Karnataka FDA cancelled 16 drug licenses and suspended eight others. (File photo) BENGALURU: The Karnataka FDA on Sunday said it has cancelled 16 drug licences of retailers and wholesalers and suspended eight others over the alleged distribution and sale of spurious medicines.The action followed an inspection by the Food Safety and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Drug…
Colourful Whispers, a Kites Senior Care’s annual flagship event brought dementia issues to the fore through 300 artworks by elders living with dementia at Indira Nagar club in Bengaluru Sunday Bengaluru: Giriraju N, 75, a dementia patient, feels that painting should not be someone’s property. In the past four years, Giriraju has crafted more than…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka food safety and drugs administration (FDA) seized medicines, machinery and printing material worth Rs 5 crore after busting an alleged spurious drug racket operating from a farmhouse in Bidadi.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the FDA’s drug enforcement wing conducted an inspection at a farmhouse in Bidadi’s Kurubarakeranahalli Friday. According to…
Bengaluru: In a major, coordinated operation, police and Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) authorities are set to deport 160 illegal immigrant Bangladeshi nationals from Bengaluru Monday morning. The exercise, one of the largest in recent months, is being executed under the oversight of the FRRO and law enforcement agencies.Official directives issued by the FRRO required…
The vehicle which met with accident Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man died and six others were injured after a Tempo Traveller rammed into an electric pole on the central median of Nagarabhavi Outer Ring Road early Sunday.The deceased, Manoj Kumar S, a Laggere resident and office assistant at a private firm, was travelling with friends to…
Citizens protest against short tunnel project in Hebbal Bengaluru: A group of citizens gathered at Hebbal Lake Sunday opposing the use of lake land and its buffer for the Rs 1,140-crore short tunnel project, warning that construction in the already flood-prone area could worsen waterlogging and damage the lake’s ecological health.Holding banners that read ‘Leave…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar Hassan/Bengaluru: A three-day special session of the legislature beginning Monday is expected to witness a confrontation between governing Congress and BJP-JD(S) opposition over drought, Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats and the controversy over govt order on the truncated version of Vande Mataram at state functions.Chief minister DK Shivakumar said although govt…
The deceased was identified as Salim Akbar, a native of Kodagu. (Image-Social media) BENGALURU: A 46-year-old man was found dead inside a luxury car parked on a main road in Koramangala on Sunday morning, police said.The deceased was identified as Salim Akbar, a native of Kodagu.Police received information around 8 am about a luxury car…
Hassan: Hassan district minister KM Shivalingegowda’s statement that there is “nothing wrong” if citizens happily give ‘tips’ or ‘honorarium’ to govt officials for timely work has triggered outrage among the public and BJP.The minister made the comment during ‘Prajaseva Andolana’, a public-grievances meet, here Saturday.Puneeth, a farmer from Alur taluk in the district who was…
Bengaluru: A cybercrime network using mule bank accounts to divert fraud proceeds has been busted by the north division cyber crime police, with investigators identifying 507 accounts linked to the accused.The arrested are Amit Mishra, from Singhbhum district in Jharkhand, Tausif Ahmed and Parashuram Sadanand Kannavar alias Pavan Kumar, both from Bengaluru. Police alleged that…
