Bengaluru/Mahabalipuram: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Thursday made a strong cooperative approach pitch on the Cauvery dispute, assuring Tamil Nadu and Puducherry that Mekedatu balancing reservoir, once built, will benefit all three states: While Karnataka will get only 5tmcft of drinking water for its urban areas, rest of the storage will be for TN and…
Bengaluru: The state govt Thursday formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the spurious drug racket unearthed in Bidadi. The move came even as Bengaluru pharmacists and chemists claimed the fake medicines were unlikely to have entered the conventional retail supply chain and may instead have reached patients through hospital pharmacies, intermediaries or…
Wealth Shift: Promoters cashing out are transforming family offices into powerhouse investors backing India’s next growth sectors Bengaluru: Assets managed by India’s mid-sized and large family offices could rise by about 50% to around Rs 1.05 lakh crore over the next three years, from an estimated Rs 70,000 crore in 2024, as wealthy business families…
The forests of Bandipur — a safe and popular weekend escape for Bengaluru’s young crowd — have become a hunting ground Bengaluru: The Aug 15 Hanur encounter in which three hunters were killed has blown the lid off a larger malaise lurking in the woods at the trijunction of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala: sudden…
Bengaluru: At nearly eight years old, she weighed just 8.4kg and stood only 81cm tall — about the size of a much younger child. Since infancy, she had suffered from poor growth, developmental delays, recurrent infections and persistent breathing problems, leaving doctors searching for answers for years.That search has now led doctors at state-run Indira…
Congress is mulling asking Nagendra to step down over alleged embezzlement of Maharishi Valmiki ST corporation funds, in return for a prominent post in a board or corporation Bengaluru: With BJP and JD(S) disrupting proceedings in both assembly and council for a fourth straight day Thursday, pressure is mounting on Congress to drop planning and…
A view of Holemaradatti Anti-Poaching Camp in Hanur division of Chamarajanagar forest circle, which was allegedly blown up by miscreants, along with staff vehicles that were set ablaze during the attack. Bengaluru: Days after miscreants reportedly went on a retaliatory rampage, vandalising and blowing up anti-poaching camps (APCs) following the Hanur anti-poaching operation, Karnataka forest…
Bengaluru: A young delivery executive didn’t think much beyond earning a few hundreds of rupees for carrying a parcel from Begur on the outskirts to CV Raman Nagar in east Bengaluru — a task so mundane he hardly looked at the black bag he was to hand over on the evening of Aug 12.It’s a…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has directed the police department to ensure CCTV cameras installed in police stations work nonstop without a minute’s downtime and to mandatorily live-track the health and functioning of CCTV systems across the state.Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the interim directions on Aug 13, while hearing a petition filed by V Shailaja, who…
Newly laid track at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border Bengaluru: Work on the much delayed Byappanahalli-Hosur track doubling project has finally nearing completion. Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited (K-Ride), the implementing agency of the project has confirmed that the 89% of physical works have been completed.K-Ride stated that the project is now in its final…
