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A view of the High Court of Karnataka The High Court of Karnataka has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a married man accused of abetting a 22-year-old woman’s suicide by repeatedly stalking and threatening her, and sabotaging her marriage prospects by allegedly claiming to prospective grooms that he was in a relationship with her….
The Greater Bengaluru Authority building in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo Coming on the heels of the debate over fixing accountability on empanelled engineers in cases of structural defects, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) recently issued a public notice directing builders and building owners to undertake construction through registered structural engineers. A senior GBA…
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Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has published a draft of Electricity Supply Regulations (ESR), 2026, in which it has proposed that all Escoms have to show the frequency of power cuts, total number of hours of power cuts in the electricity bill given to the consumers. “Particularly, in electricity meters that have got Automated Meter…
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Legislative Council member Ivan D’Souza demanded the creation of a separate sub-category for the Christian community within the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category and sought 2% reservation for the community. Speaking in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, he said the Christian community was unable to obtain adequate benefits in government employment and education through the…
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A file photo of the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Vice-Chancellor Sudhir Krishnaswamy has claimed that there was no request made by him to meet students and discuss the details of upcoming convocation 2026. On August 15, the…
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A 71-year-old man from K.R. Puram has lost ₹9.96 lakh after allegedly falling victim to a fake KYC update scam targeting his nationalised bank account. According to the complaint filed with the East CEN Crime Police, D. Sivaprakasam said he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number on August 15 around 5 p.m., while…
Congress workers protesting in Kalaburagi on Sunday against the ‘purification’ ritual performed recently at the venue of Mallikarjun Kharge’s public meeting in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI The Kalaburagi District Congress Committee staged a protest in the city on Sunday condemning the alleged ‘purification’ ritual performed at a venue in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, where…
The Congress government in Karnataka has failed to take steps to mitigate the drought, Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said in Guledagudda, Bagalkot district, on Sunday. “There is a drought across the State. Farmers are facing severe hardship due to the lack of monsoon. But in such a situation, the government is spending huge amounts of…
Gandhian and theatre person Prasanna speaking at a programme in Bengaluru on Sunday. “If we do not defeat Savarkar’s ideology, we will have to face the suffering experienced by the Germans,” said noted Gandhian and theatre person Prasanna. He was speaking on “Gandhi in Today’s Crisis Situation” in Bengaluru on Sunday. “If we stubbornly cling…
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Central Jail, at Parappana Agrahara in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File photo Following reports that a mobile phone was found in the Central Prison barrack housing former MP Prajwal Revanna, DIG of Prisons and Correctional Services Jinendra Khanagavi has initiated a probe into how the phone reached the barrack despite security arrangements. The CCB raid…
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