Police remove NSUI members who protested in Bengaluru Tuesday, demanding resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar Bengaluru: The NDA Tuesday urged governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot to intervene and put an end to registration of criminal cases against those filing Form-7 objections during the ongoing SIR, arguing that filing such objections is a “statutory right” and that…
Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar BENGALURU: Women govt employees across Karnataka will no longer need to justify their need for menstrual leave with their sanctioning authority, as the state govt Monday ordered automatic approval of all such leave applications through the Kartyavya app.In a move aimed at ensuring menstrual leave remains an entitlement rather than a…
Somashekhar, a deputy inspector general of Karnataka Prisons, was arrested for serious corruption allegations BENGALURU: In a major crackdown on corruption within the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Services, a deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Prisons), Kalaburagi zone, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in releasing a life-term murder convict using forged Supreme Court…
Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai interacting with students of the Govt First Grade Women’s College, Puttur, on Saturday Mangaluru: Expressing unhappiness that educated youths from coastal districts are failing to secure govt jobs, Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai said students must attempt every competitive exam.“Whenever the academic results are announced each year, students from Dakshina…
A woman recounted her intense journey through Bengaluru’s traffic while trying to catch a train BENGALURU: A woman’s frantic three-hour journey to cover just 19km through peak-hour Bengaluru traffic has drawn attention online after she shared a video recounting how she raced against time to catch a train to Kerala.The woman said she started from…
Indian trap shooter Neeru Dhanda’s 2026 Asian Games gold in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, rewarded her years of hard work and family sacrifices. With two golds and a silver in trap shooting, she became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in a shotgun event. As she prepares to lead the Indian contingent…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only The battle over Airbnb-style short-term rentals is moving from individual housing societies to a wider debate over how residential flats can be used, with residents in cities including Noida, Ghaziabad and Bengaluru raising concerns over security, noise, parking and the growing movement of strangers through residential neighbourhoods.The latest flashpoint…
Bengaluru: Department of school education and literacy has appointed nodal officers to ensure that the conditions are met for the results-based lending (RBL) programme under which it has taken a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).As per plans, over the next four years (up to academic year 2029-30), the state govt will invest Rs…
Bengaluru: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V Anbukumar Thursday directed electoral registration officers (EROs) across 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka to initiate legal action against applicants who knowingly submit false declarations in electoral roll application.This follows a six-hour dharna by chief minister DK Shivakumar and his cabinet colleagues over alleged attempts to delete eligible voters through…
The patient had undergone a palliative bidirectional Glenn procedure in 2004 and continued periodic follow-ups. (Representative Image) BENGALURU: Ajay (name changed) had walked into a Bengaluru hospital for evaluation of a health complaint. But within hours, the 26-year-old, who had lived with a complex congenital heart condition since childhood, suffered a sudden cardiac arrest and…
