City police and Central Crime Branch nabbed five individuals, including a Sudanese woman, seizing over 15 kg of drugs valued at Rs 23 crore BENGALURU: In a joint operation, the city police and sleuths from the central crime branch arrested five persons, including a Sudanese national woman.They seized over 15 kg of drugs — mainly…
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ‘ಗುಂಡಿಯೂರು’ ಆಗಿ ಪರಿವರ್ತಿಸಿರುವ ಆಡಳಿತಾರೂಢ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯವನ್ನು ಖಂಡಿಸಿ, ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾದ ಟಿ.ಎ. ಶರವಣ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ಬುಧವಾರದಂದು ರಸ್ತೆ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗಿಡ ನೆಟ್ಟು ವಿನೂತನ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. ಗೋವಿಂದರಾಜ ನಗರದ ಪೇಟೆ ಚೆನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಕೈಗಾರಿಕಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶದ ಮಾಗಡಿ ಮುಖ್ಯ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು. ಈ ರಸ್ತೆಯಲ್ಲಿನ ‘ಯಮ ಗುಂಡಿಗಳಿಗೆ’ ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಮೂವರು ಅಮಾಯಕರು ಬಲಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಗುಂಡಿಗಳಿಂದಾಗಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ ದುರಂತವನ್ನು ಖಂಡಿಸಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು, ನಂತರ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್…
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ಅರಣ್ಯ ಸಂಪತ್ತು ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಮೌಲ್ಯವೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಕೊಲ್ಲುವವರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಕಠಿಣ ಕ್ರಮ ಶತಸಿದ್ಧ ಎಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಖಡಕ್‌ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅರಣ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ನಾಶ ಮಾಡಲು ಮುಂದಾಗುವವರು ಎಷ್ಟೇ ದೊಡ್ಡವರಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಮುಲಾಜು ನೋಡದೆ ಕಾನೂನು ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದಾಗಿ ಅವರು ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟಪಡಿಸಿದರು. ಬುಧವಾರ ವಿಧಾನಸೌಧದ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ವೆಟ್ ಹಾಲ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಣ್ಯ, ಜೀವಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಸರ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ 71ನೇ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಸಪ್ತಾಹದ ಸಮಾರೋಪ ಸಮಾರಂಭ ಹಾಗೂ…
MANDYA/ BENGALURU: A family outing ended in tragedy as two women drowned and four others, including two children, were missing after gates of the Markonahalli dam built across Shimsha river in Mandya district suddenly opened on Tuesday afternoon.The village where the tragedy occurred is on the border of Tumakuru and Mandya districts and is 100km…
Bengaluru: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), often hailed as one of India’s best-managed airports, is fast becoming a hotspot of noise and chaos, thanks to incessant honking by cabs and private vehicles. What should be a zone of calm and efficiency has turned into a theatre of blaring horns, frayed tempers, and civic indiscipline, leaving many…
Bengaluru: The govt Tuesday restored administrative powers of the director, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology. The powers were transferred to a govt-appointed administrator in 2024 after allegations surfaced about administrative irregularities in procurement of medicines and medical equipment by the then director.Following the flagging of irregularities by the chief minister’s office in 2023, a three-member…
Bengaluru: India Inc’s average salary increase is projected to edge up to 9% in 2026, following one of the lowest hikes since 2010 at 8.9% in 2025, according to the Aon Annual Salary Increase and Turnover Survey 2025-26 India. Softer inflation is helping sustain real wage growth, even as companies continue to prioritise technology adoption,…
Bengaluru: Nearly 1,000 pre-university (PU) lecturers in Bengaluru breathed a sigh of relief after chief minister Siddaramaiah announced that they would be exempted from caste survey work since they were already assigned examination duties. However, educators are skeptical since the govt is yet to issue a formal circular. Examination and survey responsibilities had raised concerns…
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old student with earpods died while crossing railway tracks near Nagenahalli in Yelahanka Tuesday morning. Shashikumar G, from Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, was a final-year BBM student at a private university in Yelahanka.His uncle Vasudev told police Shashikumar had exams and left home around 6.30am. He was heading towards Veerannapalya bus stand to…
Bengaluru: The govt will consider including Ramayana and its author, Maharshi Valmiki, in the school curriculum, chief minister Siddaramaiah said Tuesday. Addressing a gathering at Valmiki Jayanti celebration in Bengaluru, the CM said, “Former minister VS Ugrappa has demanded that the state include Maharshi Valmiki and the Ramayana in the school curriculum. It will be…
