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Engineer shortage hits civic works across Bengaluru’s five corporations

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Engineer shortage hits civic works across Bengaluru’s five corporations

Eight months after the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) was formed by dissolving the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the five corporations under the GBA are reeling under a shortage of engineers, which is now affecting civic works. According to the GBA sources, nearly 40% of vacancies in the engineering section are yet to be…

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BJP State leaders summoned to Delhi over cross-voting

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BJP State leaders summoned to Delhi over cross-voting

BJP national president Nitin Nabin with Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra, during a recent visit to Bengaluru. BJP national president Nitin Nabin has summoned the party’s State unit president B.Y. Vijayendra, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok, and in-charge of party affairs in the State Radha Mohan Das Agarwal to Delhi on June…

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‘Work on elevated western cross-field taxiway at Bengaluru airport making rapid progress’

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‘Work on elevated western cross-field taxiway at Bengaluru airport making rapid progress’

The Airports Authority of India has issued an Aeronautical Information Publication Supplement stating to inform about the activities during Phase 2 of the construction of a new elevated western coss-field taxiway. Work on the Kempegowda International Airport’s western cross-field taxiway, a critical infrastructure project which will improve smoother flow of aircraft movement and improve safety…

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Karnataka Council elections: Two MLAs expelled by BJP support Congress candidates

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Karnataka Council elections: Two MLAs expelled by BJP support Congress candidates

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar (centre) with MLAs S.T. Somashekar and Arbail Shivaram Hebbarduring elections to seven seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council, in Bengaluru on June 18, 2026. Two BJP MLAs expelled from the BJP, S.T. Somashekar (Yeshwantpur) and Shivaram Hebbar (Yellapur), appeared to have voted in favour of the Congress in the Karnataka…

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Activists question railway tree felling near Kukkarahalli Lake

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Activists question railway tree felling near Kukkarahalli Lake

Members of Parisarakkagi Naavu inspecting the trees felled next to the railway track near Kukkarahalli Lake in Mysuru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram A day after staging a protest against the felling of trees near Kukkarahalli Lake, members of Parisarakkagi Naavu, an environmental organisation, met Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Mudit Mittal on Thursday…

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MP urges industrialists to make good use of plots in Plastic Park

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MP urges industrialists to make good use of plots in Plastic Park

Capt. Brijesh Chowta, MP and Mangaluru City North MLA Y. Bharath Shetty during the visit to CIPET administration building being built in the Plastic Park, coming up in Ganjimutt in the outskirts of Mangaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta has called upon industrialists to make good use of the…

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Take special steps to ensure no citizen is left out of the rolls during the SIR, CPI(M) urges government

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Take special steps to ensure no citizen is left out of the rolls during the SIR, CPI(M) urges government

A delegation of Dakshina Kannada unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) led by District Secretary Muneer Katipalla submitting a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan, in Mangaluru on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Dakshina Kannada unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday, urged the State government take special steps so…

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Bilingual schools: Questions raised over grading of students on knowledge of English and Kannada

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Bilingual schools: Questions raised over grading of students on knowledge of English and Kannada

File photo of bilingual textbooks being used by government primary schools in Dakshina Kannada, where bilingual medium of students has come into effect in all government primary schools from this 2026-27 academic year. | Photo Credit: H. S. MANJUNATH While questions are being raised over the Education Department’s move to grade bilingual medium studying students…

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Karnataka Chief Minister meets delegation of Honorary Consuls

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Karnataka Chief Minister meets delegation of Honorary Consuls

A delegation of dignitaries, including Kiran Mazumdar‑Shaw, Geetanjali Kirloskar, Vikram Vishwanath, Mohan Suresh, Shabina Sultana, Karthik Tallam, Raghavendra Poojary, Ravi Shankar and others, called on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at his office in Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday and extended their congratulations. A delegation of Honorary Consuls, led by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, called on Chief Minister D.K….

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KBG takes Bengaluru Development charge after nudge from high command, CM

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KBG takes Bengaluru Development charge after nudge from high command, CM

Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda during a meeting of senior officers under the GBA jurisdiction, in Bengaluru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Minister Krishna Byre Gowda took charge of the Bengaluru Development portfolio on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after being sworn in, stating that his decision followed directions from the Congress high…

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