Following the Supreme Court direction, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the re-revised results of NEET-2024 on Friday (July 26). No student from Karnataka has made it to the top-20 in this list. Padmanabh Menon emerged as the State topper with All India Rank 21 (AIR) by securing 716 marks out of 720 (99.9990143 percentile). … Read more
Congress MLA and former minister B. Nagendra was arrested in connection with an alleged multi-crore scam at the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN A special court in Bengaluru remanded former minister Bt. Nagendra to judicial custody for 14 days on July 22. The Congress MLA from Ballari Rural … Read more
Deputy Commissioner B. Susheela visited people who were hospittalised in Kembhavi town, on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT As many as 53 residents, including 15 children, of Janatha Colony at Mudanur (B) village in Shorapur taluk of Yadgir district suffered from vomiting and diarrhoea from Friday evening, after consuming suspected contaminated drinking water. According … Read more
Ballari Rural MLA B. Nagendra, who resigned as Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports, and Tribal Welfare in Karnataka following allegations of irregularities in the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, has been arrested by the ED. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) detained former minister B. Nagendra, the Congress MLA … Read more
Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil expects the new airport to be ready by 2035. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K The Karnataka government will need to acquire 3,000 to 5,000 acres of land for setting up a new international airport as big as Kempegowda International Airport in north Bengaluru with a … Read more
Student activists in Mysuru have hit out at the National Medical Commission (NMC) for penalising medical colleges in the State. “NMC had issued notices to several medical colleges penalising them for not reaching the prescribed standard required to run a medical college. As many as 13 government medical colleges and 11 private medical colleges have … Read more
A view of the double-decker flyover, which is ready for inauguration, on Monday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), coming down on the Congress government for the delay in opening the double-decker flyover, said if the flyover was not inaugurated in the next week, they would do so. Work on … Read more
A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death on Monday allegedly by her male friend at a house in Hosakote, who later tried to die by suicide on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Hemavathy, a native of Andhra Pradesh. According to the police, she was working as an attendant at a fuel station and was … Read more
In the wake of thousands of trekkers and tourists being spotted in the trekking paths of Mullaiyanagari and Ettinabhuja in Chikkamagaluru district during the weekend of June 15, 16, and 17, Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has sought a report from Forest Department officials. Mr. Khandre said that despite having an online ticketing system in place … Read more
A file photo of food stalls in a bus stand. The general perception is that instances of violation of norms are more among shops and establishments in crowded and busy areas, like bus stations, which have a floating population. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has warned shops and establishments … Read more