(File photo) Voters are taking significant steps during the Special Intensive Revision period to correct discrepancies in the electoral rolls BENGALURU: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) claims and notices period, running from Aug 24 to Oct 22, covers 43.8 lakh voters who have been asked to provide documents establishing their place and date of birth….
Bittu Tabahi aka Surendra Singh Choudhary from Madhya Pradesh joins volunteers in clearing over two tonnes of legacy waste along the boundary of Turahalli Reserve Forest in Bengaluru. Bittu Tabahi aka Surendra Singh Choudhary from Madhya Pradesh joins volunteers in clearing over two tonnes of legacy waste along the boundary of Turahalli Reserve Forest in…
Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar Friday declared a war on illegal firearms in Karnataka’s forests, offering amnesty to those surrendering arms by Nov 1 and warned others of punitive action.The directive comes nearly a month after an encounter with alleged poachers near Hanur and seizure of a cache…
Bengaluru scientists are training dogs to detect cancer using breath samples ( AFP image) BENGALURU: The test begins with something almost deceptively simple: A person breathes into a specially designed mask for about 10 minutes.There is no needle, no scan and no elaborate procedure for the person being tested. What the mask captures, however, is…
Bengaluru: Congress govt in Karnataka has ordered that only the first two stanzas of Vande Mataram be sung at its programmes, with an exception at events attended by the president, vice-president, prime minister or governor.The order follows a decision taken by the state cabinet on the playing or singing of the national song at government…
Entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani BENGALURU: Election Commission has also generated notices for entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani and his family members under the ‘no-mapping’ category.Bengaluru South City Corporation officials said the notices were generated as they had not provided details of their names in the 2002 voter list.BSCC commissioner Ramesh KN said officials would check the records for…
File picture of Satish Jarkiholi alongside Congress state president BK Hariprasad Bengaluru: Enforcement Directorate searches at the premises of PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi, his daughter and Chikkodi MP Priyanka Jarkiholi and their associates have added a new dimension to Congress’ internal wrangling and has shone the spotlight on Jarkiholi’s political future ahead of the 2028…
Restriction on goods vehicles during rush hours will continue BENGALURU: Bike riders have won a reprieve on two of Bengaluru’s busiest elevated roads as the govt slammed the brakes on its proposed ban on two-wheelers amid mounting commuter protests and growing congestion on the roads below.Under the revised plan, on the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA)…
Two wheelers take the express way flyover on Airport road as restriction relaxed a bit during peak hours to ease the traffic in Bengaluru on Friday. Bengaluru: Two-wheeler riders have won a reprieve on two of Bengaluru’s busiest elevated roads, with the proposed ban on bikes being put on hold amid mounting commuter protests and…
Bengaluru: Karnataka govt’s 40 departments received more than 25,000 grievances and requests during the inaugural Prajaseva Abhiyan meetings held across the state on Saturday, with officials calling the massive response an early test of the state’s newly established department.Of the total count, 23,524 were grievances and 2,258 were requests. The Prajaseva, a repurposed Sakaala launched…
