Bengaluru: The demand for hydroponic cannabis is growing in the city — at least 220kg of hydro ganja was seized from peddlers in the past 23 months.Cops seized 20kg and the remaining was recovered by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Nearly 100 peddlers have been arrested so far.“The question of whether hydroponic cannabis is more potent…
Bengaluru: A Bengaluru gifting firm dragged its supplier to the consumer court after a delayed bulk order of copper gift sets arrived with wrong branding, shoddy workmanship, and transit damage, derailing festival-season deliveries. The Bengaluru Urban II additional district consumer disputes redressal commission ruled in the firm’s favour, holding the manufacturer guilty of service deficiency.This…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has ruled that in the absence of any procedure prescribed by the law, the state cannot justify orally summoning rowdy sheeters and detaining them at police stations for long hours, as that would infringe on personal liberty.Justice R Nataraj made the observation while partly allowing a petition filed by Sunil…
ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ, ಡಿ. 10: ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಏತ ನೀರಾವರಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳ ಪ್ರಗತಿ ಕುರಿತು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಬುದುವಾರದಂದು (ಡಿ.10) ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಿದರು. ಕಾಗವಾಡ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ (ಕೆಂಪವಾಡ), ರಾಮದುರ್ಗ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ವೀರಭದ್ರೇಶ್ವರ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಲಾಪುರ ಏತ ನೀರಾವರಿ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆದ್ಯತೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವಂತೆ ಅವರು ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೂಚಿಸಿದರು. ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರ ಏತ ನೀರಾವರಿ ಯೋಜನೆ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಅಥಣಿ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ 22 ಬರಪೀಡಿತ ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳ 27,462 ಹೆಕ್ಟೇರ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಿಗೆ…
More than 200 pedestrians get killed on Bengaluru roads every year BENGALURU: For a city that prides itself on being India’s tech capital, Bengaluru remains alarmingly dangerous for people who walk its streets. Police data reveal that nearly 28% of all road fatalities in the city involve pedestrians — a pattern that shows no signs…
Bengaluru: A 23-year-old factory worker was arrested on charges of abetting the suicide of an MSc student in Ramanagara, Bengaluru South district. The accused, Chitra Lingaiah, alias Abhilash, worked at a factory in Kumbalagodu. On Monday, II-year MSc student Varshini was found hanging in her Vibhutipura residence. Her death note blamed Abhilash for the incident:…
Bengaluru: Two-thirds of rural students who use social media daily don’t know what its powers are. A new QuestAlliance study across five states found most marginalised youth — though scrolling for hours and even chatting with AI tools — remain clueless about what artificial intelligence really is. The gap is stark: while ITI students in…
Bengaluru: Five years after transforming the filthy stretch under Agara flyover near Silk Board, people returned with brooms and paint Sunday as garbage and dust had again crept back. Over 200 volunteers from KPMG Global Services (tax group), along with Bengaluru South city corporation (Bommanahalli division) officials and members of The Ugly Indians undertook a…
Bengaluru: Every Friday, long before the city wakes up, engineers and senior officials of Bengaluru North city corporation assemble at the Byatarayanapura control room. By 6.30am, commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar joins them, and within the next half an hour, phone-in lines start buzzing.For the next two hours, the team works non-stop — three phone lines…
Bengaluru: Following the Supreme Court’s directive asking authorities to map stray dogs around educational institutions, hospitals, and other public establishments, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has identified more than 8,000 institutions across the five city corporations and documented over 3,500 stray dogs.The mapping exercise is part of the SC-mandated process that requires institutions to report…
