Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery,…
Bengaluru: Freshers clocked a pass percentage of 46% in the PU exam-2, whose results were announced Thursday. With this, the consolidated pass percentage hit 92.2%, an improvement of 7 percentage points from last year.As many as 80,535 students appeared for exam-2, and 36,764 passed. The pass percentage was 51% for science, 43% for commerce, and…
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Air India’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight made emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Thursday night following an engine fire warning. All 180 passengers and crew on board safely deboarded.A source said pilots of AI’s A321 received a fire warning just before landing around 9.30pm. The same was extinguished after landing. The aircraft was towed…
Bengaluru: A 50-year-old businessman, searching for a life partner on a matrimonial platform, ended up losing nearly Rs 56 lakh to fraudsters, who allegedly lured him into a fake Forex trading scheme with promises of huge profits.Kalyan (name changed), a resident of Rajarajeshwarinagar, told police the fraud began on March 10 when he was searching…
Tumakuru District Tennis Stadium It’s just past 10am on a weekday. The summer sun is already pressing hard on the Tumakuru District Tennis Stadium (TDTS). But the courts are alive with the sound of tennis balls being struck. Players stretch for serves and get down low for returns, cracking through the heat, refusing to yield…
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl who tried to jump from the terrace of a residential building at Ramamurthynagar Thursday morning was rescued by police and fire and emergency officials.Around 10.20am, the girl climbed to the terrace on the fifth floor of her residential complex on Varanasi Main Road near Aneppa Circle, climbed over the safety railing,…
Bengaluru: A 22-year-old city woman experienced excessive facial hair, acne, weight gain, and irregular menstrual cycles. When she sought treatment from a dermatologist, she was advised to undergo an ultrasound scan, which showed normal ovaries. She was told she did not have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and was prescribed only local treatment. However, her irregular…
crime Portrait of 50s mature Asian man counting cash, earning money from his successful online business. Working from home concept. Bengaluru: Cybercrooks, constantly devising new ways to target unsuspecting people and siphon money from their bank accounts, have now resorted to sending malicious APK files disguised as digital wedding invitations, leaving many residents in the…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: An Air India flight from Delhi to Bengaluru experienced a tailstrike while landing at Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday.“Flight AI2651 operating from Delhi to Bengaluru on 21 May experienced a tail-strike during landing. The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers and crew disembarked normally,” an Air India…
NIAS and ISRO to help state govt in tracing 101 temples and 101 wells buried underneath historic town of Lakkundi in central Karnataka. State tourism minister HK Patil interacted with former ISRO chairperson Kiran Kumar and NIAS Professor MB Rajani on the project. Bengaluru: Karnataka is all set to launch an ambitious technology-driven heritage conservation…
