Bengaluru: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has suspended a driver-cum-conductor who allegedly told transport minister Byrathi Suresh to get off a bus when the latter, who was travelling incognito, could not give the exact fare of Rs 6 to buy a ticket.The action follows the minister’s reality check Saturday night (July 11), during which he…
Bengaluru: Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Janata Dal (S) MLA H D Revanna on an appeal filed by the Karnataka govt challenging his discharge in a sexual harassment case filed by a former domestic help.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran sought Revanna’s response to the state’s plea…
Bengaluru: Social media platforms have emerged as an unlikely hunting ground for Karnataka’s forest department. As poachers, particularly those from Kalyana Karnataka and central Karnataka districts, flaunt their hunting exploits and pose with wildlife carcasses online, forest officials are increasingly combing through such posts, tracing digital footprints and turning social media boasts into evidence of…
Bidadi Township row turns violent as broom-wielding farmers attack surveyors Angry women farmers seen with brooms Angry women farmers seen with brooms Bengaluru:The controversy surrounding the proposed Bidadi Township project took a violent turn on Monday morning when scores of broom-wielding farmers beat up land surveyors at Mandalahalli village in Ramanagara-Bengaluru South district.The incident comes…
Shivashankarappa S Sahukar Bengaluru: In an unprecedented move, governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Monday suspended Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) chairperson Shivashankarappa S Sahukar pending an inquiry into allegations of misconduct linked to the recruitment of his two daughters through the commission’s selection process.The governor has also recommended that the President refer the matter to…
One question. A hundred opinions. Zero plans. If your weekend group chat is filled with café recommendations, polls and last-minute cancellations, this Rant & Roast will hit close to home. Every Friday, like clockwork, someone in the group sends the same text – ‘So, what plans this weekend?’ And it brings the group chat to…
A large group of farmers, including women and children, gathered to block the village roads and prevent the officials from entering. (Image credit-Social Media) The confrontation took place at Mandagahalli village, which falls within the Byramangala land acquisition zone. (Social Media) A large group of farmers, including women and children, gathered to block the village…
Bengaluru: Karnataka has emerged as one of the best-performing states in Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, ranking second in both distribution and digitisation of enumeration forms among five states undertaking the exercise.SIR began on June 29 in Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Meghalaya, with all five states following a common schedule…
An M-UTS Sahayak distributes tickets to passengers at KSR Bengaluru Bengaluru: After KSR Bengaluru became the first railway station in the country to deploy mobile unreserved ticket vendors, South Western Railway (SWR) will now expand the feature to five other railway stations in the city.Officially termed Mobile Unreserved Ticketing System (M-UTS) Sahayaks, these vendors carry…
CPM delegation visiting the Ekkur urban health centre, in Mangaluru Monday Mangaluru: A CPM delegation Monday visited two urban health centres (UHC) in Padil and Ekkur which cater to over a hundred patients daily from surrounding MCC wards, including Bajal, Alape South, Alape North, Kankanady, Jeppinamogaru and Kannur.At the Padil centre, except for the doctor,…
