Karnataka

Bengaluru: From how Indian herbs boost gut health to strategies for rejuvenating rivers, schoolstudents are tackling real-world challenges with scientific rigour.The Anveshana Project Showcase 2025, hosted by Prayoga Research Institute on Friday marked the end of Prayoga’s fully-funded eight-week national research programme. TOI spoke to some of the student researchers about their subjects and research….

Bengaluru: Anekal police in Bengaluru Urban district arrested three people on charges of abetting the suicide of a 41-year-old manager of a cooperative society.Prakash, who worked at Haragadde Agricultural Cooperative Society in Anekal, was found hanging inside the bedroom of his Jigani residence late Wednesday night.With a relative’s help, his wife P Hemavati shifted him…

Bengaluru: A 22-year-old woman, who was allegedly experiencing post-partum depression after giving birth to a boy, walked over 2km from Vani Vilas Hospital to Lalbagh Botanical Garden early Saturday morning and ended her life by jumping into a lake there.The deceased is N Jenisha Nath, a resident of Sarjapur and originally from Nepal. The incident…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court refused to quash proceedings against eight people, primarily executives of two nationalised banks, in connection with a multi-crore cheating case involving Metal Closures Company.In 2018-19, B Prashanth Hegde, managing director of the company, filed complaints with Bengaluru city police, alleging that the chief financial officer (CFO) and deputy CFO perpetrated…

Bengaluru: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals working in the state’s education sector have called upon govt school teachers to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching methodologies to improve quality of education. This appeal was made during a panel discussion at Tech for a Better Tomorrow conclave, held at the International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore.Despite…

Bengaluru: A drug syndicate, involved in peddling hydroponic weed, was busted in Bengaluru and Bhopal by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Aug 20, in a pan-India operation codenamed ‘WeedOut’. DRI sleuths seized 72kg of hydroponic weed and arrested six persons, including the syndicate’s kingpin.A simultaneous operation was conducted late Wednesday evening at Krantiveera…