By R Prashanth VidyasagarMost Bengalureans already carry a version of Halasuru in their memory. For many, it is the school-days version, when a trip to Bazaar Street was inevitable before the academic year began. Uniforms, textbooks, stationery and, somewhere between errands, a stop at Sri Guru Sweet Mart for Mysore Pak or a chiroti with…
Welcome to our live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The carnival has truly arrived at the Estadio Guadalajara as co-hosts Mexico lock horns with Asian giants South Korea in a blockbuster Group A fixture. The stakes could not be higher tonight—with both teams winning their opening encounters, a victory for either side will…
Social security relief extended for Indian execs in UK NEW DELHI: Indian professionals working with their company’s affiliates in the UK or on an onsite assignment will be exempted from social security contributions for five years, instead of three years agreed earlier, on producing a certificate that they are contributing to EPFO here.The move will…
The monsoon doesn’t just change Karnataka’s landscape—it rewrites it. Forests turn emerald green, rivers swell, and waterfalls that lie dormant for months come crashing back to life. Across the Western Ghats and Malnad region, some of the state’s most spectacular cascades can only truly be experienced during the rainy season. Most waterfalls in Karnataka look…
Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the state’s Premium Floor Area Ratio (FAR) scheme, ruling that it cannot be equated with the controversial Akrama-Sakrama scheme meant for regularising unauthorised constructions.Dismissing a public interest litigation and a connected writ appeal, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha held that Premium FAR…
Energy shipments in the Gulf have once again resumed sailing, after the US and Iran signed an interim agreement. After months of disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, activity appears to have finally resumed, with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) loaded tanker now moving towards the strategic waterway.The reopening of the waterway is expected to…
Bengaluru: In an unprecedented shift in an otherwise female-dominated field, male students accounted for 33% of the BSc Nursing graduates at the recent convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). More than 10,000 of the 31,057 graduating students were men.Five years ago, in 2021, this number was 1,838 (of the total 10,804), thus…
Trade negotiations between India and the United States are set to gain momentum after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held wide-ranging talks on the sidelines of the G7 Summit. Seeking to advance discussions on the trade pact, the two leaders directed officials to work towards concluding a balanced, mutually beneficial and…
Gold has its target set on 160,000 as the next resistance, and the setup continues to shape up well for the upside in the sessions ahead. (AI image) Gold and silver price prediction today: Gold prices are consolidating and silver prices are exhibiting a sideways to bullish bias, says Abhilash Koikkara, Head – Forex &…
Udupi DC Swaroopa TK presides over a preparatory meeting organised on Thursday, regarding the smooth conduct of the NEET re-examination at the DC’s office in Udupi Udupi: Deputy commissioner Swaroopa TK directed officials to make all necessary preparations to ensure the NEET-UG re-examination, scheduled for Sunday in the district, is conducted transparently and without technical…
