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20 BDA, Palike officials booked for encroachment
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) on Thursday registered six cases against 20 serving and retired officials of the BBMP and BDA in connection with encroachments on stormwater drains. A few...
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Panel favours medical colleges by corporates
A high-level committee has recommended to the government to allow corporates or business houses to set up medical colleges across the country. The panel said such colleges would be free to determine...
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All taxis to charge govt-set fares: HC
Clamping down on surge pricing by app-based cab service providers like Ola and Uber, the Delhi High Court on Thursday set August 22 as the deadline after which such entities and other taxi operators...
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CBI chargesheets Isro ex-chief in Antrix-Devas case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday named former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair and seven others in a chargesheet for causing a "wrongful gain" of Rs 578 crore to private multimedia...
View ArticleParty hopping gains momentum in election-bound Uttar Pradesh
The next Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh may be a good seven months away, but party hopping has already started in the state with as many as a dozen sitting legislators switching loyalties within a...
View ArticleClassrooms may go smart from Sept under NDMC
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will soon start implementing its smart classroom project in its schools. The work is likely to begin in the first week of September. The project will be...
View ArticleClass V girl sexually assaulted by teacher
A Class V student was allegedly sexually assaulted by her teacher at a municipal corporation school at Kirari in outer Delhi's Aman Vihar.When her parents went to the school to complain, her father was...
View ArticleK'taka flavour in 'Bharat Parv' festival on Rajpath today
Flavour of Karnataka can be witnessed on the lawns of majestic Rajpath, in the national capital, from August 12 to 18, where the "Bharat Parv" festival will take place. As part of the Independence Day...
View ArticleDelay in switching over to biometrics
Absentee babus and those shielding them seem to be posing a tough challenge for the Delhi administration which is struggling for two years to ensure biometric attendance at all its offices.The...
View Article'Driverless' trains begin trial run on Magenta Line
The Delhi Metro on Thursday started trial runs on Okhla Vihar to Kalkaji Mandir section using its new "driverless" trains.This 9.5 km long stretch is part of the upcoming Magenta Line from Janakpuri...
View ArticleMadikeri Dasara: delegation to CM to seek more funds
Member of Legislative Council Veena Achaiah on Friday said a delegation will be taken to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to celebrate forthcoming Madikeri Dasara with pomp and gaiety.Participating in an...
View ArticlePlan to axe trees for new DC office evokes mixed response
The proposal for cutting down of trees on the German Press premises in Siddhartha Nagar here, for the construction of the new deputy commissioner's (DC) office evoked mixed response from people during...
View ArticleCSIR-CFTRI signs MoU with State Mango Development Corporation
The city-based CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited...
View ArticleRandeep takes charge as new Mysuru DC
BRandeep, a 2006 batch IASofficer, assumed office as the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru district here on Friday. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) TVenkatesh handed over the charge to the new DC at...
View ArticleElaborate security to ensure safe Independence Day
With the low-intensity explosion at the District Court Complex in the city on August 1, is still fresh in minds of the people, The district administration is taking no chance on security arrengements...
View ArticleForeigners adopt orphaned special children in Hassan
These specially-abled children, who were deprived of parents' love and care, have found new 'foreign' parents.Poorvik, a baby boy, and Gowthami, a girl child, who were brought up at Tavaru Charitable...
View ArticleBhaskar Shetty murder: suspects in police custody
The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court on Friday remanded Rajeshwari and Navaneeth Shetty --- the wife and son of businessman Bhaskar Shetty and the suspects his murder case --- in police...
View ArticleMahadayi tribunal gets 1 more year
The Ministry of Water Resources has granted a one-year extension to the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal to pronounce its order on the interstate water dispute.The tenure of the tribunal, supposed to...
View ArticleCyber crimes: ACP suggests simple preventive steps
Assistant Commissioner of Police (South sub-division) Shruthi NS cautioned people, especially youngsters from getting addicted to cellphones, a first step to prevent them from falling prey to cyber...
View ArticleState may file SLP over interim verdict
The state government is planning to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the recent order of the Mahadayi river water disputes tribunal. Sources in the state Water Resources...
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