Lazar Jankovic, 33, has spent six years in Bengaluru and two in Delhi, working mainly in modelling and commercials Bengaluru: He came to India in 2018 for a modelling contract. Eight years later, Serbian model Lazar Jankovic has found a different way of giving back to the country he fell in love with — by…
Bengaluru: The investigation into the alleged job-for-cash scam in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) took a major turn on Saturday, with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) contemplating the arrest of senior IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar after questioning him for nearly 21 hours over two days.Gangwar arrived at the CID headquarters on Palace Road…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and other local bodies across Karnataka may clean roads, tighten emission norms and curb local pollution, but there is no stopping cross-state air pollution. A recent study has highlighted the movement of pollutants across southern states and stressed that Karnataka’s worsening air quality cannot be tackled within political boundaries, as…
Bengaluru: A two-year-old girl who unknowingly walked away from home while playing was rescued and reunited with her family by city police. The incident took place at Vrushabavatinagar in Kamakshipalya, west Bengaluru, Friday morning.Passersby noticed the child playing outside a hotel and, after realising she was alone, called police control room. “Assistant sub-inspector Prakash G…
There was a time when the wedding car had one job: get the bride or groom to the venue without breaking down, but today it makes an entrance of its own. Think vintage classics, sleek BMWs and Mercedes, stately Rolls-Royces, flower-covered Ambassadors, and, for those going all out —supercars. The humble wedding ride is clearly…
Bengaluru: For residents of central Bengaluru’s Shantinagar constituency, patience is wearing thin. Roads have been dug up for laying pipes, pavements are dotted with debris and clouds of dust have become part of daily life. Fed up with the prolonged disruption, residents are simply asking: When will these roads finally be restored?Several key roads in…
File picture of parched land Bengaluru/Mysuru: Karnataka will submit a memorandum to the Centre seeking drought relief by the first week of Sept, deputy CM and revenue minister G Parameshwara said Saturday.Parameshwara said govt had so far declared 101 taluks as drought-affected and will continue assessing the situation for another 15 days. More taluks could…
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against seven persons from Anekal taluk, observing that the case amounted to an abuse of the process of law and that the dispute was essentially civil in nature.The accused had been booked under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(1)(t), 3(1)(a) and 3(1)(za) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention…
Dr Dinesh B, director SJICSR in conversation with Dr Devi Shetty at the Institute Bengaluru: Cardiovascular events have a pooled prevalence of 6% among people living with HIV (PLWH), according to a 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis, highlighting the need to make heart health part of routine HIV care, experts said at the HIV and…
Bengaluru: No less than 69% of posts in Karnataka’s 32 public universities do not have permanent staffers. Worse, four newly established universities haven’t filled even one permanent teaching post yet, scoring a shocking 100% vacancy.For instance, Mandya University (all 47 posts are vacant), Maharani Cluster University (272), Nrupathunga University (100), Hassan University (27), and Chamarajanagar…
