MLC Ivan D’Souza addresses the media in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: MLC Ivan D’Souza has urged Karnataka MPs across party lines to press the Centre to deploy a fact-finding committee before acting on the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats.Addressing a press conference on Saturday, the MLC stressed the need to evaluate the report’s impact…
Mangaluru: A coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has joined hands across Karnataka to strengthen village-level surveillance, awareness and legal protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating child marriage.Spearheaded by the Just Rights for Children (JRC) network, the initiative seeks to take the Centre’s ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ campaign to the gram panchayat level. The network mobilised more…
Rahul Ratnam Pandey, MCC commissioner, speaks at an interaction programme organised by Sri Ambamaheshwari Trust in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) in association with the Dakshian Kannada zilla panchayat has proposed the setting up of 10 tons per day (TPD) capacity incineration facility for the scientific disposal of sanitary waste, said MCC commissioner…
In all, 21 CCTVs have been installed across Bengaluru BENGALURU: In a troubling twist to Bengaluru’s battle against stone-pelting on trains, even CCTV cameras installed to catch offenders are now becoming targets.A solar-powered CCTV camera installed near Banaswadi station to monitor railway tracks and keep watch for stone-pelting incidents has gone missing from its pole.The…
Choudhary took part in the drive along with local residents, civic organisations and active citizen collectives. BENGALURU: Surendra Singh Choudhary, the 21-year-old Madhya Pradesh environmentalist known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’ for his solo cleanup of the heavily polluted Ajnar River, joined a cleanliness drive at Turahalli Forest near BSK 6th Stage in Bengaluru on Saturday.Choudhary took…
Fireworks light up the sky over the Vidhana Soudha during a musical event as part of the ‘Freedom Habba’ carnival to mark the 80th Independence Day, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (PTI Photo, File) One of Bengaluru’s most recognisable landmarks was built in just four years in the 1950s, with around 5,000 prisoners forming a major part…
A Bengaluru court has sentenced a 49-year-old man to ten years imprisonment. (File photo) BENGALURU: A local court in Bengaluru held a 49-year-old man guilty of peddling drugs and sentenced him to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh.The convict, K Bhagirath Devasi of Devanahalli, was caught red-handed with 2kg of…
After six years of evading justice, a life-term convict has been rearrested due to a counterfeit Supreme Court release order BENGALURU: In a sensational breach of correctional security, a life-term convict who was released on the basis of a forged Supreme Court order has been rearrested and sent back to judicial custody.The elaborate fraud, which…
During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell. BENGALURU: Multiple pornographic videos were found on a mobile phone and other devices seized from jailed former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, police sources told TOI on Saturday.Revanna, the former Hassan MP who is currently serving a…
THRIVING TOGETHER: A vibrant gathering of Marathi professionals, entrepreneurs and job seekers takes place monthly, showcasing shared aspirations. The event wraps up with a delicious buffet For some Marathi residents in Bengaluru, finding a job, a home or a familiar face has become easier through a community network that has grown beyond its cultural roots.Harish Bhosale, 43, knows this journey…
