Bengaluru: Globalisation of fast-food culture and its contribution to economic growth in India have led to increased obesity among adolescents, medical experts opined Saturday.“Before the 90s, when the economy of our country was not open, we used to have good healthy Indian thali food, which contained all the nutrients and was more balanced. It used…
Cybercop suspended for swiping suspect’s cash, valuables in Bengaluru BENGALURU: A head constable from Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS) has been suspended for allegedly stealing Rs 11 lakh in cash, a mobile phone, a gold ring, and an Omega wristwatch. These items were kept in a bag found in the SUV of a suspect involved…
BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar has termed the notice issued to him by Delhi Police’s economic offences wing (EOW), in connection with the National Herald case, as “shocking” and alleged it was meant to “harass” him.“There is nothing in it. It is our money, and we can give it to anyone we…
Bengaluru: In a decisive affirmation of transparency in cooperative institutions, Karnataka Information Commission (KIC) has ruled that the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is a ‘state’ body and unequivocally falls under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Extending this position further, the commission held that all its district-level unions, including Bamul (Bangalore Urban, Rural…
Bengaluru: With IndiGo’s flight cancellations continuing for the fifth straight day on Saturday, thousands of passengers across Bengaluru and beyond were pushed into a frantic search for alternative ways to travel. What began as an inconvenience quickly spiralled into a costly, chaotic ordeal as travellers scrambled for other flights, only to find them priced outrageously…
Bengaluru: The chaos at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) may have eased Friday night, but for hundreds of stranded passengers, the ordeal continued. Even as IndiGo continued to cancel flights, passengers spent up to 10 agonising hours sifting through piles of abandoned baggage — some damaged, some missing — as assurances of refunds did little to…
Bengaluru: As Bengalureans wait eagerly for the Dec 2026 launch of Namma Metro Blue Line from Central Silk Board to KR Pura — tipped to be a game-changer for the chronically clogged Outer Ring Road (ORR), which is home to over 500 companies and 1.3 million tech workers — the govt will set up a…
Bengaluru: Deep within the dense jungles of Chamarajanagar, an unusual transformation is quietly unfolding — driven not by infrastructure or heavy machinery, but by some of nature’s tiniest yet most powerful engineers—stingless bees.The National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), launched an ambitious initiative to convert tribal…
Bengaluru: A final-year BA LLB (Hons) student from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is among six Indians selected for the Rhodes Scholarship.Manhar Bansal, from Muktsar in Punjab, will head to the UK to study at the University of Oxford now. With an interdisciplinary focus on philosophy and literature, he intends to pursue…
Hassan: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Saturday said Karnataka is likely to see a revenue shortfall of about Rs 12,000 crore this year due to reduced GST collections.The govt had projected Rs 1.2 lakh crore in tax revenue, he stated. “But there will be a shortfall of Rs 12,000 crore, and even reaching Rs 88,000 crore will…
