Trekking in Karnataka Karnataka Forest Department unveiled a new trek route at Bannerghatta National Park on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Students and trekkers climbing a hill on their way to complete the trekking expedition. Bengaluru: Planning a monsoon trek to the mist-covered hills in Karnataka’s Western Ghats? You can now plan your adventures much earlier,…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will launch a month-long plantation drive from Aug 15, with plans to plant 64,000 saplings across the city’s five municipal corporations.Announcing Bengaluru Hasirooru Green City campaign as a public-private planting programme, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda said the initiative aims at increasing the city’s green cover amid concerns over…
Techie J Kenneth, 25, was arrested last month with his live-in partner Shwetha following the deaths of her parents and sister in a brutal triple murder Bengaluru: When Bengaluru police questioned 25-year-old techie J Kenneth for several hours, investigators found him unusually composed despite being accused in one of the city’s most gruesome triple murders.Kenneth…
Karnataka high court High Court of Karnataka in Bangalore on Saturday. Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has ruled that a father is obligated to bear the educational expenses of his adult unmarried daughter, including postgraduate studies.The ruling came while dismissing a revision petition filed by her father, a Mangaluru businessman, challenging court orders requiring him…
Bengaluru: A violent gang rivalry on the outskirts of the city took a tragic turn when an innocent youth was allegedly attacked with machetes by a group that mistook him for a rival member. The victim, who had no connection to the feud, is now battling for his life at a private hospital.Nineteen-year-old Rakshith, a…
Bengaluru: Flagging the city’s traffic situation as challenging, Niti Aayog has recommended a three-pronged strategy to address the multiple issues through targeted infrastructure development and traffic management projects.Niti Aayog’s latest report, released early this month, has recommended fast-tracking three key infrastructure projects: Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), Metro connectivity to Bengaluru airport, and suburban rail project…
Bengaluru: In a move aimed at preventing disruption to classroom teaching, the department of school education and literacy is proposing a framework to insulate a section of teachers from mandatory deployment for election-related duties and surveys.The proposal, which is being prepared, seeks to ensure that teachers are deployed for non-academic duties only after exhausting personnel…
All-India student-youth protest at Freedom park in Bengaluru! Demand resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan,demand Scrap National Testing Agency, supporters of activist Sonam Wangchuk and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) launched massive solidarity protests at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, drawing thousands of students, professionals, and civil society members. The demonstrations were triggered by the Delhi Police forcibly…
Bengaluru: With the rainfall deficit burgeoning, the govt has stepped up measures to ensure drinking water supply and generate employment in rural areas to prevent distress migration.Eshwar Khandre, minister, rural development and panchayat raj Monday said 178 taluks are facing rainfall deficiency, while 60 taluks have recorded a severe deficit. He said the govt has…
Of the 3,817 lakes managed by the minor irrigation department, 616 have dried up completely, while another 1,802 hold barely 1% to 30% of their storage. Only 22 lakes are full. Another 791 have storage between 31% and 50% Bengaluru: The worsening rainfall deficit has left thousands of lakes on the brink, with only 584…
