Bengaluru: Two daily wage workers drowned in a lake near Bannerghatta after an old coracle they attempted to board reportedly tore apart Friday evening.The deceased were identified as Ambarish and Anand, natives of Yadgir, who had been working at an under-construction building in Begehalli.According to police, the two men entered Begehalli lake using an old…
Bengaluru: The state govt Friday issued a fresh order implementing an interim arrangement for internal reservation within the 15% cap earmarked for scheduled castes (SCs) in education and public employment, pending the high court’s final verdict.The fresh order was issued by the social welfare department after the earlier one on the same matter issued by…
Bengaluru: Planning to extend the benefits of PM Shri scheme to a larger number of students, Karnataka’s chool education department has decided to link 317 schools with 225 nearby PM Shri institutions.The state currently has nearly 585 PM Shri schools, many of which are primary and high schools with moderate student enrolment. Under the new…
Bengaluru: As forged medical documents and AI-powered fraud emerge as a growing threat to health insurance programmes, policymakers, startups and researchers gathered at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru as part of a two-day Auto-Adjudication Hackathon Showcase 2026, to develop automated systems capable of detecting fake claims under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana…
Bengaluru: Around 85% of the registered students appeared for the Comed-K UG entrance test held on Saturday. Comed-K exam holds key to approximately 20,000 seats in about 150 engineering colleges of Karnataka. Uni GAUGE is an entrance exam for participating 30+ private universities in India. ComedK and Uni GAUGE are conducted as a single exam…
BENGALURU: A major security alert was triggered hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Art of Living on Sunday. According to the police, two gelatin sticks were found about 25 feet away from the main road near Vaderahalli Gate. A police constable deployed on special duty found the gelatin sticks, following which the…
BENGALURU: The human breast milk bank at Vani Vilas Hospital, called Amruthadhare, has been a lifesaver for 3,612 babies – predominantly those born preterm – since its inception in 2022. The bank has collected a total of 863 litres of breast milk so far from more than 3,982 donors.Milk from the bank is used for…
NEST OF SINGING BIRDS: The Silver Songbirds of Bengaluru, a community choir that helps seniors rediscover joy, friendship and purpose, performed at Sabha recently Bernadette D’Souza never misses her community choir rehearsals, which are scheduled twice a month. At 80, these gatherings give her something to look forward to. “Singing with others fills my heart…
BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, accused the opposition Congress of being a parasite in the wake of its separation from long-standing ally DMK in Tamil Nadu.“DMK stood with Congress for three decades and repeatedly rescued Congress during crises. The UPA government before 2014 also survived because of DMK’s support. But the moment political…
