Bengaluru: Seeking greater accessibility to the apex court, chief minister Siddaramaiah Saturday sought a Supreme Court bench in South India.Speaking at the 22nd biennial state-level conference of judicial officers, he said: “There is a strong and compelling need to improve accessibility to the highest court of the land. The establishment of an SC bench in…
Bengaluru: In his inaugural address at ‘Sustainable Energy: An Agenda for India @2047′, a conference organised by the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) here Saturday, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said, “The only defensible development is one that is environmentally responsible.““India’s vision for 2047 must synchronise economic growth with ecological sensibility,” he said, describing…
Bengaluru: In a case of betrayal and deceit, a policeman has been accused of cheating his friend of gold ornaments worth lakhs.Niranjan, a 37-year-old recording studio owner from Chamarajpet, has accused his friend from college, Upendra Kumar, currently posted as a District Armed Reserve (DAR) police constable in Mandya, of exploiting their friendship to orchestrate…
Bengaluru: Merely because the accident occurred while the two-wheeler was overtaking the bus, it cannot be held that the accident was due to the negligence of the rider of the two-wheeler, the high court observed while sustaining a tribunal’s finding in relation to the death of Hariharathmajam S.The deceased died in a road traffic accident…
BENGALURU: Eyewear retailer Lenskart on Saturday said it will standardise its in-store style guidelines to explicitly allow employees to wear symbols of faith, following criticism on social media over an earlier internal document that appeared to restrict such expression.The backlash was triggered by posts on X, where users shared screenshots of what they claimed was…
GFXHit by poll guarantee? March salaries delayed across several departments as of April 18 Payments usually made by first week of April Technical glitches and financial constraints cited as cause for delay Allegations emerge that Rs 6,000 cr was diverted to Gruhalakshmi scheme Bengaluru: Salary payments for March to Karnataka govt employees across several departments…
Bengaluru: Sleuths from Narcotics Control Bureau-Bengaluru zone destroyed more than 129kg of drugs, including ganja, cocaine, MDMA and charas, Friday. They had mostly been seized from Kempegowda International Airport and other places in 13 different cases.The seized drugs, with a market value of around Rs 38 crore, were destroyed by incineration at a refinery in…
Bengaluru: Yulu, a Bengaluru-based shared electric vehicle mobility platform, has crossed 1 billion kilometres of rides in the city, the company claimed Friday. It said it had a fleet of 22,500 EVs providing short-distance mobility for deliveries, daily commutes, and leisure rides.Amit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Yulu, said the platform plans to expand its…
Bengaluru: The final electoral roll for upcoming elections to 5 city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has pegged the electorate at around 88.95 lakh voters, setting the stage for elections in 369 wards across the city. From the previous draft list published on March 9, which stood at 88.92 lakh voters, the count has…
Bengaluru: A 31-year-old homemaker, her husband and their associate have been arrested on charges of kidnapping the homemaker’s younger sister and her husband over a monetary fight and locking them inside a house.Based on the complaint filed by victim Pruthvi, a resident of Dhruvadhama residential layout in Electronics City, Hebbagodi police arrested her elder sister,…
