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 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

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,

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

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

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

بنگلور۔10؍مارچ(سالار)چیف الیکشن کمشنر او پی راوت نے آج کہا کہ اب تک32کروڑ سے بھی زیادہ آدھار نمبرس ووٹرشناختی کارڈس کے ساتھ لنک کئے گئے ہیں۔ اسوسی ایشن فارڈیموکریٹک ریفارمس (ADR)جو ایک غیر سرکاری ادارہ ہے کے زیر اہتمام یہاں بنگلور میں منعقدہ14ویں قومی کانفرنس کے مقام پر نامہ نگاروں سے بات کرتے ہوئے

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a massive breach of security, Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice Vishwanath Shetty, a retired judge of the Karnataka High Court, was stabbed thrice in his stomach in his office on Wednesday. The accused gained access to the Lokayukta office in the guise of an advocate intending to lodge a complaint.

BENGALURU: Last year, a guard in Bandipur died in a forest fire. On Saturday, a forest officer was killed by an elephant when he was inspecting a blaze in the DB Kuppe forest range near Kabini. 50 hec In the first 34 days of this year, fire alarms from Karnataka forests went off constantly, with

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath would be in Karnataka on Tuesday evening to address the culmination of Jan Suraksha Yatra largely covering coastal areas. In a repeat of what the BJP did in Kerala, the yatra in Karnataka was on for the last four days to instil confidence among t

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Janadhikara Sangharsha Parishath, an NGO, against the Karnataka Lokayukta which had rejected its complaint against 78 MLAs. These MLAs had moved an impeachment motion against Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B Adi. A division b

The State government has organised job melas in 23 districts over the last year, got jobs for over 1,72,000 persons under Kaushalya Abhiyan programme and several lakhs of youth trained to face interviews, said Muralidhar Halappa, chairman, Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC). Mr. Halap