Bengaluru:“I’ll give you my entire first month’s salary if your referral gets me hired.”The plea, once rare and awkward, is becoming increasingly common on LinkedIn and Reddit, where freshers and early-career professionals are promising their first paycheque — or even cash incentives — for referrals that could open the door to a job.The posts, spanning…
Bengaluru: Namma Metro services on the Yellow Line were disrupted for more than two hours Monday evening after a passenger died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at Huskur station on Hosur Road around 5.50 pm.Following the incident, operations were suspended between Bommasandra and Electronics City. Normal services on the entire…
Kempegowda International Airport will begin simultaneous departures from both runways in two months, boosting departure capacity, cutting taxi times, and improving operational efficiency Bengaluru: With simultaneous departures from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to be implemented from Sept, its departure capacity is expected to be significantly increased.Airports Authority of India (AAI), in a recent supplement, issued…
Bengaluru: A man in his early 30s assaulted and abused his wife and father-in-law before hurling his 11-month-old female baby minutes before the infant’s naming ceremony at a hotel in south Bengaluru in mid-July.The infant suffered a skull fracture and is said to be out of danger now. The baby’s father, currently unemployed, was reportedly…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has posted to Tuesday a PIL seeking extension of the ongoing SIR in Karnataka by three months.The petition, filed by Kannada litterateur Devanooru Mahadeva, historian Ramachandra Guha, Major General (retd) SG Vombatkere and scholar Sabiha Bhoomigowda, also seeks some clarifications regarding rules formulated for the process.According to the petitioners, the information…
BJP MLA R Ashoka has alleged widespread corruption in Karnataka Public Service Commission recruitments BENGALURU: BJP MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Monday alleged large-scale irregularities and corruption in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) recruitment process.He claimed that government jobs were being “sold” for money, news agency…
Bengaluru: A Ramanagara court Monday granted anticipatory bail to 11 farmers, against whom criminal cases were booked during a protest against the proposed Bidadi Township on July 13.The booked farmers, including a few women, were allegedly part of the mob that attacked some Joint Measurement Committee officials with a broom at Mandalahalli when the latter…
Repeated investigations, cancellations, and prolonged litigation have left lakhs of aspirants facing years of uncertainty Bengaluru: The FIR over alleged irregularities in Karnataka Public Service Commission’s (KPSC) veterinary officer recruitment examination has again put the state’s premier recruiting agency under scrutiny, raising a familiar question: Can the govt insulate public recruitment from recurring scandals?Experts and…
Bengaluru: Make easy money in just 25 minutes turned into ‘lose money easily in just 25 clicks’! A 20-year-old student rose to the bait on an Instagram handle and lost more than Rs 2 lakh in an online investment scam.According to a complaint filed by the student, a resident of AECS Layout in Begur, she…
Bengaluru: Karnataka health minister UT Khader said the state govt will prioritise prevention of lifestyle diseases, strengthen food and drug testing, address hospital staff shortages and encourage people to use free public mental health services. With road accidents increasing, the govt is planning to provide a cashless insurance coverage of up to Rs 2.5 lakh…
