Bengaluru: The govt faces a major hurdle in implementing recommendations of the Justice HN Nagamohan Das Commission on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs), as concerns grow over possible duplication of claims by nearly five lakh individuals.The commission, which submitted a 1,766-page report on Monday to the govt, has proposed 1% reservation for 4,75,954 individuals…
Bengaluru: OpenAI has begun rolling out its long-awaited new model, GPT-5. The headline-grabbing feature is that it’s free for all users, though with strict usage limits for the free tier. The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, told reporters virtually in a press conference ahead of the worldwide launch of the new model that he thinks people…
Bengaluru: As expected, the cabinet, under immense pressure from sections of the Scheduled Caste community,Thursday deferred a decision on implementing internal reservation and announced a special cabinet meeting on Aug 16 to take a final call on the issue.The move comes days after the Justice HN Nagamohan Das Commission submitted its 1,766-page report recommending reclassification…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old girl from the Central Business District (CBD) area had the shock of her lifetime when she found her private videos uploaded on social media platforms. The videos she shared with a friend had also surfaced on pornographic websites, giving her a traumatic time.Clara (name changed), a graduation student at a private college,…
Bengaluru: The city’s battered roads and slow-moving civic works have now begun affecting school-going children. On Thursday morning, several school buses were caught in massive traffic snarls for more than an hour near Balagere T-Junction on Outer Ring Road, leaving pupils stranded in slush and missing the first hour of class.With rains worsening the situation,…
Bengaluru: Two police constables and a woman homeguard were assaulted during a pallaki utsava near Sri Muttumariyamma Temple in Janakiram Layout, Lingarajapuram, Sunday afternoon. The three were deployed to ensure security during the palanquin procession. When two groups started fighting over a petty issue, they tried to pacify them but were assaulted and even their…
Bengaluru: Titan Company reported a 52.5% year-on-year increase in net profit to Rs 1,091 crore for the June quarter, supported by strong performances in its jewellery and watches businesses despite elevated gold prices. The Tata group firm’s revenue rose 24% to Rs 16,628 crore during the same period. Sequentially, it rose to about 11% from…
The Yellow Line of Namma Metro — a much-awaited corridor meant to decongest traffic-clogged routes like Silk Board and Bommasandra — is finally ready to open. But instead of high-frequency relief, commuters will have to contend with 25-minute gaps between trains. The reason: only three trains are available for operations at launch. That’s barely enough…
Bengaluru: Following multiple instances of children being asked to clean toilets, the department of school education and literacy has decided to allow local administrations to appoint agencies for housekeeping work at govt schools.Asking students to wash school toilets has triggered controversy several times in the past. The latest was when two teachers in a southwest…
Bengaluru: The state govt Thursday presented to the high court a copy of the Justice John Michael Cunha inquiry commission report on the June 4 stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium which left 11 people dead.A division bench, headed by Justice Jayant Banerji, reviewed the report and adjourned the hearing to Monday. This was to allow the…
