Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Ward Delimitation Commission has proposed a total of 368 wards across the five newly constituted city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority.The state govt Tuesday released the draft ward delimitation under GBA as part of the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act- 2024, which came into force on May 15, 2025.Using 2011 census population data…

Mangaluru: Activist Mahesh Shetty Thimarody, who was booked under the Arms Act by the Belthangady police, was summoned to appear before the police on Monday. However, the activist reportedly failed to appear. It may be recalled that the Belthangady police issued a first notice to Thimarody, an activist fighting for justice for Sowjanya, on Sept…

Bengaluru: Prajwal Revanna, former JD(S) MP from the Hassan parliamentary constituency, filed a criminal appeal in the Karnataka high court, challenging his conviction and life sentence imposed by a special court in Bengaluru on Aug 2.He was convicted and sentenced for repeatedly raping his domestic help in Holenarasipur and Banashankari in Bengaluru city, and for…

Bengaluru: A 29-year-old man allegedly killed his 27-year-old wife by stabbing her multiple times and later ended his life in their rented house on Ullal Main Road Sunday.The deceased woman, Manju P, was a native of Kallakurchi district in Tamil Nadu, and her husband, Dharmaseelan Ramesh, was from Viluppuram in the same state. Dharmaseelan was…

Bengaluru: Social media platform X Monday said it was “deeply concerned” by a Karnataka high court order that, according to the company, empowers “millions of police officers” to issue arbitrary content takedown notices through a new portal called Sahyog.X has said it will appeal the Sept 24 order as part of its broader effort to…

Bengaluru: Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) are in for a major upgrade, aimed at making students more employable and industry-ready as the govt plans to use a Rs 1,386 crore loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to revamp 120 institutes, improving infrastructure, workshops, machinery, and instructor training. “We want ITIs to become hubs of employment. This…

Bengaluru: The state govt’s ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ initiative generated nearly 5,600 jobs between 2021-22 and 2024-25, data from Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) shows. Of 126 firms that launched operations in Hubballi-Dharwad, Mangaluru, and Mysuru clusters, 51 entered in 2024-25 alone contributing 1,500 jobs. A 1,000-seater global tech centre is slated to become operational this year,…

Bengaluru: Yet another death on city roads, and yet again the issue of potholes is front and centre.A 20-year-old student died on her way to college, after she was run over by a speeding truck near Budigere Cross on Monday. Dhanushree, the victim, a resident of Virgonagar, was a second-year BCom student at a private…

Gadag: A private person is allegedly receiving VIP treatment in Morarji and other residential schools run by the social welfare department in Gadag district. According to photos and videos available with TOI, he sat on the headmaster’s seat, checked food, documents, and the library, planted saplings as a guest, and even instructed teachers and other…