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Karnataka State Reserve Police association writes to Siddaramaiah against IPS officers

MYSURU: Close on the heels of a recent letter from the president of IPS Officers Association to Chief Secretary K Ratna Prabha, office-bearers of Karnataka State Reserve Police Employees Association, Mandya, have written to both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the chief secretary alleging irregulari

Karnataka to expand Mobileye’s Automotive Safety Innovation project

BENGALURU, MARCH 15: Encouraged by the progress made in its ‘Automotive Safety Innovation’ project with Intel India – along with Mobileye, an Intel company – as its technology advisor, the Karnataka government has announced its commitment and vision in making Karnataka roads safer for its citizens.

No 'direct' impact on Karnataka polls due to UP results: Parties

The Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha bypoll results will have no "direct" bearing on the coming assembly polls in Karnataka where the electoral dynamics is different, say political parties. Wilting under the combined onslaught of the SP-BSP, the BJP suffered an embarrassing electoral reverse, losing the G

Karnataka, Maharashtra villages beat cities in providing basic education

Students in Mumbai and Bangalore – two of India’s wealthiest cities with a combined GDP of $410 billion, larger than that of Norway — are falling behind in the core areas of maths and language, scoring notably worse than their counterparts in rural areas, according to a new nationwide test. Despi

Karnataka Cong bring charge sheet against BJP

Bengaluru: In a counter-attack against the BJP ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, the ruling Congress in Karnataka brought out a ‘charge sheet’ against the saffron party under the title ‘NAmage MOsa‘ (We have been cheated). In the charge sheet, the Congress accused its principal rival of ‘

Karnataka High Court helps transgender woman get job

BENGALURU: In an interim relief to a transgender woman named M Monisha, the Karnataka High Court directed the Karnataka Legislative Council to issue orders appointing her as a D Group employee. The court, however, made it clear that the appointment is subject to the result of the writ petition sh

Despite clause, services continue to be denied over Aadhaar card

Despite recent reiteration by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that no essential services or benefits would be denied to genuine beneficiaries for want of Aadhaar, there have been several such cases across the State. While a major chunk of these denials have been in the Public

Sharp rise in forest fires in Telangana and Karnataka

Alarmed by the extraordinarily high number of fire alerts received during four consecutive days last week, the Telangana Forest Department stepped up forest fire prevention measures across the divisions in the State. Officials have received a total of 7,700 fire alerts since January 1 this year,

Karnataka HC reserves order on Mohammed Haris Nalapad's bail plea

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Monday adjourned the bail plea of Mohammed Haris Nalpad, son of Congress MLA NA Haris, accused of assaulting a 24-year-old youth at a restaurant here, to Wednesday. Nalpad moved the high court after the lower court rejected his bail plea with regard to the a

BJP eyes revival in Karnataka with Adityanath riding its campaign wagon

When Yogi Adityanath was appointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, the Kadri Math in Mangalore erupted in celebrations, an acknowledgement of a deep connection between the Nath sampradaya (tradition) headed by him and the math, an offshoot of it. Last week, Mr. Adityanath addressed a heavily attend

These SSLC students burn the midnight oil at school

The exam fever has reached fever pitch with several cases of class 10 students staying back in schools late into the night completing prep work. In some instances, they spend the entire night in schools, even sleeping there so that they don’t lose precious time commuting. SSLC exam is barely two

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National Human Rights Commission issues notice to Karnataka prisons department in Jai Shankar suicide case

BENGALURU: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Karnataka prisons department for the alleged negligence of prison officials in the alleged suicide case of Jai Shankar, a convict in three rape and murder cases. According to NHRC, a suo motu case has been taken up foll

18 IPS officers transferred in poll-bound Karnataka on Election Commission order

As many as 18 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been transferred in poll-bound Karnataka on the order of the Election Commission (EC), an official statement said. The transfer order was issued on Friday night on the recommendation of the EC ahead of the state assembly election due in late Ap

Self-bag drop facility at Bengaluru airport by July

BENGALURU: The time it takes to drop your luggage at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will soon be reduced as Bangalore International Airport Limited(BIAL) will introduce a self-bag drop facility by July. BIAL officials said passengers opting for we b check-in will soon be able to drop th

On Women’s Day, Bengaluru gets 1st all-women-run railway station

To mark International Women’s Day, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said starting Thursday, Banaswadi railway station here will be run entirely by women. “This is the fifth all-women run railway station in the country, in which all activities at the station will be carried out by women,” Goyal t

Siddaramaiah unveils proposed state flag for Karnataka, calls it ‘sign of Kannadiga pride’

Flagging off the “Kannadiga pride” ahead of the assembly polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday unveiled the proposed official state flag for Karnataka. The ‘Naada Dwaja’ (state’s flag) in hues of yellow, white and red, has the state’s emblem ‘Gandaberunda’ or the two-headed mythological bir

Karnataka elections likely to be held in April or early May

BANGALORE: The much-anticipated assembly elections in Karnataka are likely to be held in April or early May, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The Central Election Commissioner will visit the state and hold meetings with top officials in the first week of March or in the first week of Ap