Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has upheld a family court’s order that an unmarried woman is entitled to receive Rs 20,000 per month as maintenance as well as expenses for her marriage from her mother and elder sister.However, the judge quashed the family court’s order for similar maintenance to her brother, saying that as he had…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah At Site BENGALURU: At least seven people, including three children, have been killed after a compound wall collapsed near the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah visited the site after the collapse. “Seven deaths have been confirmed by the CMO following the tragic wall collapse near…
Bengaluru: An RTI reply has pointed to a Rs 1.7 crore difference in expenditure figures for the 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference hosted by the Karnataka legislature in Sept last year, with some details not reflected in official budget documents.Participants included Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, presiding officers…
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) said it has not sought any extension or postponement of elections to five city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority despite a request from state govt to defer the timeline.As per a Supreme Court directive, the election process must be completed by June 30. SEC said it has already completed…
Bengaluru: Anand P Naidu, a district Congress committee member, was arrested on charges of molesting a 16-year-old girl at her house in west Bengaluru.Booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, Naidu was remanded in judicial custody and sent to Bengaluru Central Prison.Based on the complaint filed by the girl’s father, a 40-year-old…
Following the high court order, autorickshaw unions had urged the state government to challenge the verdict and seek a ban on bike-taxi services. (AI-generated image) BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has moved Supreme Court challenging the high court’s January verdict that lifted the ban on bike-taxi operations in the state.The appeal has been filed against the…
Bengaluru: A day after videos showing separate incidents of two pre-teens riding gearless scooters in and around Magadi Road went viral on social media, traffic police Tuesday booked the owner of one of the vehicles and the father of the other minor.First, police booked Afzar Pasha, an electric motor mechanic in JJ Nagar, for handing…
AI Image used for representational purpose only BENGALURU: The Karnataka school education department has directed govt, aided and unaided schools to ban students from performing obscene songs during school programmes.In an April 16 directive, the department instructed deputy directors (administration) to enforce the ban strictly and take action against school managements if violations are found….
Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) faces the prospect of being hit with more compensation claims after a few Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) allottees successfully fought their case before the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) and got favourable orders.As of April, site owners have filed 38 complaints against BDA, and the real estate regulator has disposed…
Bengaluru: The high court passed an interim order directing authorities to not enforce the revised Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) regulations against National Solar Energy Federation of India and others, including wind energy producers.Under CERC’s new Deviation Settlement Mechanism (DSM) regime, which came into effect from April 1, stakeholders are required to declare in advance…
