PES University suspended an adjunct faculty member, Muralidhar Deshpande, after a video surfaced showing him allegedly insulting a minority student BENGALURU: A video of a faculty insulting a student from a minority community in PES University went viral on Friday, prompting the university to suspend the faculty. Muralidhar Deshpande, an adjunct faculty with the private…
Mysuru: Families of those who had died due to an oxygen shortage at Chamarajanagar district hospital on May 2, 2021, during the Covid-19 crisis, are set to get govt jobs after a five-year wait. Appointment letters will be handed over to 31 victims’ kin on April 21 during chief minister Siddaramaiah’s visit to Chamarajanagar. The…
Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian Premier League (IPL) matches BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday defended demands by Congress legislators seeking VIP tickets for Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, saying they were entitled to them as members of the…
The accused, identified as Abdul Rehman Sharif BENGALURU: A medical college professor has been booked for allegedly proposing to a student during a lecture, an incident that sparked outrage, protests and violence on campus. The accused, Abdul Rehman Sharif, who is attached to the Department of Microbiology, was called for inquiry by police. “In the…
BENGALURU: Legislators across parties played on the front foot on Thursday, demanding four complimentary tickets for each lawmaker for matches played at Karnataka State Cricket Association’s Chinnaswamy Stadium, including the upcoming edition of IPL.Ahead of Saturday’s IPL opener between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad, the lawmakers flagged “disrespect” at the stadium and sought better…
Bengaluru: Traffic restrictions will be imposed for three days from Friday at busy Marathahalli junction in the tech corridor to facilitate the launch of Metro girders across the bridge on Outer Ring Road as part of Blue Line project.The curbs will be in force between 12am and 3am. All vehicles from HAL side heading towards…
Bengaluru: An alleged extramarital affair ended on a brutal note with a 16-year-old boy and his homemaker-mother stabbing a woman and her younger brother to death in their house at HMT Layout, Peenya, Thursday.The victims are homemaker Yamuna Mallegowda, 36, and her brother Sudeep, 34, a factory worker. The boy and his mother were arrested…
BENGALURU: A white Lamborghini, now under scrutiny for a daring doughnut stunt in the city’s core early Saturday, pulled off a similar act barely 100 metres away within 15 seconds, police said Wednesday, citing CCTV footage.Police investigations said the sports car, belonging to Ricky Rai, son of former don and activist late Muthappa Rai, carried…
A Bengaluru police inspector has come under scrutiny after audio clips and messages surfaced, allegedly showing him attempting to pursue a relationship with a woman known in police records as the city’s first female rowdy-sheeter. “What are you doing, daalu (darling)? Why are you not speaking to me?”BENGALURU: A Bengaluru police inspector has come under…
Chaos erupted at Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences after Professor Mohammed allegedly proposed to a student in class, claiming she reciprocated his feelings. BENGALURU: A chain of events turned Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in T. Begur near Nelamangala, Bengaluru Rural, into a battleground after a controversial classroom episode involving…
