Bengaluru: Several candidates appearing for the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (Comed-K) 2026 entrance exam, scheduled for May 9, were allotted centres in neighbouring states despite opting for locations within Karnataka.The issue surfaced Saturday after hall tickets were released, with students reporting allocations in cities such as Chennai and Hyderabad instead…
Chikkamagaluru: Nearly three years after the 2023 Karnataka assembly elections, Congress MLA T D Rajegowda was officially declared the winner from Sringeri constituency Saturday, following a high court-ordered recount of postal ballots that ended a prolonged legal dispute with BJP candidate D N Jeevaraj. Rajegowda had originally won the election by a wafer-thin margin of…
Mysuru/Madikeri: Two weeks after a Kutta homestay owner was booked in connection with the alleged rape of a US tourist, who was a guest at the facility, the II Additional District and Sessions Court in Kodagu granted bail to P A Ponnappa aka Vishal on Saturday.Vishal, charged with attempting to suppress the incident, was arrested…
Bengaluru: The midweek downpour in the city has triggered an unexpected weekend crisis for commuters: a surge in demand for mechanics after hundreds of bikes and cars were crippled by waterlogged streets!“I’ve been calling up several garages and checking with local mechanics for the past two days to get my bike up and running, but…
Bengaluru: With summer heat intensifying across the city despite sudden evening showers, dust has emerged as a major concern for commuters and residents. Six months after deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar announced that Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) would rent 56 mechanised sweeping machines at a cost of Rs 613 crore, no new machine has been…
Bengaluru: Posing as staff of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and offering lifetime free (LTF) credit card, cybercriminals recently siphoned off Rs 3 lakh from an engineering college faculty member in the city.Raju (name changed), a resident of Malleswaram who works with a private autonomous engineering college in KS Layout, lodged a police complaint stating that…
Bengaluru: The high court quashed a 2024 resolution of a syndicate meeting of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) excluding senate members from the local inspection committee on continuation of affiliation of colleges.J Nandeesh and other RGUHS senate members had challenged the resolution, contending that the syndicate did not obtain the assent of the…
Bengaluru: Following Friday’s Rs 6 hike in the per-litre price of LPG for automobiles, auto rickshwaw drivers in Bengaluru say their earnings have been significantly cut short. The new price of Rs 95.24 per litre led to filling stations across the city seeing a much lesser number of auto rickshwas on Saturday.Syed Moula, an auto…
Bengaluru: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of employee unions of state-run road transport corporations has called for an indefinite bus strike from May 20, citing unresolved demands over salary arrears and wage revision.In a statement, JAC criticised the state govt’s decision to limit arrear payments to 26 months instead of 38 months, calling it unilateral…
Bengaluru: A man who has acted in small roles in many television series and is also a member of the Ramanagara child welfare committee (CWC) was arrested after a woman Thursday accused him of blackmailing and sexually exploiting her. Rajarajeshwarinagar police said the accused, Chandre Gowda alias Haniyur Chandre Gowda, 46, a resident of BHEL…
