Bengaluru: Karnataka govt has transferred its prominent Tirupati guesthouse from the muzrai department to the tourism department as part of efforts to professionalise operations and improve services for the growing number of pilgrims visiting the Andhra Pradesh temple town.Tourism secretary Trilok Chandra told TOI that Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) will soon invite separate…
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…
Bengaluru: South Western Railway (SWR) has warned of strict action against those dumping garbage and construction debris on railway land even as it launched a major drive, in coordination with Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and the city’s five civic corporations, to clear waste accumulated along tracks in Bengaluru within the next two months.On Saturday, minister…
The traditional “Software as a Service” (SaaS) business model is officially dead, a top executive at data analytics giant Palantir has declared. Danny Lukus, a deployment strategist at Palantir Technologies, claims that the rise of generative AI has made the old, expensive method of buying and configuring mass-market software completely obsolete.According to a report by…
The United States of America, which is the largest producer of oil, holds the second largest strategic oil reserves, followed by Japan. (AI image) Did you know that China holds the largest strategic oil reserves in the world? Amid ongoing disruptions due to the US-Iran war and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, this fact…
Netherlands’ Justin Kluivert (7) reacts after a missed penalty. (AP Photo) Football can be cruel, and for the Kluivert family, it delivered an extraordinary case of history repeating itself. Nearly 26 years after Patrick Kluivert’s heartbreaking penalty miss ended the Netherlands’ European Championship dream, his son Justin Kluivert endured an almost identical fate as the…
Sanju Samson and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: Agencies) Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has questioned India’s decision to pick Sanju Samson ahead of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the first T20I against Afghanistan.Samson returned to the Indian team but managed only 10 runs off nine balls as India beat Afghanistan by seven wickets at the Arun Jaitley…
SRINAGAR: Three universities in Kashmir have terminated academic agreements with a US-based NGO, Kashmir Care Foundation (KCF), following internal reviews amid a buzz that intelligence agencies had flagged concerns over its activities.University of Kashmir, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) issued orders cancelling…
Tanushree Dutta has once again spoken out about the alleged existence of a ‘Bollywood mafia’, linking it to the deaths of actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Jiah Khan.In a conversation with Meri Saheli, the actor claimed that both stars were “troubled” and questioned the circumstances that led to their deaths. ‘If there was no mafia,…
Mangaluru: Police arrested a youth for allegedly sharing communal and provocative posts on social media following a murder in the city. The accused is Pavan Acharya,22, from Kaup in Udupi district.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH stated that in connection with the circulation of communal and provocative posts on social media in the aftermath…
