Bengaluru: Days after allegations of irregularities in the recruitment of veterinary officers came to light, the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) has stayed the final selection list and formed a sub-committee for an internal inquiry into the claims.KPSC secretary K Jyothi said in a statement that considering the gravity of allegations in the media and…
Bengaluru: Two months after the state govt introduced online counselling for transfers in the stamps and registration department to curb lobbying and corruption, a section of sub-registrars has urged the authorities to scrap the new system and restore the earlier general transfer process.According to sources, the govt may consider their proposal to revert to the…
Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah will not contest the 2028 Karnataka assembly elections BENGALURU: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday announced that he will not contest the 2028 Karnataka assembly elections, citing his advancing age, declining health and what he described as the growing corruption in politics.In a post on X,…
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Sunday claimed that Union minister dharmendra Pradhan was “forced” to resign, adding that his exit did not address the underlying issues.Kharge also took a swipe at Dharmendra Pradhan, calling his four-page resignation letter a “love letter” and alleging that the resignation was aimed at preventing anti-national forces from…
The parking facility in Yeshwantpur now hosts cobwebs, rusting railings and walls that show signs of water seepage BENGALURU: A Rs 80-crore multi-level parking complex built to ease congestion in Yeshwantpur APMC market is slowly deteriorating even before it got its first customer.The eight-storey structure plus two floors underground, handed over to APMC committee in…
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has asked developer of SNN Raj Etternia apartment, where one of the tilted 18-storey apartment towers tilted, to submit a detailed demolition proposal before granting final approval for razing the structure, officials said.The civic body has constituted a committee comprising officials from GBA, BDA, fire and emergency services, disaster…
Bengaluru: The void left by the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union education minister has been immediately filled by the BJP-led govt with Karnataka’s experienced parliamentarian and union minister Pralhad Joshi.Joshi is a two-time Union minister who previously handled the sensitive ministry of law and parliamentary affairs.He now gets to handle the additional charge…
Bengaluru: Attendance of around 72% students is now being recorded to the new facial recognition app introduced by the department of school education and literacy.As per the department’s latest data, around 35.2 lakh students across govt and aided schools are to be registered on the platform, Niranthara. Of this, nearly 3.2 lakh students were registered….
Bengaluru: A woman fought back after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a fellow passenger on a BMTC bus travelling along Outer Ring Road Friday.The incident occurred around 12.15pm on a bus heading from Hebbal to Manyata tech park. According to BMTC staff, the man allegedly touched the woman inappropriately several times during the journey….
Bengaluru: As many as 25 aspiring veterinary medical officers from across the state Saturday lodged a complaint with city police, alleging a cash-for-jobs scam and irregularities in the recent Karnataka Public Service Commission recruitment for 400 veterinary officer posts.In the FIR, suspended KPSC chairperson Shivashankarappa Sahukar has been named accused number one, followed by other…
