Bengaluru: Around 70% of foreigners who adopted from Karnataka in the past six years chose children with special needs, while less than 2% of Indians did so, according to data from the Directorate of Child Protection.There have been 155 inter-country adoptions since 2020-21 in the state, including 108 children with special needs, who were adopted…
Bengaluru: Panic gripped the KSRTC bus terminal between 7.30pm and 8.30pm Tuesday after an abandoned black suitcase was spotted a day after the Delhi Red Fort blast. Alerted by the public, patrol police rushed to the spot and called in the bomb disposal and anti-sabotage squads.According to police, after scanning the bag with metal detectors…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, which is undertaking socio-economic and education (caste) survey, extended the deadline for online submission of the survey to Nov 30.According to the order released by the commission, the extension was made to ensure wider participation and allow all individuals and families who could not submit their forms…
Belagavi: Demands for a separate North Karnataka state has resurfaced with renewed force ahead of the winter session of the legislature, with Congress MLA Bharamagouda (Raju) Kage of Kagwad constituency in Belagavi writing to chief minister Siddaramaiah seeking statehood for the region. Kage, who also serves as chairman of North-West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, wrote…
Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar’s scheduled visit to New Delhi on Saturday (Nov 15) has reignited speculation over Congress’s reported CM seat-sharing pact and an impending cabinet reshuffle. While Siddaramaiah is said to be pushing for a cabinet rejig to consolidate his hold on the govt, the Shivakumar camp is reportedly…
The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Bengaluru is experiencing a mild morning on November 11, 2025, with a forecast of patchy rain, a high of 26.5°C, and a low of 18.5°C, following yesterday’s ‘poor’ air quality which…
Bengaluru: Even as the state govt intensifies efforts to reduce the maternal mortality rate (MMR) through better deployment of human resources, the underperformance of primary health centres (PHCs) and community health centres (CHCs) remains a concern.PHCs and CHCs are the first contact points for child deliveries. As per data, out of 880 PHCs operating round…
Bengaluru: Abhay Karandikar, secretary at the Department of Science and Technology (DST), said that currently only about 10% of startup funding in India is directed towards deeptech ventures. The Department of Science and Technology has recently set up a Rs 1 lakh crore R&D and innovation (RDI) fund to provide patient capital to deep-tech startups…
Bengaluru: At first glance, the quiet, green-and-brown-coloured ‘Windmills of Your Mind’ in Whitefield looks like any other upscale Bengaluru enclave. But step inside on a weekend morning, and you might find a group of women gathered — not sipping coffee, but crocheting strings of flowers and leaves from leftover yarn.What began as a small attempt…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka unit of Congress Monday handed over more than 1.1 crore signatures collected from across the state besides supporting documents on the party’s allegations of large-scale vote theft in the country to national party president Mallikarjun Kharge. After submitting the signatures packed in ballot boxes — symbolising votes being cast — in New…
