Bengaluru: No decision has been taken to increase funds for eggs in midday meals, department of school education (midday meals) said at a review meeting Thursday.Schools across the state have been urging govt to increase money allocated for eggs. The authorities provide Rs 5 for an egg and Re 1 for logistics. However, retail price…
Alua Nurman took a selfie with Magnus Carlsen (Photo from @ChessbaseIndia) NEW DELHI: A simple selfie request turned into an unexpected situation at the Grenke Freestyle Chess Festival in Germany. Just before their match, Kazakh player Alua Nurman asked Magnus Carlsen for a selfie. He agreed without hesitation and posed with her. However, right after…
Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy Monday warned employees of state-run road transport corporations against participating in the statewide bus strike scheduled for Wednesday, stating that disciplinary action will be initiated against those abstaining from duty.The warning comes after the joint action committee (JAC) of transport unions decided to go ahead with the agitation over wage revision…
Wall Street’s main indices traded cautiously on Monday after last week’s record-setting rally as renewed concerns over stalled US-Iran peace talks and rising oil prices weighed on investor sentiment, Reuters reported.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat in early trade, slipping 3.54 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 49,605.62.The S&P 500 rose 11.38 points,…
Star batter Virat Kohli has started his preparations for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season, taking part in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) training session at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. During the nets, Kohli faced Bhuvneshwar Kumar, setting up a contest within the squad ahead of the new season.A video from the session showed Bhuvneshwar…
NEW DELHI: A row over parking a Fortuner killed a man a little after 2am on Monday in East Delhi’s Preet Vihar.Pankaj Nayyar (34) was shot dead outside his family’s home in a five-storey building allegedly by neighbour Gaurav Sharma, who had moved in six months earlier as a tenant. Pankaj was killed in front…
Bengaluru: Medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil confirmed that there will be no fee hike for medical and dental seats in the state this year.“Students are already under stress and anxiety due to the ongoing NEET controversy. We do not want to burden them any further. We categorically told the private college associations that there…
Mangaluru: A food inspector intercepted a pickup vehicle allegedly transporting illegally procured Public Distribution System (PDS) rice in Mangaluru.The complainant, food inspector Prasanna Kumar Pakkala, received information on Tuesday at 5.30pm while in Mangaluru that PDS rice was being loaded into a pickup vehicle at Bajpe with the intention of selling it for profit. To…
JAGDALPUR: With Left-wing extremism (LWE) crushed, the camps set up by the security forces in the remote Bastar region to run anti-Naxal operations are being repurposed to serve the local population with doorstep delivery of a range of govt benefits, right from Aadhaar and ration card generation to banking and healthcare services.Union home minister Amit…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday advised Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay not to include the rebel AIADMK group in his government, saying he must stay true to the mandate. Speaking to news agency PTI, Congress leader Karti Chidambaram said people voted for a government that excludes both the AIADMK and the DMK. He added that…
