Bengaluru: In a major crackdown on child labour, city police and labour inspectors conducted surprise inspections at 6,076 establishments across the city Saturday and rescued 529 children. Police registered 105 cases against employers engaging child labourers under the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act and Juvenile Justice Act.The surprise inspections were conducted by…
BBMP (NOW GBA) COUNCIL WITH EMPTY CHAIRS Bengaluru has gone six years without an elected civic council, after the term of the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council ended on Sept 10, 2020. The administrative machinery has continued to run the city, but a key layer of local governance has been missing: elected representatives…
Kalyani at Ulsoor Lake which has been used as an immersion tank has received a modern makeover Bengaluru: Months after rejuvenation efforts at Ulsoor lake, civic authorities are preparing to receive over one lakh Ganesha idols during this year’s Gowri-Ganesha festival, while attempting to ensure the waterbody does not bear the environmental cost of the…
Bengaluru: After becoming the first railway zone in the country to implement the Mobile Unreserved Ticketing System (M-UTS) sahayak services at KSR Bengaluru, the South Western Railway (SWR) has now expanded it to all major railway stations in Bengaluru.In SWR’s Bengaluru division, 36 sahayaks have been allocated to six stations—KSR Bengaluru, Yeshwantpur, SMVT, Kengeri, KR…
A 2D editorial illustration shows Bengaluru commuters inside a non-AC BMTC city bus hearing audio advertisements from overhead speakers, highlighting the transport corporation’s plan to introduce in-bus ad announcements across its fleet. Bengaluru: Those using buses for their everyday commute could soon be forced to listen to audio advertisements during their journey. Last week, Bangalore…
ED Director, Rahul Navin in KIA on Saturday in Orange Nehru Jacket Bengaluru: Enforcement Directorate (ED) director Rahul Navin and other senior officials arrived in Bengaluru from Delhi Saturday to review ongoing high-profile case investigations.According to sources, the director held a meeting with senior officials at the agency’s office in Shanthinagar. The director is said…
Acclaimed theatre director, scholar and arts administrator Chidambara Rao Jambe, fondly known as Jambe in theatre circles, passed away in Sagara Taluk on Saturday afternoon at the age of 77.After training in Yakshagana and graduating from the National School of Drama (NSD), Jambe served as the principal of Ninasam Theatre Institute for over two decades,…
Volunteers clean up Madhavan park in Jayanagar, as part of the #IamBengaluru- Volunteers for Park initiative, on Sunday. Bengaluru: Citizens once again came together Sunday for a diverse set of activities under The Times of India’s #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, presented by Multigen, in association with Kristu Jayanti University and supported by Greater Bengaluru…
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is planning a data-driven overhaul of its solid waste management system, including ward-wise mapping of sanitation personnel, vehicles and their workload, to identify gaps and deploy resources based on demand.MCC commissioner Rahul Ratnam Pandey said the corporation, which has nearly 900 personnel, including pourakarmikas, drivers and loaders, currently lacks…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has observed that a person cannot claim a right to guardianship solely on the basis of the adoption ceremony of a child without establishing that the adoption is legally valid.A division bench comprising Justices DK Singh and H Shanthi Bhushan made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by a…
