Bengaluru: Yeshwantpur railway station’s Rs 380-crore facelift is inching closer to reality, with major structural works on the eastern side done and finishing touches under way. However, key upgrades, such as the air concourse and western entrance, are still in progress.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw recently confirmed that only minor finishing touches are needed for the…
Bengaluru: The Dharwad bench of the Karnataka high court directed the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) to consider the promotion of assistant accounts officer Maruthi Rao with effect from April 16, 2018, while allowing his writ petition.Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that the right of an eligible employee to be considered for promotion constitutes a…
ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ: (ವಿಧಾನ ಮಂಡಲ ಅಧಿವೇಶನದಿಂದ) ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ದೈವಾಧೀನರಾದ ಪರಿಸರವಾದಿ ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ ಅವರ ನಿಧನಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಅವರು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿಯ ಚಳಿಗಾಲದ ವಿಧಾನ ಮಂಡಲ ಅಧಿವೇಶನದಲ್ಲಿ ತೀವ್ರ ಸಂತಾಪ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸಿದರು. 114 ವರ್ಷಗಳ ತುಂಬು ಜೀವನ ನಡೆಸಿದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರು ತುಮಕೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಮಕ್ಕಳಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೂ ಮರಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನೇ ತಮ್ಮ ಮಕ್ಕಳಂತೆ ಪೋಷಿಸಿ, ಸುಮಾರು 4,000ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮರಗಳನ್ನು ನೆಟ್ಟು ಬೆಳೆಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಇವರು ‘ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ’ ಎಂದೇ ವಿಶ್ವವಿಖ್ಯಾತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಇವರು ಬೆಳೆಸಿದ ಮರಗಳು ದಶಕಗಳಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯದಾಗಿದ್ದು,…
Bengaluru: A growing but often overlooked crisis facing India’s young men came under sharp focus at a session titled ‘What do men fear? Peeping into the male mind’ at the Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF). The discussion examined how rapid social shifts, rigid expectations, and the absence of supportive spaces are shaping a generation of boys…
Bengaluru: The stakeholders of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Venkatesh Prasad-led panel, which clinched four of the five office-bearer posts in the elections held on Sunday.In a two-way contest, former India pacer Prasad secured a convincing win over KN Shanth Kumar with a margin of 747–558. Former secretary…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Home Buyers Forum (KHBF), an umbrella body representing apartment purchasers across the state, has urged the govt to immediately release the long-pending apartment Act, citing mounting legal complications and non-compliance with key provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.KHBF has been campaigning for effective implementation of Rera, particularly Section…
Bengaluru: In a brazen incident, two miscreants stole 124 litres of diesel from a Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus within a span of just 13 minutes at a fuel station in Rampura village last week.The bus, belonging to depot 47 Mandur, was parked for the night, and both the driver and conductor were asleep…
Bengaluru: The free-spirited mood of literature found an unlikely setting this year as Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) moved from hotel halls to the open grounds of Freedom Park, the city’s former central jail. The left and right barracks, once used to house prisoners, and the space around the old watch tower turned into venues for…
Bengaluru/Belagavi: As many as 95 organisations, mainly farmer groups, have submitted applications seeking permission to stage protests near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha (SVS) in Belagavi as the winter session of the legislature begins in the north Karnataka city Monday.The state administration has prepared designated protest sites, including Suvarna Garden and a hill near Konduskoppa, to accommodate…
Bengaluru: After dilly-dallying, Karnataka govt Sunday raised the maize procurement limit per farmer from 20 quintals to 50 quintals under the support price scheme, responding to mounting anger among growers over falling market prices after a bumper harvest.A corrigendum issued after the govt order said the new cap would be linked to the land extent…
