Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has decided to withhold salary for 2,300 enumerators who have been absent without permission during the ongoing socio-educational survey in Bengaluru. The enumerators are likely to face suspension.The extensive caste survey held by the govt, along with Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, which aims to gather data from 46…
Bengaluru: These are the unsung heroes of the print media world — the vital link between the printing press and the reader. Without them, our mornings would be incomplete. The rustle of a freshly delivered newspaper, the smell of ink and paper, and the joy of holding the day’s headlines over a cup of freshly…
Bengaluru: The decision to ally with BJP for upcoming local body polls, including Greater Bengaluru, zilla panchayats, and taluk panchayats, has left JD(S) and BJP cadres uneasy as they fear fewer opportunities to contest elections independently. The decision was announced by party supremo HD Deve Gowda himself and is seen as a move to lay…
Bengaluru: A recently busted digital-arrest call centre in Bengaluru had its network far and wide beyond Indian shores, taking US and Canadian citizens for a ride, accusing them of their involvement in drug trafficking, placing them under digital arrest and asking them to wire money to set the victims free.TOI, in its Monday’s edition, had…
Bengaluru: In a pre-dawn operation, Lokayukta police raided 12 govt officials after booking cases of disproportionate assets against them. Apart from Bengaluru, raids were carried out in Davanagere, Kalaburgi, Haveri, and Bagalkot.V Sumangala, director of Karnataka Board of Secondary Education (research and training) and currently under suspension over alleged involvement in irregularities in e-waste tenders,…
Bengaluru: A silent yet steady threat is casting its shadow over the population of the Indian Roller — the vibrant, colourful state bird of Karnataka, which is popularly known as Neelakantha.Airing concerns over its declining numbers in recent years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially reclassified the Indian Roller (Coracias Benghalensis)…
Bengaluru: Two persons, including a travel agency owner, were arrested Monday on charges of illegally storing firecrackers without following safety measures.Srinivasa NV, 40, a resident of Muneshwaranagar on Ullal Main Road, brought crackers from Tamil Nadu and stored them illegally in a house in Samruddhi Layout. Cops seized 317 boxes of crackers worth Rs 10.1…
Bengaluru: The fourth National Tobacco Testing Laboratory (NTTL) for testing, research, and public health regulation of tobacco products was inaugurated at Nimhans in Bengaluru on Tuesday.The new laboratory is equipped to conduct comprehensive chemical and toxicological analysis of tobacco products, supporting the enforcement of regulatory standards and promoting scientific evaluation aligned with national and international…
Bengaluru: Provided there are no delays, tourists will be able to enjoy cable car rides above Nandi Hills by 2027, as the land acquisition process atop the hills nears completion.According to sources in the tourism department, the acquisition of 3.5 acres of private land required for the upper terminal will be completed in Nov this…
RV Deshpande (Image Credit: TimesContent) KARWAR/BENGALURU: The Congress govt in Karnataka, which claims its flagship five guarantee schemes have boosted the state economy, faced embarrassment as party veteran RV Deshpande mocked the programmes.“God knows who advised (CM) Siddaramaiah. If I were the CM, I would not have implemented (these schemes),” Deshpande, an eight-time MLA and…
