Bengaluru: Weeks after the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) ordered the resumption of nearly 78 acres of land in east Bengaluru’s Kadugodi over alleged violations of allotment conditions, the agency suffered a setback with the high court setting aside the proceedings.According to govt records, the land was allotted to Embassy East Business Park Ltd…
Bengaluru: As Happy Streets by The Times of India makes its debut in JP Nagar this Sunday, the neighbourhood near Adarsh Rhythm Apartments, Panduranga Nagar, will host a range of interactive events to encourage creativity, awareness and community participation.Visitors can engage in conversations around civic values and citizenship at the Reclaim Constitution stall, which will…
Bengaluru: Karnataka will have SCOUT — Scholars for Outstanding Undergraduate Students — programme again.Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) signed an MoU with British Council and six Karnataka public universities to roll out SCOUT, a fully-funded, two-week residential programme hosted by a selected UK university.Around 30 outstanding undergraduate students can avail of the opportunity. In…
Bengaluru: Several Indian players have taken the US collegiate tennis route before turning professional. Somdev Devvarman and Dhakshineswar Suresh made good use of those opportunities to launch their careers. Now, Bengaluru’s Kriish Tyagi, a freshman at Texas A&M University, is hoping to use the same pathway as a stepping stone to a brighter future.The 19-year-old,…
BENGALURU: Nearly four years after Karnataka emerged as the national epicentre of the hijab row, the state govt Wednesday formally withdrew a contentious 2022 order on dress codes at educational institutions, issued by the erstwhile BJP-led govt. Replacing the earlier order with a fresh policy, the state govt has now allowed students to wear “limited…
By Trisha MajumderFor a woman who spent two decades defying gravity, Blanka Vlašic has a surprising secret: she is afraid of heights. The Croatian high jump legend, owner of two Olympic medals and two World Championship golds, laughs at the irony. While she felt invincible soaring over a crossbar, looking down from a high balcony…
Bengaluru: The gelatin scare on PM Narendra Modi’s route to the Art of Living Foundation took a serious turn with the suspicious carton box — seized on Sunday with gelatin sticks, matchsticks, and camphor — also containing batteries, wires, a real-time clock and an LCD display.On Sunday and Monday, police maintained the box had only…
Karnataka Govt suspended trekking expeditions to Nagamale in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar after a leopard mauled a 10-year-old Bengaluru boy to death a few days ago. Karnataka Govt suspended trekking expeditions to Nagamale in MM Hills Wildlife Sanctuary of Chamarajanagar after a leopard mauled a 10-year-old Bengaluru boy to death a few days…
Authorities are investigating the discovery of gelatin sticks and electronic components near Prime Minister Modi’s convoy route in Bengaluru. BENGALURU: Police have intensified their investigation into the recovery of gelatin sticks and electronic components near the convoy route of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Art of Living Foundation on Sunday, with…
Bengaluru: Section 132 of the Income-tax Act, which empowers tax authorities to conduct search and seizure operations, is person-centric and not premises-centric, the high court specified in its recent judgment.A division bench of Justices SG Pandit and KV Aravind allowed a writ appeal filed by the income-tax department and restored notices issued under Section 153C…
