Several workers say they would not travel again for verification and were willing to take the risk, as repeated absence from work could cost them their jobs. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO After travelling four times to West Bengal for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, many sanitation workers employed through private contractors and agencies linked…
South India’s real estate market closed 2025 with an estimated ₹20,000 crore in residential sales value, marking a decisive recovery from the pandemic phase and signalling a deeper structural shift toward emerging tier-2 and tier-3 cities, said M.R. Jaishankar, chairman and managing director, Brigade Group. He was speaking at CREDAI SouthCon 2026, a two-day realty…
Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti on Friday rejected the ruling party’s move to adopt a resolution condemning the Governor’s truncated address and abrupt exit from the joint session, while referring the Opposition’s complaint on alleged misconduct during the Governor’s exit to the Council’s Ethics and Conduct Committee. His rulings followed prolonged uproar and repeated adjournments…
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok addressing a press conference, in Bengaluru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok on Sunday alleged that a bribe transaction worth around ₹2,500 crore had taken place in the Excise Department and demanded the resignation of Excise…
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, along with Home Minister G. Parameshwara and Director-General of Police M.A. Saleem, during the inauguration of the annual conference of senior police officers in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday termed as “shameful” police personnel in Karnataka themselves being involved in 88 criminal cases in…
The 23rd edition of the annual Chitra Santhe will be held on Sunday. Organised by Chitra Kala Parishath, it will take place on Kumara Krupa Road, and is expected to attract a large number of visitors. “Due to the limited parking availability around Kumara Krupa Road, members of the public attending the santhe are requested…
M.B. Patil, Minister for Large and Medium Industries, inspecting the site that earlier houses State-owned NGEF factory, at Baiyyappanahalli in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Minister for Large and Medium Industries M.B. Patil on Saturday said that a 65-acre Tree Park will be developed on the land that earlier housed the State-owned…
Karnataka’s State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), the nodal agency that facilitates cadaver organ donations, has recorded 198 donations in 2025, the highest recorded in the State so far. This surpasses the previous peak of 178 donations in 2023. With this, Karnataka ranked third in the country in organ donations for the year, after…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the 2023 Bengaluru prison radicalisation case, charging three more accused, including an assistant sub-inspector and a psychiatrist deputed at the Central Prisons Hospital, Parappana Agrahara. The case already has 12 accused, of which eight, including the prime accused, pleaded guilty in July, 2025….