Bengaluru: As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls commenced in Karnataka Tuesday, the Congress accused the Election Commission of acting under pressure from the Centre, with home minister Priyank Kharge describing the poll body as “puppets” of the govt.Priyank said the state had raised 12 objections to the SIR process and was expecting…
Siva met the chief minister at the secretariat to receive the appointment. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt on Tuesday appointed V Siva, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam’s Chennai North district secretary, as the Tamil Nadu Housing Board chairman.Siva, whose district covers chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency, played a key role in the CM’s election campaign,…
You could awake with two minds today. The one part wants to speed ahead, while the other one prefers to sleep and put off everything until noon. The feeling of being sluggish and restless is due to the Moon stimulating your inner comfort zone, while Mars encourages you to be more confident. So yes, you’ll…
People protest in Mumbai earlier this week against CBSE website glitches Pune: Anvi Sharma from Pune is racing against time to secure her admission to a leading Canadian university, where she has been awarded a merit scholarship for an undergraduate engineering programme.The university wants her final Std XII mark sheet before confirming the scholarship, but…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that over 5,000 applications have been approved under Majhe Ghar scheme. He said that around 3,000 orders are ready to be handed over to the house owners. A total of 1,000 orders will be handed over to the house owners of South Goa district on Thursday at…
HYDERABAD: Road safety in the state has taken a hit, with accidents rising sharply by 20% over the past two years. Latest data, according to Telangana police, shows that reported accidents rose from 22,900 in 2023 to 27,300 in 2025. The upward trend has persisted since 2020, with around 2,000 cases recorded over time.Regional Transport…
Pratyush Kumar, Co-founder, Sarvam AI Bengaluru: Sarvam AI, the India-based AI platform that turned a unicorn last month, has announced plans to build a trillion-parameter model, which will take it closer in capabilities to the world’s frontier models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. Towards this, the company said it is also establishing an office in…
Palanpur: Six women were killed and eight others injured when a private bus crashed into their van on the National Highway- 48 near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district on Wednesday.The women were members of a catering team for social events, and they were going from Sardoi village of Modasa to Hunj village near Himmatnagar, police said.“Inspection…
Two threatened marsupials are being reintroduced to the Shark Bay World Heritage area in order to advance species conservation and ecosystem restoration. A new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) confirmed that the presence of fungal food resources is important for supporting this effort.The study published in the journal Ecosystems and led by Edith Cowan…
Silchar: Assam Rifles recovered three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a search operation in Manipur’s Jiribam district amid heightened tensions in the state, officials said on Wednesday.The operation was launched based on specific intelligence inputs, leading to the recovery of three IEDs weighing a total of 4.5kg.Officials said timely detection of the explosives averted possible…
