Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has increased the compensation amount in 15 years old accident by five fold, by placing reliance upon Supreme Court decision in Shishu Pal and others Vs. Surjeet case.In the said case, the top court had specified that a deceased homemaker”s notional income has to be assessed at Rs 30,000 per…
CM DK Shivakumar, former CM Siddaramaiah and DCM G Parameshwara at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday BENGALURU: Former chief minister and Congress Working Committee member Siddaramaiah on Thursday gave the DK Shivakumar-led government a positive assessment of its first 100 days, but urged it to fulfil the remaining poll promises, continue the five guarantees and address…
Bengaluru scientists are training dogs to detect cancer using breath samples ( AFP image) BENGALURU: The test begins with something almost deceptively simple: A person breathes into a specially designed mask for about 10 minutes.There is no needle, no scan and no elaborate procedure for the person being tested. What the mask captures, however, is…
Jamsetji Tata’s vision led to the Indian Institute of Science’s establishment in Bengaluru Today, Bengaluru is widely associated with science, technology, research and startups. But in the late 1800s, when Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata began working on his plan for a world-class research institution in India, the city was hardly the obvious choice. Bengaluru was a…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only Bengaluru began using electricity for street lighting, with power supplied by the hydroelectric project at Shivanasamudra. The project generated electricity using the flow of the Cauvery river. The Shivanasamudra hydroelectric project was developed primarily to supply electricity to the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), then one of India’s major gold-mining…
Bengaluru: City police have taken seven men into custody as part of their probe into the case of imprisoned former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna using a mobile inside the central prison. They were the ones who provided a mobile phone, a charger, a pen drive and other materials to Prajwal, sources said.A senior police officer…
Bengaluru: A cold drink vendor at Tumakuru railway station, who collected an extra Rs 11 from a passenger, was forced to refund the money following an online complaint.The incident was reported Tuesday after Bhuvan, a passenger, bought a bottle of water and a soft drink. The water had an MRP of Rs 14 and the…
A file photo of the launch of the Hoysala fleet of patrol vehicles of the Karnataka Police. A file photo of the launch of the Hoysala fleet of patrol vehicles of the Karnataka Police. A file photo of the launch of the Hoysala fleet of patrol vehicles of the Karnataka Police. A file photo of…
Bengaluru: Snakebites kill around 50,000 Indians annually. In a groundbreaking achievement, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru, in collaboration with Denmark Technical University, has created a lab-made antivenom specifically designed to combat venom from lethal cobras and king cobras.The recombinant nanobody-antivenom combines five different nanobodies that successfully neutralise various cobra venoms. The study was…
A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his two minor daughters before attempting suicide at a five-star hotel. BENGALURU: “I killed them because I loved them and was worried about their future,” SG Imran told investigators after allegedly strangling his two young daughters at a hotel near Kempegowda International Airport last month.The 40-year-old manager at a local…
