Bengaluru: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday said the standard of healthcare a patient receives should be at the same level across the state. She was speaking virtually at the 28th convocation of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans).“The standard of care a patient receives in a remote district of Kalyan-Karnataka or…
Bengaluru: A 54-year-old gynaecologist in west Bengaluru faced a harrowing ordeal when her domestic helpers allegedly drugged her and stole valuables, including gold ornaments, cash and mobile phone. The incident occurred on the night of Dec 2 at her Bharath Nagar residence, leaving the family shaken but unharmed. The next morning, Dr Lalitha was found…
Bengaluru: City police arrested a warder with Bengaluru Central Prison on charges of attempting to smuggle cigarettes and a saturated absorbent paper — suspected to be used for packing drugs — into the barracks Friday night.A prison warder (or Prison officer/guard) is a law enforcement professional responsible for the custody, supervision, safety, and discipline of…
Bengaluru: The law and order situation in the state has been stable, home minister G Parameshwara said Friday, ahead of the winter session of the legislature in Belagavi where opposition BJP and JD(S) are set to target the govt over a series of murders and robberies.He said he will present a detailed and “reasonable” account…
ಮಾದಕ ವಸ್ತು ತಡೆದಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಜೈಲರ್ ಮೇಲೆ ರೌಡಿಗಳ ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕ ಹಲ್ಲೆ: ಕಾರವಾರ ಜೈಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಭೀಕರ ಘಟನೆ ಕಾರವಾರ (ಉತ್ತರಕನ್ನಡ): ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾದಕ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಪೂರೈಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬಳಕೆಗೆ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಕಡಿವಾಣ ಹಾಕಿದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ರೊಚ್ಚಿಗೆದ್ದ ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಮೂಲದ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಕುಖ್ಯಾತ ರೌಡಿಗಳು ಜೈಲರ್ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಾರಣಾಂತಿಕ ಹಲ್ಲೆ ನಡೆಸಿರುವ ಗಂಭೀರ ಘಟನೆ ಕಾರವಾರದ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರಾಗೃಹದಲ್ಲಿ ವರದಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಜೈಲರ್ ಕಲ್ಲಪ್ಪ ಗಸ್ತಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ನಿರತ ಇತರೆ ಮೂವರು ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಮೇಲೆ…
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru West City Corporation (BWCC) has identified three locations to establish shelters for stray dogs that will be captured from institutional areas in line with the Supreme Court order. A BWCC statement Friday said that a proposal for handing over these locations was submitted to the state govt.The locations include the Central Relief…
Bengaluru: Thousands of Namma Metro passengers on the Purple Line faced hardship Friday morning as BMRCL partially suspended services between Mysuru Road and Challaghatta for nearly one-and-a-half hours after a design engineer jumped on the tracks and ended his life at Kengeri station.Shantagoud Police Patil, 38, was crushed under the driver’s cabin of a train…
Bengaluru: With the ongoing wave of IndiGo flight cancellations showing no signs of stabilising, airfares on several key routes from Bengaluru have surged to unprecedented levels, leaving passengers stunned, stranded, and scrambling for alternatives.Travellers flying from Bengaluru to Mumbai, a high-frequency business corridor, are reporting fares as high as Rs 49,000, far beyond even the…
Bengaluru: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) — both Terminals 1 and 2 — witnessed scenes of anger and exhaustion as hundreds of stranded passengers chanted “Down Down, IndiGo”, following 391 flight cancellations since Dec 2, including a whopping 292 on Friday alone. The ripple effect of nationwide operational disruptions left travellers with no clarity, no food,…
Bengaluru: Karnataka, which had initially opposed the amendments to the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, has now become the first state in the country to complete uploading all waqf properties onto Umeed, the Centre’s new centralised digital platform for managing waqf records.The Union ministry of minority affairs had set Dec 6 as the deadline for states…
