No traffic allowed on Bengaluru’s Church Street for a week owing to a revamp

No traffic allowed on Bengaluru’s Church Street for a week owing to a revamp

Work under way on Churuch Street on Monday. | Photo Credit: k. bhagya prakash Church Street was closed to traffic on Monday and this will continue for a week, as a private non-profit organisation, which has adopted the maintenance of the road for two years, has taken up repair works.  Several traders are upset with … Read more

PG Medical courses in Karnataka: Counselling from November 18; 500 additional seats  

PG Medical courses in Karnataka: Counselling from November 18; 500 additional seats  

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The counselling process for admission to Post Graduate (PG) Medical courses will begin in Karnataka from Monday (November 18, 2024) and this year, 500 additional seats have been added.  Further, the Medical Education Department has increased the fee for the PG medical seats in private colleges … Read more

36,000 public EV charging guns needed by 2030 to meet demand: Study

36,000 public EV charging guns needed by 2030 to meet demand: Study

About 400 potential spots for setting up the stations have been identified, like IT parks, metro stations, fuel stations, shopping malls, and Regional Transport Office zones, etc. | Photo Credit: file photo A study conducted by the Centre for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy (CSTEP), a Bengaluru-based think tank, shows that in order to … Read more

Medical malpractice destroys profession’s nobility, says BLDE Vice-Chancellor

Medical malpractice destroys profession’s nobility, says BLDE Vice-Chancellor

Dental graduates of S. Nijalingappa Institute of Dental Sciences and Research at the graduation ceremony in Kalaburagi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Terming medicine as a noble profession, R.S. Mudhol, Vice-Chancellor of BLDE (deemed-to-be-university), said that doctors and hospitals deviating from their noble path would lead to the destruction of the profession’s dignity. … Read more

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lists out six points to stress Karnataka is not ignored

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lists out six points to stress Karnataka is not ignored

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the inauguration of Mysuru Sangeetha Suganda Music Festival, at the KSOU Convocation Hall in Mysuru, on November 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: File photo Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed out six points to emphasise that Karnataka, and particularly Mysuru, a tourist hub, were not neglected by the Centre. … Read more

DKS terms JPC chairman’s visit to Hubballi on waqf issue ‘political drama’

DKS terms JPC chairman’s visit to Hubballi on waqf issue ‘political drama’

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has termed the visit of Jagdambika Pal, Chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to Karnataka as a ‘political drama because of the elections’. Speaking to press persons in Hubballi on November 7, he … Read more

MUDA case: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questioned by Lokayukta police for nearly two hours in Mysuru

MUDA case: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questioned by Lokayukta police for nearly two hours in Mysuru

CM Siddaramaiah arrived at the office of Superintendent of Lokayukta police on Dewan’s Road in Mysuru in a private vehicle in view of the code of conduct for Assembly bypolls, on November 6, 2024.   | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was questioned by the Lokayukta police for nearly two hours in connection … Read more

Deadline for HSRP installation extended till November 30

Deadline for HSRP installation extended till November 30

The HSRP is a tamper-proof number plate that features non-reusable locks, enhancing vehicle security.  | Photo Credit: file photo The Transport Department has extended the deadline for installing High-Security Registration Plates (HSRP) till November 30. The HSRP is a tamper-proof number plate, featuring non-reusable locks. While regular number plates are made by pasting stickers on … Read more

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

A view of High Court of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: SREENIVASA MURTHY V 1. MUDA case: Karnataka HC notice to CM Siddaramaiah and others on petition seeking transfer of probe to CBI The High Court of Karnataka on November 5 ordered issue of notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Central and State governments, the Central … Read more

FIR against HDK, son and JD(S) leader for threatening IPS officer of Karnataka

FIR against HDK, son and JD(S) leader for threatening IPS officer of Karnataka

The FIR has the names of H. D. Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K The Sanjay Nagar police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy and JD(S) leader Suresh Babu for allegedly threatening a senior IPS officer. Based on the … Read more