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…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru retained its No. 1 position as the top city for women in India, reaffirming its leadership in creating a balanced ecosystem across social and industrial dimensions. Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad and Mumbai completed the top 5, workplace consulting firm Avtar’s Top Cities for Women in India (TCWI) 2025 report showed. Gurugram stood out among…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet Thursday decided to extend the conversion of B-khata properties into A-khata — exclusive to Bengaluru till now — across all urban centres in the state, a move aimed at increasing property tax revenues and bringing unauthorised properties under the formal regulatory framework.Around 10 lakh properties, including vacant sites, in unauthorised layouts…
Bengaluru: As many as 10 maternity hospitals run by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) are shut across the city because of construction and renovation work, leaving thousands of patients struggling to access affordable maternal healthcare. The closures have forced expectant mothers, particularly from low-income and migrant communities, to depend on private hospitals or travel long…
K’taka opposes Kerala bill enforcing Malayalam in border dist schools BENGALURU: Strains in Karnataka-Kerala relations resurfaced Thursday after Karnataka govt objected to the Malayalam Bhasha Bill, 2025, which seeks to make Malayalam a compulsory first language from Classes 1 to 10 in all govt and private schools, including in Kannada-medium schools, urging governor Rajendra Vishwanath…
BENGALURU: A 35-year-old farmer allegedly beat his father to death late Wednesday night at their Hosadurga residence in Chitradurga district. He was angry with his father, who had married twice, for not arranging his marriage.The accused, S Ningaraja, was arrested on charges of murdering T Sannaningappa, following a complaint filed by his elder brother, S…
Bengaluru: City police probing illegal constructions on encroached govt land in Waseem Layout, Fakir Layout and Old Fakir Layout in Kogilu village, Yelahanka, are set to arrest a third accused in the case.Self-styled activists and Kogilu residents Vijay and Wasim Ulla Baig were arrested earlier this week for their alleged role in the encroachment and…
Bengaluru: A groundbreaking study conducted at Nimhans, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School (USA), has discovered that incorporating yoga as an adjunct therapy significantly accelerates recovery from opioid withdrawal symptoms, nearly halving the recovery time.The research, published in Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry on Jan 7, revealed that patients practising yoga alongside standard…
Bengaluru: A 22-year-old software professional signed up on a dating app, hoping to make some real connections. He soon matched with a profile and started exchanging messages. But little did he know that he wasn’t just speaking to a deepfake girlfriend, created by generative AI, but being trapped in a sextortion scam, where he lost…
Bengaluru: Neighbours cannot be casually dragged into dowry harassment cases, Karnataka high court held recently while quashing criminal proceedings against a woman caught in a matrimonial dispute.Granting relief to Bengaluru resident Asha G in a criminal case, the court set aside the proceedings initiated on a complaint filed by her neighbour Munirathnamma. “A stranger cannot…
