Bengaluru: As chief minister Siddaramaiah readies to inaugurate the newly built ramp at Hebbal Junction on Monday, congestion at the busy intersection is all set to reduced by 30%. But it comes with a warning: The much-awaited project could create fresh choke points at Mehkri Circle.The 700-metre ramp, integrated with KR Pura loop, is expected…
Bengaluru: A staggering 81% of posts for teachers in 171 educational institutions run by BBMP are lying vacant, shows civic body’s data. Only 147 of the 761 sanctioned posts are filled. Instead of filling up posts, guest, or ad-hoc, teachers run the show.BBMP has 93 kindergartens, 17 primary schools, 35 high schools, 20 pre-university colleges,…
Bengaluru: While the rest of Bengaluru waved flags and listened to speeches on Independence Day, a group of residents at Gunjur, in the backyard of the city’s tech corridor, picked up shovels. Their mission: To fill the potholes that the civic agency wouldn’t and the govt didn’t care about!Frustrated by years of civic apathy, over…
ಹರಿಯಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಪರೂಪದ ಘಟನೆ: ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಆದೇಶದಂತೆ ಮರು ಎಣಿಕೆ; 51 ಮತಗಳ ಅಂತರದಿಂದ ಸರಪಂಚ್ ಆದ ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಹರಿಯಾಣ: ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ಸುದೀರ್ಘ ಕಾನೂನು ಹೋರಾಟದ ನಂತರ, ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಅಕ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಬಯಲಿಗೆಳೆದ ಘಟನೆಯೊಂದು ಹರಿಯಾಣದ ಪಾಣಿಪತ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಬುವಾನಾ ಲಖು ಗ್ರಾಮದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ನಡೆದ ಇವಿಎಂ ಮತಗಳ ಮರು ಎಣಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ 51 ಮತಗಳ ಅಂತರದಿಂದ ಜಯಗಳಿಸಿ, ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಹೊಸ ಸರಪಂಚರಾಗಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 2022ರ ನವೆಂಬರ್ 2ರಂದು ನಡೆದ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ…
Bengaluru: The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has urged the govt to fully adopt the state education policy (SEP) to drive significant transformation in the education sector. It opined that the new policy can instill the strength needed to face the challenges of the new generation.KDA chairman Purushotham Bilimale wrote to chief minister Siddaramaiah and education…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru South RTO, widely known as Jayanagar RTO, has now found a new address in the far south of the city. The KA-05 RTO office is being shifted to Anjanapura on Kanakapura Road.It operated for nearly 45 years at Jayanagar — including 11 years from BMTC’s TTMC building on rent. Built at a cost…
Bengaluru: A special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act cases has found a 26-year-old man guilty of raping a minor girl. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 25,000.MC Raghu of Nyanappanahalli, a driver, was arrested by Hulimavu police in 2023 after the 14-year-old survivor filed a complaint…
Bengaluru: A week after the mysterious death of 20 peacocks near a farm in Tumakuru’s Madhugiri taluk, forensic tests confirmed the national birds were poisoned. Toxicological analysis of visceral samples collected from the carcasses detected traces of a lethal fungicide, forest officials revealed.On Aug 3, three male and 17 female peacocks were found dead near…
Bengaluru: Visitors on safari at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) panicked Friday afternoon when a leopard reportedly lunged at a 12-year-old boy seated inside a bus operated by KSTDC (Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation). The boy who was sitting by a window of the bus suffered scratches, BBP said.According to BBP officials, the incident occurred during…
Kolar: Srinivaspura police Thursday detained 12 Bangladeshi nationals, including four children, and sent them to detention centres in Tumkuru and Nelamangala.According to police, two men moving around suspiciously at Srinivaspura were picked up for questioning. They admitted to working as rag pickers and revealed that several acquaintances were living in camps near Nandagudi, doing the…
