Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar BENGALURU: The department of collegiate education has directed govt first-grade colleges to prohibit students from taking selfies or shooting reels during educational tours, citing safety concerns. Tour duration, including travel, is capped at five days.These instructions are part of a detailed set of safety guidelines issued for college excursions on Sept…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has granted relief to a govt school teacher by annulling his marriage, observing that “consent for marriage obtained by staring down the barrel of a police complaint is no consent at all”.A division bench comprising Justice DK Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan made the observation in an order passed last…
Bengaluru: A woman’s chance meeting with a man during a trip to Tamil Nadu in July turned into friendship in Bengaluru within days. In weeks, the man started allegedly harassing her, threatening to kill her and make her “disappear into Pakistan” if she ended their friendship. He claimed he was an undercover police officer to…
The injured woman has been identified as Madhumitha BENGALURU: Panic gripped JP Nagar 3rd Phase on Thursday morning after a 26-year-old nurse was allegedly chased and attacked with a machete and acid by her husband over a marital row near a private clinic, leaving shocked onlookers and passersby fleeing for safety amid the sudden assault.The…
Bengaluru: The proposal to scale down the double-decker flyover from 37km to 11km will shortly be placed before the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) Board for a final decision, potentially bringing an end to the prolonged uncertainty surrounding the ambitious road-and-Metro project.Sources said that BMRCL has managed to convince the state govt to reconsider…
Bengaluru: An 18-year-old daily-wage labourer was killed after unidentified miscreants picked a quarrel with him and allegedly dropped a heavy stone on his head while he was sleeping by the roadside in KJ Halli.The deceased has been identified as Mahesh, a welder, who used to sleep in different public places after finishing his day’s work….
BJP Dakshina Kannada district president Sathish Kumpala addresses the media in Mangaluru on Tuesday Mangaluru: BJP Dakshina Kannada district president Sathish Kumpala has urged the Karnataka govt to announce financial allocations along with development projects at the first cabinet meeting to be held in Mangaluru.He told reporters on Tuesday, that merely announcing projects would serve…
The problem with Bengaluru traffic is not merely that roads are crowded. BENGALURU: Bengaluru has plenty going for it. It has the jobs, the technology industry, a huge startup ecosystem, a young workforce and weather that many other Indian metros can only envy. For years, these have helped make the city one of India’s biggest…
Bengaluru residents today can power homes filled with lights, fans, appliances and gadgets with the flip of a switch. But more than a century ago, electricity was still a new and unfamiliar luxury in the city — and having a single electric bulb at home could cost just Re 1 a month. Bengaluru’s electric-lighting story…
Acclaimed theatre director, scholar and arts administrator Chidambara Rao Jambe, fondly known as Jambe in theatre circles, passed away in Sagara Taluk on Saturday afternoon at the age of 77.After training in Yakshagana and graduating from the National School of Drama (NSD), Jambe served as the principal of Ninasam Theatre Institute for over two decades,…
