Volunteers took part in a dry waste plogging drive at Jakkur Lake Park, a clean-up and waste segregation drive at Nagapura local parks 1 and 2 in Rajajinagar, and ‘feed the wings’ creative activity at BBMP Park, Girinagar Bengaluru: The Times of India’s #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, presented by Multigen, in association with Kristu…
Over 5,200 CHOs have been protesting in Freedom Park Bengaluru: Over 5,200 community health officers (CHOs) working at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) across Karnataka have been protesting for six days, demanding regularisation of services, revision of salaries and fulfilment of other demands.AAMs, formerly known as health and wellness centres, are primary healthcare facilities under National…
The streetlight police which broke and collapsed Bengaluru: A rusted streetlight pole fell on the main road in Sanjaynagar, Marathahalli, killing a pedestrian and injuring a scooterist late Friday night.The incident occurred when an orchestra event was being held as part of Ganesha festival celebrations in the locality. A man in his 30s, suspected to…
Bengaluru: A family allegedly lost Rs 22 lakh after a man claiming to be a PU department employee promised to secure an MBBS seat for their elder daughter, only to go incommunicado after collecting the money.Anitha BM, 45, a homemaker, said her family was outside the PU department office in Malleswaram in the first week…
The house in which explosion occured Bengaluru: Six members of a family, including four children, suffered serious burn injuries after a fireball explosion due to the leakage of liquefied petroleum gas from a domestic cylinder at their rented house in Vinayaka Layout, Nayandahalli, in west Bengaluru, in the early hours of Friday.Based on the primary…
An outstanding loan cannot be a ground to start criminal proceedings, which cannot be reduced to a tool to recover money, Justice Suraj Govindaraj noted in the order passed on Sept 25 Bengaluru: A bank or a financial institution should act responsibly while invoking criminal processes against a customer, Karnataka high court observed in a…
Drought data check under way in Karnataka Bengaluru: With 217 of Karnataka’s 240 taluks declared drought-hit, chief minister DK Shivakumar Saturday sought Rs 7,142 crore from the Centre, saying farmers were facing crop losses, water shortage and severe distress.Shivakumar made the appeal at a meeting with the Centre’s inter-ministerial drought assessment team, headed by Ajit…
The state has 1.08 crore voters missing from the draft list published on Aug 24 Bengaluru: Lakhs of Karnataka voters who were left out of the draft electoral rolls may not have to wait for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to end to get back on the list. Officials are looking at starting a special…
Speaking to reporters in Mysuru, he said all complaints regarding the alleged misuse of Form 7 during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) must be investigated by EC Mysuru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Saturday left open the possibility of an independent state govt probe into the alleged misuse of Form 7 applications to delete voters’ names,…
Over 300 women dressed in pink took to Bengaluru’s streets on October 2, demanding safer public spaces and challenging patriarchy. The all-women march began at Mahatma Gandhi Park in Shivajinagar around 8 pm and wound through Kasturba Road before ending at Freedom Park. Carrying flashlights and torches, participants lit up the stretches they walked through….
