Karnataka

Bengaluru: Anticipating a heavy rush after the extended Independence Day weekend, Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) will operate Yellow Line trains earlier than usual on Monday. The first services from RV Road and Delta Electronics Bommasandra stations will roll out at 5am on Monday.As per release, BMRCL said this is a one-day arrangement and…

Ballari: Work on setting up a jeans park at Sanjeevarayana Kote on the outskirts of Ballari has gained momentum, with a tender being floated for the park’s development. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, during the leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ballari, promised that a jeans park would be established there and that jeans manufactured…

Bengaluru: After a decade-long wait for flats, Rera authority has adjudicated in favour of a group of homebuyers as the builder had failed to hand over possession of their units as promised.The Rera order directed the property developer of a Whitefield project to finish pending works, provide occupancy certificates (OCs), and compensate the home buyers…

Bengaluru: When Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) set out to electrify its fleet, the move was hailed as a leap towards cleaner, greener mobility. But a few years into this transition, the shine has dulled. Frequent breakdowns have left the city’s electric buses struggling to stay on the road, raising questions over the viability of…

Bengaluru: A couple was allegedly assaulted with a cricket bat by their neighbours in Vidyamanyanagar near Andrahalli, northwest Bengaluru, on Aug 14 following a quarrel over a child touching a bucket of cattle food.The victims are Sowmya GK, a tailor, and her husband Gangadhar, 39, an auto driver. In her complaint to Byadarahalli police, Sowmya…

Bengaluru: In a move that has sparked concern among conservationists, the Karnataka forest department has allowed Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) to carry out exploration of iron and manganese ores in the Nirthadi Reserve Forest of Holalkere taluk in Chitradurga. The permission clears diversion of 64.7 hectares of forest land — including 27.2 hectares…

Bengaluru: Amid largely bleak findings by the Justice HN Nagamohan Das Committee during its survey of Scheduled Caste (SC) communities to decide on internal reservation, a small but significant positive trend has emerged — Karnataka appears to have achieved near gender parity within its SC population. Leaked excerpts of the committee’s report shows that the…