The bus departs from the Kalaburagi bus stand for Chincholi at 7:30 PM daily The bus departs from the Kalaburagi bus stand for Chincholi at 7:30 PM daily The bus departs from the Kalaburagi bus stand for Chincholi at 7:30 PM daily The bus departs from the Kalaburagi bus stand for Chincholi at 7:30 PM…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Sunday appealed to party functionaries not to bring delegations to him seeking ministerial berths for legislators, asserting that the high command’s decision would be final.The appeal came after supporters of Hungund MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar met Shivakumar at his official residence urging him to induct the legislator into the cabinet.Shivakumar told…
Bengaluru: Lakhs of parents paying school fees in Karnataka are unknowingly shouldering part of the govt’s bill for implementing the Right to Education (RTE) Act.In a fresh attack on the govt, the Karnataka Associated Managements of Schools (KAMS) has alleged that the state’s failure to revise the Per Child Expenditure (PCE) and clear long-pending reimbursement…
Bengaluru: Tumakuru police arrested a YouTuber named Brahmananda Reddy on alleged charges of uploading a video defaming Karnataka deputy chief minister G Parameshwara and Tumakuru deputy commissioner Shubha Kalyan and spreading false news.According to police, an official from social media team of New Extension police station came across the video under the headline ‘DCM Parameshwar…
Padma Ramachandra Sharma wins the first lifetime achievement award for translation Bengaluru: Senior translator Padma Ramachandra Sharma has been chosen for Karnataka Sahithya Academy’s first Lifetime Achievement Award for Translation. The award, instituted for 2025, has been named Padma-Shastri Endowment Award for Translation. It carries a cash prize of Rs 50,000.Born in Mysuru in 1936,…
Bengaluru: East Bengaluru’s recurring flooding, traffic bottlenecks, waste management challenges and illegal constructions are symptoms of a larger problem — explosive urban growth that has far outpaced infrastructure planning, Bengaluru East City Corporation commissioner said during a citizen interaction organised by Whitefield Rising Saturday.The commissioner said the region’s population has multiplied over the past two…
Bhuvana, a 24-year-old Village Administrative Officer (VAO) of Holakallu Gram Panchayat in Tumakuru died in an accident while on her way to SIR work Bengaluru: The simmering criticism over SIR took a tragic turn Saturday after a 24-year-old village administrative officer (VAO), was knocked down by a truck while she was on her way to…
Bengaluru: A routine bike-taxi ride to work on June 17 turned into a life-altering ordeal for city-based interior designer Sani Krishna, reigniting concerns over the safety of bike-taxi services and the accountability of aggregators. Travelling from Byrasandra to her office in Domlur, she met with a severe accident barely a kilometre into the ride.The 32-year-old…
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls continues to flout Election Commission of India guidelines, with booth level officers (BLOs) increasingly replacing mandatory door-todoor verification with centralised camps despite a recent warning from the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO).Burdened by the task of carrying kilos of paper for documentation and under pressure…
BENGALURU: Parents can soon remotely monitor their kids at daycare centres. The alleged abuse of toddlers at a daycare centre operating inside Capgemini’s Brookefield campus has prompted the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) to make CCTV cameras with live streaming access for parents mandatory at all daycare centres in Bengaluru.KSCPCR chief…
