A 22-year-old Integrated MTech student of Indian origin was selected to join Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) team with a package of Rs 1.2 crore per year. Aditya Paliwal is among 50 candidates selected from around 6,000 applicants who appeared for a global test conducted by the technology g

Marking a victory for citizens and activists in Bengaluru, a hoarding was pulled down on Saturday after it was put up for the second time in two months. On May 9, as many as 25 trees were cut down at Green Glen Layout between Iblur and Bellandur junctions to increase the visibility for the advertis

Chitradurga: A 75-year-old man convicted of murdering his wife, suspecting infidelity was sentenced to life imprisonment by the district and sessions court in Chitradurga within just 11 days of the crime. Chennabasaiah, the convicted had battered his wife, Putamma, 65, to death in the wee hours o

Mandya: Parents always tell their children that watching too much TV is bad for them. One family learned this the hard way when they were looted right under their nose while they were still in their house... watching TV. The incident happened on the SBI Bank Road in the Vivekananda locality on th

BENGALURU: The state government plans a crackdown on ‘non-performing’ aided schools and one of its proposals is to cut salaries of teachers if SSLC students perform poorly, a recent circular issued by the education department reveals. The government is in the process of analysing performances of ai

Janata Dal (Secular) leader J.K. Krishna Reddy was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Speaker K.R Ramesh Kumar announced the MLA’s election. He was the only candidate to file nomination papers for the post. Mr. Reddy, 51, was a member of the 13th Legislat

Bengaluru: A cop was given a rather unusual reward after he chased down a thief and brought him to justice despite getting injured in the process. Hanumanth, a policeman attached to the Bellandur police station here, was posted near Big Bazaar on Sarjapur Road on night duty when he heard calls fo

Dharwad: In a horrifying incident, an alcoholic son, angered by his mothers' refusal to give him money to purchase liquor is said to have battered the latter to death in Yalavadala village of Kalagatigi taluk in Dharwad district. The victim has been identified as Shankravva (68). As per reports,

Mysuru: A day after nearly eight auxiliary colouring units that were operating illegally were shut by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) authorities and police cases were filed against the owners of these units, KSPCB along with Tahsildar, Corporation health officials with the help loca

Bengaluru: Acting on a tip-off that a pub located at Bengaluru's Indiranagar was allegedly forcing its women employees to perform obscene acts for the pub customers, the city police, on Saturday night raided the premises and rescued 32 women. Six persons, including the manager of the Mango Tree R

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday waived farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, giving relief to distressed farmers across the state. "I propose to waive farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, with Rs 2 lakh per farmer family," Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced in the Assembly while presenti

Bengaluru: A father and his daughter riding on a bike were thrown off the bridge and washed away in the Krishna river on July 4, as the rider lost control when a sudden gust of strong wind blew. According to an eye-witness, the incident happened on the bridge connecting Galagali-Chikkagalagali wh

Bengaluru: Dinesh Gundu Rao was elevated to the post of the president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee )KPCC) by the Congress high command on Wednesday, July 4. Before this, he was the working president of KPCC having the in-charge of South Karnataka region. Many Congress leaders including

Bengaluru: If you are a Metro commuter and wish to carry a camera during the journey then you might be required to provide your Aadhar details and mobile number. Though providing these details is not mandatory, officials at the Vijayanagara, Vidhana Soudha, Baiyappanahalli, Malleshwaram, Yashwant

Bengaluru: While many of us consider WhatsApp to be a treasure trove of possibilities, some have made use of this treasure in rather untoward ways. The latest in the trend of harassment via WhatsApp is a case involving an ex-employee of a company and his former colleagues. Arun was employed by a

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is setting its foot on an avenue less taken. After private companies showed little interest in its ambitious plan of generating electricity using waste, the BBMP has now decided to do the same itself. The plan is to generate a unit of electric

CHIKKABALLAPURA: A 12-year-old girl student died after a car knocked down a bike on National Highway 234 near Chintamani taluk in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka on Monday morning. The deceased, Srushti, was the pillion rider while her elder brother Umashankar was dropping her to Vidyaniket

BENGALURU: A day after state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa extended an open invitation to dissident JD(S) and Congress MLAs to join the saffron party, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said it's a clear indication of the BJP becoming "weak". Kumaraswamy said: "Yeddyurappa recently admitt