play name: AlbumGenre: DramaCast: Swati VyasDirector: Aru Vyas and Swati VyasDuration: 60 minutes Language: HindiRating: 3.5/5Based on a story by the late Raghunandan Trivedi, Album is a heartfelt exploration of family and the quiet sacrifices that often go unnoticed. The play follows Manjari, who, while flipping through an old photo album, finds herself revisiting moments…
Bengaluru-Chennai expressway Bengaluru: Motorists can now travel on nearly 100km of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway after National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) opened an additional 25km stretch in Andhra Pradesh.In early 2025, NHAI opened a 71km stretch within Karnataka – from Hoskote to Bethamangala (KGF). After a gap of nearly one-and-a-half years, the Bethamangala-Baireddypalle section in Andhra…
Bengaluru: After strongly opposing the Centre’s VB-G RAM G Act and challenging it in court, Karnataka govt has decided to implement the new rural employment guarantee scheme from July 1, citing the need to protect rural livelihoods despite the additional financial burden on the state.Since the Centre announced the replacement of MGNREGA with Viksit Bharat…
After two farmers fired at him, advocate Mohan is getting treatment at hospital Bengaluru: An advocate from the city sustained injuries after two farmers fired at him with an unlicensed rifle in Sundaghatta village, Ramanagara, Friday morning. The injured advocate, CN Mohan, had visited his farmhouse on the outskirts of the village and was walking…
Bengaluru: Even as the govt promotes vertical growth to meet rising urban housing demand, developers say prolonged approval delays and procedural bottlenecks continue to hamper project execution and affect home deliveries.Over the past few months, Karnataka has relaxed occupancy certificate (OC) norms, first exempting residential buildings on plots of up to 1,200 sqft from the…
