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All eyes will be on the meeting between chief minister Siddaramaiah and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, likely to take place in Bengaluru Saturday. BENGALURU: All eyes will be on the meeting between chief minister Siddaramaiah and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, likely to take place in Bengaluru Saturday. Kharge arrived from Delhi Friday night amid renewed…

Bengaluru: Former PM HD Deve Gowda has been re-elected unopposed as JD(S) national president and his son and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy as the party’s Karnataka unit chief. The decisions were confirmed at the JD(S) national council meeting held at JP Bhavan, where delegates unanimously approved both appointments.Party functionaries who attended the meeting resolved that…

By R Prashanth VidyasagarTo understand Bengaluru beyond its tech corridors and traffic loops, you have to step into the neighbourhoods that shaped its early character. And there’s perhaps no better place to start than Malleswaram — one of Bengaluru’s oldest, most culturally alive neighbourhoods. A place where century-old temples sit com fortably beside hip cafés,…

Bengaluru: Italy’s top diplomat in the city, Giandomenico Milano, has given in to the charms of the iconic masala dosa. “I can eat masala dosa every day — it’s my favourite breakfast in Bengaluru,” declared the Consul General of Italy in Bengaluru as he unveiled the 10th edition of Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo…

Bengaluru: GBA is set to launch a major crackdown on illegal parking with the revival of full-scale towing operations across the city. As part of the initiative, the authority will procure 10 new towing vehicles — two for each of the five municipal corporations — and hand them over to traffic police stations. The move…

Bengaluru: The 64th annual conference of Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine brought together specialists, aircrew and scientists at Institute of Aerospace Medicine here on Nov 20-21.Air chief marshal AP Singh, chief of air staff, inaugurated the meeting with the theme, Innovations in aerospace medicine: Infinite possibilities, and set the tone for discussions on emerging tools…

Bengaluru: The opposition BJP Friday released a half-term report card of the Congress govt, accusing chief minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar of neglecting administration amid the reported power-sharing disputes.Opposition leader in the legislative assembly, R Ashoka, said governance had “completely collapsed”, while tax increased and law and order situation deteriorated. “Increasing taxes during…

Bengaluru: The state labour department has revived its proposal to impose a Re 1 cess on petrol and diesel to finance an enhanced social security scheme for unorganised workers, two years after the plan was first floated.The idea, initially mooted soon after the Congress govt took office, had faced objections from chief minister Siddaramaiah and…