Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch sleuths caught three men trying to sell an antler near a college in the city.The accused are A Karyappa, 53, from Chikkasandra; K Manjunath, 39 from Marenahalli; Murali R, 29, from Moodalapalya.The prime suspect, a resident of Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu, who supplied the antler to the trio, is missing, a…
Bengaluru: The labour department is preparing for a fresh tussle with the IT-BT industry as companies are expected to seek exemptions from the Centre’s newly notified 48-hour weekly flexi work cap under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (OSH) code.The concern comes at a time when the IT-BT sector has already received a five-year…
Bengaluru: The private schools association has opposed the Prime Minister’s suggestion to take schooling online like during the pandemic to tide over the current concerns inflicted by the Iran war.“For over 500 days, schools were shut during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are yet to recover from the impact it had on our children and their…
Bengaluru: Members of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee stage a protest against the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination over the alleged paper leak, in Bengaluru on Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru: Members of the Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee stage a protest against the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination over…
Bengaluru: Citing non-application of mind on the part of the pertaining authority, the Karnataka high court has set aside the detention of Hussain Kabeer under the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drugs Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offences and Slum-Grabbers Act, 1985. Kabeer’s wife Dilshad filed a petition alleging illegal detention.“The detaining authority…
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) at Hesaraghatta in Bengaluru have developed a new variety of Jamun berries–Arka Jamun Pride which gives better yield with high pulp recovery compared to existing varieties in the market. Scientists from the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) at Hesaraghatta have developed new variety of…
Around 1.45 lakh students from the state had registered for the exam, of whom nearly 1.40 lakh appeared, recording an attendance rate of 96.39% Bengaluru: Following the controversy over alleged paper leaks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), higher education minister MC Sudhakar urged the Centre and the Supreme Court to decentralise the…
Bengaluru: By way of a conditional interim order, the Karnataka high court Tuesday permitted two functionaries of event management firm, M/s DNA Entertainment Networks, arraigned as accused in the the last year’s Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede case, to travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 1 to June 10.Justice SR Krishna Kumar passed this order…
Chethan Kumar is a Senior Assistant Editor with the Times of India. Aside from specialising in Space & Science, he has reported extensively on varied topics, with special focus on defence, policy and data stories. He has covered multiple elections, too. As a young democracy grows out of adolescence, Chethan feels, there are reels of…
Karnataka Govt suspended trekking expeditions to Nagamale in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar after a leopard mauled a 10-year-old Bengaluru boy to death a few days ago. Karnataka Govt suspended trekking expeditions to Nagamale in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar after a leopard mauled a 10-year-old Bengaluru boy to death a few days…
