Bengaluru: If you plan to burst firecrackers to celebrate any occasion, better do it within the limits of the law. For, if you do so at the wrong place and time, you are likely to get caught quickly.As part of a five-day pilot project, police installed AI-based software in surveillance cameras put up across the…
Over the past decade, though Karnataka‘s farm economy was marked by wide fluctuations, sugarcane alone accounted for nearly three-fourths of the state’s crop output by weight — with high production, sugarcane consistently outstripped the output of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and commercial crops combined in the past 10 yearsFor sugarcane growers in Karnataka, their vast fields…
BENGALURU: A new ‘scrutiny layer’ introduced in the revenue litigation system is expected to bring greater efficiency and reduce pendency of cases that fall outside the department’s jurisdiction, Rajender Kumar Kataria, principal secretary (revenue), said.Kataria said the step is crucial because litigants often approach revenue courts in parallel with civil court proceedings, leading to duplication…
Former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said the Mahagathbandhan had an agenda of taking Bihar to the next level of development, while NDA only sought to divide people BENGALURU: Samajwadi Party national president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday said he had told Congress that ‘vote chori’ (vote theft) was a…
Bengaluru: The annual Krishi Mela at the GKVK campus concluded Sunday with a record number of visitors attending the four-day fair. According to the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru, the event saw 54.1 lakh visitors, including farmers and the general public — up from 34 lakh last year.Krishi Mela 2025 witnessed business worth almost Rs 4.8…
Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar has dimissed speculation that he was preparing to step down as the state Congress president, stressing that he remains a “disciplined soldier” of the party. His remarks came amid renewed chatter about a possible reshuffle in the Siddaramaiah cabinet following the chief…
BENGALURU: A senior executive, 57, at an MNC lost Rs 31.8 crore to a digital arrest scam after months of relentless coercion by a cybercrime syndicate. The gang monitored her over video calls — even during hospitalisation — and threatened that any misstep would lead to her arrest and put her family at risk.Her ordeal…
Bengaluru: After much delay, the Panathur-Balagere stretch of the Outer Ring Road, which was closed for concretising work, is set to reopen for traffic from Monday. The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) had in Oct taken up the concretisation at Panathur S-Cross, which had been pending for years.While a traffic police advisory Saturday said, “Due to…
Bengaluru: As pollution levels continue to rise across the city and its outskirts, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) is drawing up a set of measures aimed at improving air quality and addressing the increasing contamination of lakes and waterbodies.Acknowledging the alarming rise in PM2.5 levels — a potential cause for a range of respiratory…
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old advocate from Ullala has accused an unidentified man of sexually harassing her and snatching her phone while she was walking her dog at II Cross, Upkar Layout, Jnanabarathi, around 10.30pm on Nov 7.In her complaint, she said the man approached asking to pet the dog. When she tried to leave, he allegedly…
