Women staff and women’s organisations had accused Dr. H.C. Lokesh, Associate Professor in the Department of General Medicine at Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, who was holding additional charge of District Surgeon, of misconduct. | Photo Credit: Prakash Hassan Shivamogga The District Surgeon of Hassan, who was removed from the post by the Department of … Read more
In a move to clarify the ongoing confusion surrounding the cancellation of Below Poverty Line (BPL) cards, the Congress government in Karnataka issued an official order today. The order instructs the Food Department to take immediate action, ensuring that only the BPL cards of individuals who are income taxpayers or government employees are canceled. The … Read more
The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge for CBI Cases on Friday convicted and sentenced three men, including two former branch managers of a nationalised bank, to one to three years of imprisonment and slapped a fine of ₹52 lakh in connection with a bank fraud case amounting to ₹12.63 crore. The … Read more
The festival is designed to create environmental awareness through films. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The All Living Things Environmental Film Festival (ALT EFF) 2024, a platform dedicated to raising awareness about environmental issues, is set to take place from November 22 to December 8 across India. Launched in 2020, the festival promotes environmental awareness through … Read more
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
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
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
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 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
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