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Auto and cab drivers have raised concerns that the restriction could affect their daily earnings. | Photo Credit: File photo Passengers in Bengaluru have welcomed the Central Consumer Protection Authority’s (CCPA) action against pre-ride tipping prompts on ride-hailing platforms, saying the move could help curb what they describe as coercive pricing practices. However, auto and…
A home away from home. That is the promise of homestays for tourists travelling from other countries, States, and cities to major tourist destinations in Karnataka. Local families in these accommodations offer tourists a warm and homely atmosphere even as they introduce them to a new culture and guide them to places to visit. Such…
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The song about Bengaluru’s road infrastructure takes a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the city’s traffic, potholes, flooding, construction, and the endless digging of its roads. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT After exhausting all options, a Bengaluru commuter has now turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to generate a song titled Tax Me to request the government to…
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A file photo of Spoorthi Acharya, a lecturer, and Ashwath Acharya, an artist of Brahmavar, created an artwork of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his birthday on September 17, 2022. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The BJP is embarking on a month-long public service campaign titled Seva Sankalp Abhiyan throughout the country…
The crackdown comes against the backdrop of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s surprise visit to the APMC Yard in Yeshwantpur, recently, where officials found 19 children working on the premises. In a Statewide crackdown on child labour on Saturday, police teams and Labour Department officials inspected 16,951 premises across Karnataka and rescued 800 children, all in…
Mini air-conditioned (AC) buses will be deployed to areas within a 5-km radius of all metro stations. Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh made the announcement after holding a meeting with senior officials of the Transport Department, KSRTC and BMTC at Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday. A release said that of the 4,500 electric buses being provided to…
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The Karnataka Public Service Commission in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo After spending 10 days in CID custody, IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar and his alleged associate Basavaraj Kannale were produced before the court on Wednesday (September 9) and remanded in 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the alleged irregularities in the…
The teams inspected 357 shops and warehouses where idols were allegedly being manufactured or stored in violation of prescribed guidelines. | Image for representation | Photo Credit: File photo Special enforcement teams in Karnataka have seized 2,564 Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesha idols during inspections conducted across the State to prevent their manufacture and sale….
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Prof. C.N.R. Rao. | Photo Credit: File photo Professor C.N.R. Rao, one of the country’s most celebrated and respected scientists, who was born in Basavanagudi in Bengaluru and has contributed immensely to the city in the field of science, has now been asked to appear for a hearing to establish his identity, after his name…
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Kalyana Karnataka Division Private Educational Institutions’ Managements Federation president Sunilkumar R. Hudgi addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Sunday (September 6). | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Members of the Kalyana Karnataka Division Private Educational Institutions’ Managements Federation have decided to stage an indefinite protest from Wednesday (September 9), demanding that the State government and…