Bengaluru: Govt Railway Police (GRP) Bengaluru division called for more security measures, such as CCTV cameras, at railway stations after a passenger was sedated and robbed at SMVT station this month.The 21-year-old passenger’s jewellery and cash worth Rs 35,000 were stolen on a train while he was unconscious. Police tracked down the robbers on Jan…
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) penalised 4,353 passengers a total of over Rs 8 lakh for travelling without tickets. In Dec 2025, its security and vigilance wing inspected 43,553 buses across the state. Inspectors also detected pilferage by conductors amounting to over Rs 1.1 lakh. KSRTC said disciplinary action has been initiated against…
Bengaluru: Freedom Park looked less like a conventional festival venue and more like a living classroom over the weekend, as Makkala Hubba, the children’s segment of Bengaluru Hubba, drew families into a series of immersive, hands-on experiences designed to spark curiosity among the young lot.One of the most striking installations was Phytoplankton World, a glow-in-the-dark…
Ballari: A BJP delegation Saturday visited the residence of Congress worker Rajasekhar, who had been killed in a gunfire following a banner row between supporters of the party’s MLA G Janardhana Reddy and Congress legislator Nara Bharat Reddy in Ballari.Led by BJP state president BY Vijayendra, the delegation handed over Rs 10 lakh to the…
Bengaluru: Freedom Park pulsed with energy Saturday as BLR Hubba, the vibrant art and cultural fest anchored by Unboxing BLR and backed by Karnataka govt, drew massive crowds.The festival which kickstarted Friday has a hoard of events across multiple venues, offering something for everyone. At Freedom Park, conscious buyers flocked to the vegan market, where…
Bengaluru: Visvesvaraya Technological University‘s (VTU) internship portal, rolled out to streamline the newly introduced four-month mandatory internship for seventh-semester engineering students, has drawn sharply divided reactions from students, parents, and colleges.The portal was launched as a single-window platform to connect students with companies and curb fraudulent internship certificates. Colleges were directed to ensure that students…
Bengaluru: Lokayukta sleuths Saturday arrested a deputy commissioner of excise and two of his colleagues after catching them red-handed taking a Rs 25-lakh bribe to clear liquor and microbrewery licences.Deputy commissioner Jagadeesh Naik, 57, superintendent of excise Thammanna KM, 41, and excise constable Lakkappa Gani, 31, were trapped around 12.30pm inside Naik’s chamber at the…
Bengaluru: Even as Bengalureans worry that a proposed 5% hike in Namma Metro fares in Feb could further pinch household budgets, the issue has snowballed into a full-blown political slugfest between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP, with both sides trading blame and absolving themselves of responsibility.The debate, which comes in the run-up to…
Bengaluru: A day after meeting senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar has cancelled his scheduled visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, citing official engagements in New Delhi and Bengaluru.In a statement issued Saturday, Shivakumar’s office said the DCM has a series of meetings lined up with…
ಹನೂರು: ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ಸಮಾಜವೂ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಹೊಂದಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯ ಎಂದು ಹನೂರು ಶಾಸಕ ಎಂ.ಆರ್. ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಪಟ್ಟರು. ತಾಲೂಕು ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯ ಕಾಡಂಚಿನ ಗ್ರಾಮವಾದ ಗಾಣಮಂಗಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 3.82 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ವೆಚ್ಚದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿರುವ ಮಹರ್ಷಿ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ವಸತಿ ಶಾಲೆಯ ನೂತನ ಕಟ್ಟಡವನ್ನು ಲೋಕಾರ್ಪಣೆಗೊಳಿಸಿ ಅವರು ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು. ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಗೆ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟದ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ದೊರಕಬೇಕು ಎಂಬ ಸದುದ್ದೇಶದಿಂದ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ವಸತಿ ಶಾಲೆಗಳ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಆದ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಈ ಹಿಂದೆ…
