Bengaluru: Lokayukta has ordered a preliminary investigation into allegations that poor-quality shoes supplied to govt schoolchildren in 16 districts were getting damaged within days, with stitching reportedly coming apart within minutes of use.Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa took suo motu cognisance of media reports about the alleged poor quality of the footwear. Complaints have been registered…
Shivamogga: BJP MLA SN Channabasappa has once again objected to the singing of only two stanzas of Vande Mataram, this time raising the issue on stage in the presence of chief minister DK Shivakumar at a govt programme in Thirthahalli.Channabasappa had on Sept 16 walked out of a govt programme marking International Democracy Day in…
The organs of Prakash Acharya were harvested at Wenlock District Hospital in Mangaluru Mangaluru: Wenlock District Hospital successfully harvested the organs of a 50-year-old brain-dead person on Saturday.Dr Shivaprakash DS, district surgeon and medical superintendent of Wenlock District Hospital, said the family of Prakash Acharya, a resident of Beeri, Kotekar in Ullal taluk, made a…
Jailed student activist Umar Khalid (File Photo) BENGALURU: The proposed screening of a documentary on jailed student activist Umar Khalid at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) here has been cancelled, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) claimed on Saturday.The documentary, “Prisoner No. 626710 is Present”, directed by filmmaker Lalit Vachani, was proposed…
Bengaluru: A new line item on property-tax bills has put Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) in the middle of a fresh controversy, with BJP leaders dubbing it a “software tax” and questioning the legal basis and transparency of the levy.The charge, listed as “Software Charges” on property-tax receipts, is Rs 200 a year for residential properties…
Mangaluru: What began as two residents cleaning up a neglected stretch during the Covid-19 pandemic has grown into a community-led environmental movement, with London Park Friends of Krishnapura. The association organised a ‘Big Cleaning Drive’ across Kukkady, Krishnapura and Chokabettu on Saturday. The drive began at 7 am from Paradise Ground, with a large number…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only Long before Bengaluru became a sprawling technology hub, its landscape was shaped by hundreds of lakes and tanks that formed an interconnected water system. Until around 1960, the Bengaluru plateau had about 560 lakes, according to a Times of India account of the city’s history. These water bodies were…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has upheld the acquittal of a Bengaluru couple in an abetment to suicide case pertaining to a deceased juvenile, observing that merely because the accused couple refused to give back his ball and directed him to bring his father, it cannot be taken as abetment to commit suicide.Justice HP Sandesh made…
Thursday’s traffic gridlock on theVarthur-Gunjur stretch left students in school buses exhausted BENGALURU: A day after TOI highlighted how students spent up to 2.5 hours in school buses to travel a few kilometres on the Varthur-Gunjur stretch (SH-35), the situation on Friday was marginally better. Parents said schoolchildren remained stuck in long traffic queues on…
Traffic gridlock on Varthur-Gunjur stretch in Bengaluru Thursday Bengaluru: A day after TOI highlighted how students spent up to 2.5 hours in school buses to travel a few kilometres on the Varthur-Gunjur stretch (SH-35), the situation on Friday was marginally better. Parents said schoolchildren remained stuck in long traffic queues on their commute home, maybe…
