Bengaluru: The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has turned into a high-stakes political battle, with BJP and JD(S) coordinating at the grassroots in several areas, while Congress has activated its party network, govt machinery and allied organisations.As the door-to-door verification phase gathers pace, political parties are leaving little to chance by…
Calangute/Panaji: Continuing its crackdown against illegal structures along the coastline, the tourism department demolished the 11 remaining unauthorised structures on the beach at Baga on Wednesday.The demolition follows a survey of all illegal structures along the Baga-Calangute beach stretch along Tito’s Lane leading up to the popular nightclub Mambos at Baga’s Saunta Vaddo.“Six were demolished…
Indian cricket team leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi joins hands with the world’s largest healthcare cricket league IHL as brand ambassador as Season 2 announces major national expansion Jaipur: The Indian Healthcare League (IHL), recognised as the world’s largest healthcare cricket league and India’s leading cricket-led healthcare awareness platform, has announced a major expansion for Season 2…
Chennai: Thirukkural couplets, riddles, and inspirational quotes will soon feature in the morning assemblies in more than 3,000 govt schools statewide as a part of an initiative undertaken by a group of teachers.Required content has been provided free of cost to students in a 210-page guidebook designed by teachers of ‘Online Kalvi Radio’—a free-to-use digital…
Kolkata: Troubles have deepened for arrested TMC Falta strongman Jahangir Khan’s wife Sarika Khan as police added provisions of the Arms Act and Explosives Act to the case registered against her in connection with the violent protests that she had led outside the police station on Tuesday.Police teams, under the supervision of the district’s new…
Hyderabad: At a time when the US-Iran war is showing signs of finally ending, Hyderabad is preparing to unveil Donald Trump Avenue — a road named after the US President. Scheduled for inauguration on June 23, the avenue runs alongside the US Consulate in the city’s Financial District.Chief minister A Revanth Reddy, had first floated…
JAMMU: J&K Police in an overnight operation arrested an overground worker who allegedly facilitated the infiltration of more than a dozen terrorists across the international border into Indian territory via Kathua district, officials said Tuesday.Intelligence inputs led cops to Mohammad Latif alias Haji Latif, a resident of Kathua’s Safiyan area. “A key facilitator linked to…
Bengaluru: Planning to host a wedding reception, birthday bash or a large private gathering in Karnataka, where you intend to serve more than nine litres of alcohol to your guests? Then be ready to pay significantly more, as the state govt has nearly doubled the fee for occasional liquor permits issued under the temporary CL-5…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking that the NEET UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled for June 21, be conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the traditional pen-and-paper format.The plea was mentioned before a partial-working-day bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, which declined to…
Bengaluru: Amid growing debate over the possible privatisation of electricity distribution in Karnataka after Tata Power sought a distribution licence, energy experts and employees’ unions have traded sharp arguments over the performance of state-run Escoms.Experts and consumer groups have flagged shortcomings in the existing system, including the delay in implementing Solar Time-of-Day (ToD) tariffs mandated…
