Bengaluru: Anticipating a surge in power demand during the peak summer months, the state govt on Friday directed all Electricity Supply Companies (Escoms) to put in place comprehensive advance measures to ensure uninterrupted and adequate power supply across Karnataka, while strictly avoiding load shedding under any circumstances. Energy department officials indicated that the state’s power…
Bengaluru: Two Nepalese siblings working in the city were arrested on charges of beating up a food-delivery agent over a minor accident on Kaggadasapura Main Road, Byappanahalli, on the night of Jan 4.The accused — Jagat Pradeep, 28, and his younger brother, Dharma, 20, residents of Hoodi — worked as security guard and housekeeping staff,…
Bengaluru: A 23-year-old food delivery agent has been arrested for allegedly flashing a student outside her Kothanur residence and groping her later in the evening on Jan 5.Police were able to trace the suspect, Maniruddi Khan, a resident of Hegdenagar and native of West Bengal, as the 19-year-old college student had noted the licence plate…
Bengaluru: When Artificial Intelligence (AI) can generate algorithms instantly, what will be a computer scientist’s core role?This was the question shot Friday to Turing Award winner Prof Jeffrey D Ullman, whose books form the basis of engineering curriculum worldwide. Ullman replied: “We are still builders. Vibe coding is a process where you prompt an LLM…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka urban development department published a ward-wise reservation list Thursday for the five city corporations formed under the Greater Bengaluru Authority. The notification includes the number of wards reserved for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, Category A and B of Backward Classes, and the general category candidates in each corporation.Out of the 369 wards…
Bengaluru: In a crackdown on unsafe and unlicensed accommodation, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Thursday inspected 321 paying guest (PG) facilities across Bengaluru central city limits, sealed two establishments for gross hygiene violations, and levied fines totalling Rs 58,000.The drive followed a tragic incident that killed one person and injured two in a cylinder blast…
Bengaluru: A special court for elected representatives in the city Friday granted bail to 25 men arrested in connection to the Jan 1 Ballari clash, in which one Congress worker, identified as Rajashekhar, was killed.However, the court rejected the bail petition of Gurucharan Singh, a private gunman of Sathish Reddy, an aide of Congress MLA…
Bengaluru: Spain’s Pedro Martinez produced a solid all-round performance to reach the final of the Bengaluru Open at the SM Krishna tennis stadium here on Friday. The 28-year-old registered a 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over Frenchman Matteo Martineau in a contest that lasted one hour and 38 minutes.It was a match of contrasting sets. The…
Bengaluru/Mangaluru: Karnataka will soon send a delegation to President Droupadi Murmu seeking her intervention to protect Kannada-speaking residents in Kerala’s Kasaragod district against what it terms “imposition of Malayalam” through the proposed Malayalam Bhasha Bill, 2025.On Friday, CM Siddaramaiah wrote to his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan, strongly objecting to the bill. He said that for…
BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said he would comply with the Congress leadership’s decision appointing him as a senior observer for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, asserting that party discipline leaves him with no choice. Shivakumar was named senior observer for Assam along with former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel…
