Recent Views 8 Vijayapura: The announcement by CM Siddaramaiah that the government has decided to establish a medical college in Vijayapura on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model, during his recent visit to Almatti, has not gone well with the locals.Earlier, medical education minister Dr Sharanaprakash Patil had hinted that the proposed new medical college would be on…
Recent Views 9 R Vaishali (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: A round-robin format like the Candidates was always going to have a fair share of surprises for every player, and India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu was served a cold one on Sunday evening at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Cyprus.Just twenty-four hours earlier,…
Recent Views 9 Belagavi: Mohan R. Kulkarni, advocate, educationist, and philanthropist, aged 80, passed away on Aug 19. He was a govt advocate and former chairman of the Karnataka Law Society, Belagavi. He was also the chairman of the governing council of Raja Lakhamgouda Law College. He was cherished by KLS management members, the principal,…
Recent Views 14 BMTC runs one of the largest city bus fleets in India, and the Metro network is fast improving. Yet, many are reluctant to take these public transport systems, which are the only real solution to the city’s infamous traffic congestion. Last mile connectivity – from homes and inside massive biz campuses –…
Recent Views 5 Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India now accounts for about 16% of global economic growth and is positioned to become a key driver of world expansion in the coming years.Speaking at the ET Now Global Business Summit, Modi said the current decade has marked a phase of unprecedented development for…
Recent Views 10 Balloon cylinder blast near Mysuru Palace kills 1 (Picture credit: PTI) MYSURU: A 42-year-old balloon seller died and four people, including three tourists, were injured after a jumbo cylinder used to fill balloons with helium exploded in front of Mysuru Palace’s main entry gate late Thursday.Ruling out foul play, police sources said…
Recent Views 12 With the death of SL Bhyrappa, Kannada literature has lost one of its commanding voices. He was a writer who insisted that novels must ask unsettling questions of a civilisation and of the reader. Few writers in India combined his scale of mass appeal with intellectual ambition. He was a bestseller, a…
Recent Views 7 US stocks fell sharply on Friday as renewed fears around artificial intelligence-driven disruption, a stronger-than-expected inflation reading and rising geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment.The S&P 500 declined 0.8%, heading toward what could be only its second losing month in the past 10. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 569 points, or…
Recent Views 8 Virat Kohli (R) with Anushka Sharma (in cap) in London. (Image: Trend_VKohli/X) Former India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma were recently spotted in London, as shared by a fan account on social media. The 36-year-old cricketer has been in London with his family since early June following his…
Recent Views 7 Experts note that currency depreciation and global challenges, including India-US trade negotiations, may restrict market movement. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened flat in trade on Thursday. While Nifty50 was above 25,050, BSE Sensex was above 81,700. At 9:20 AM, Nifty50 was trading…
