Bengaluru: Karnataka moved into the next major phase of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with 43.8 lakh electors set to receive notices for verification as the exercise enters its crucial claims and objections stage.Notice generation began Friday and will set in motion the verification process in which booth-level officers (BLOs) will visit…
Bengaluru: The state govt has objected to the Centre not considering Karnataka’s high-density railway corridors for the proposed quadrupling project. Infrastructure development minister MB Patil said at a press conference here on Friday, that railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announced seven such corridors, but none from Karnataka was considered. Patil termed it an injustice to…
Karnataka high court High Bengaluru: Public trust cannot be lost in postal administration, Karnataka high court has observed.“An ordinary citizen should not be made to run from pillar to post to realise money legitimately due to him. A public institution entrusted with the confidence of the people must act with diligence, fairness and accountability. Otherwise,…
Karnataka minister B Nagendra resgined from the state cabinet on Friday, announcing his decision at a press conference BENGALURU: Karnataka Planning and Statistics minister B Nagendra on Friday announced his resignation, days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought sanction for his prosecution from governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in connection with the alleged Rs 90…
The footage, captured by creator @hemisphere.fpv during a recent trial run on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road ghat section, has struck a chord online, clocking more than 15 million views on Instagram. The spectacular aerial video of a Vande Bharat slicing through the misty Western Ghats is more than a monsoon postcard. Behind those fleeting seconds of…
A speeding sleeper bus crashed into a wall on a curved bridge near Biaora, Rajgarh. BHOPAL: Four people, including a Bengaluru cyber inspector and the driver, were killed and 11 others injured after a speeding sleeper bus lost control and crashed into a wall on a curved bridge on the Bhopal bypass in Biaora, Rajgarh,…
Among those killed was Inspector Ravi KV. BENGALURU: Four people, including a Bengaluru police inspector, were killed and 11 others injured after a passenger bus overturned and crashed into a 30-foot-high bridge on the Bhopal bypass in Biaora city of Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district on Friday morning.The bus was travelling from Bengaluru to Indore when…
BENGALURU: A midnight operation to track down a suspected illegal arms maker took a dramatic turn when the accused attacked a police constable with a weapon and later hurled chilli powder at the police team in Somasundarapalya.Acting on credible information, Bandepalya police inspector Manjunath RV deputed police sub-inspector Sachin Gowda and a team to trace…
A file photo of multi village drinking water facility at Udbur village on the outskirts of Mysuru. Bengaluru: Rural communities across Karnataka can now have a clearer way of knowing whether drinking water projects sanctioned in their regions and villages actually exist on the ground, with rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) department introducing a…
Veena Stores founder SD Suryanarayana Hegde passed away at eighty-seven years old. BENGALURU: Its fluffy idlis and chutney were favourites with Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone. So, when Veena Stores in Bengaluru’s Malleswaram announced the death of its founder, SD Suryanarayana Hegde, on Instagram earlier this week, Padukone was among those who paid her respects online.In…
