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…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based couple Danish Abdi and Vrushali Prasade created history by becoming the first pair to complete a side-by-side open-water swim from Sri Lanka to India along the historic Ram Setu route.The duo covered nearly 32 kilometres across the Palk Strait on May 7, beginning their swim from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka at around 4:30…
Bengaluru: Nearly 22% of teachers’ posts in Karnataka government schools are vacant, a NITI Aayog report said, placing the state among those with a significant staffing gap in school education.Against the total sanctioned strength of 1,78,935 for 41,088 government primary schools, there’s a shortage of 38,163 teachers.Quoting from project approval board meetings of 2025, the…
Auto driver booked for alleged sexual harassment of student in Bengaluru (Image used for representational purpose only) BENGALURU: A 19-year-old undergraduate student alleged that an auto driver sexually harassed her while she was walking on Promenade Road at Cleveland Town in east Bengaluru.A resident of JC Nagar, the first-year BSc student at a private college…
Tension prevailed near Govt Mother and Child hospital in Chintamani, Chikkaballapur district, Monday after relatives of a 23-year-old woman, who died days after undergoing a tubectomy, refused to accept her body and demanded action against doctors concerned.Narmada, a resident of Batlahalli village in Chintamani taluk, was admitted to hospital on April 23 for the procedure….
