Bengaluru: A city-based man who allegedly flew to Vizag and returned by road with ganja has been arrested by Gandepalli police in Andhra Pradesh. Around 10kg of ganja, allegedly meant for sale in Lingarajpuram and adjoining areas of east Bengaluru, was seized.The arrested man has been identified as 26-year-old Abdul Karim. AP police said Karim…
Bengaluru: A city court has sentenced a 49-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 1 lakh for possessing and peddling opium. K Bhagirath Devasi of Devanahalli was caught with more than 2kg of the drug in Girinagar in July 2021.Acting on specific information that Devasi would arrive on his motorcycle…
Bengaluru: Taking serious cognisance of widespread reports alleging major irregularities and poor quality in the distribution of shoes to govt schoolchildren across the state, Upalokayukta Justice KN Phanindra has initiated a suo motu case.The anti-corruption watchdog ordered a probe targeting key education department officials across 15 districts. Lokayukta formally registered cases against concerned deputy directors…
Chief minister DK Shivakumar, former CM Siddaramaiah and DCM G Parameshwara at Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru: Former chief minister and Congress Working Committee member Siddaramaiah Thursday gave the DK Shivakumar-led govt a positive assessment of its first 100 days, but urged it to fulfil remaining poll promises, continue the five guarantees and address drought during the…
BJP state president BY Vijayendra and party members offer prayers at Sri Kanaka Durga temple in Ballari Ballari: Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra Thursday branded DK Shivakumar a “real estate chief minister”, using Shivakumar’s recent description of himself as “90% businessman and 10% politician” to launch a sharp attack on the govt at the culmination…
Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar Bengaluru: Instances of name mismatch in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continue to create waves of confusion among VIP families. Days after Bharat Ratna CNR Rao and actor Shivarajkumar figured in the verification exercise, it’s the turn of the Karnataka chief minister’s mother and Infosys co-founder Nandan…
Bengaluru: Drawing flak from environmentalists and park lovers over the proposed tunnel road project that cuts through Lalbagh, the Karnataka govt is contemplating changing the alignment to avoid any damage to the three-billion-year-old Peninsular Gneiss.The issue came up for discussion during Greater Bengaluru Authority’s second meeting presided by CM DK Shivakumar and Bengaluru development minister…
Bengaluru: Karnataka is betting big on becoming India’s aerospace manufacturing hub, but the govt’s new Aerospace Policy 2026-31 comes with a catch — only the first three investors in each of the seven proposed clusters will get the land subsidy on offer.However, the govt has defended the cluster-based approach, saying it will “promote balanced regional…
Bengaluru: Congress govt in Karnataka has ordered that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, with an exception at events attended by the president, vice-president, prime minister or governor.The order follows a decision taken by the state cabinet on the playing or singing of the national song at government…
A file photo of the BWSSB’s sewage treatment plant along the Vrishabhavathi Valley in RR Nagar. Bengaluru: After missing earlier deadlines by several miles, Karnataka govt has now set Dec 2029 as the final date to keep Bengaluru fully prepared to treat every drop of sewage it generates.While achieving 100% sewage treatment remains a tough…
