Kannada actor Diganth was interrogated at the Central Crime Branch (CCB) office today for the second time. Prior to this, nearly around September 16, Diganth and his wife Aindrita Ray were summoned for inquiry in connection with the drug case. The police officers have taken away their cell phones and all the data on the…
The Karnataka High Court has instructed BBMP for conducting a survey pertaining to the Civic Amenity (CA) sites which are based in the Narayan Nagar area in South Bengaluru in order to identify the enroachments. The residents from Narayan Nagar 1st and 3rd phase lodged a PIL petition regarding the enroachment of the CA sites…
In a relief to the city residents, BBMP has developed a new mobile application for tracking the Garbage collecting vehicles. This will prevent the long waiting queues of the civilians. BBMP Commissioner, Manjunatha Prasad mentioned that citizens can utilize the application for tracking the location of Garbage truck and the estimated time to reach their…
Akkai Padmashali, a Karnataka transgender activist will be joining the Congress party on Sunday. She is an award winning activist, has been running the transgender movement in Karnataka for more than decade. But, her actions and movements are not just restricted to the state, and extends throughout the country. In an interview with Deccan Herald,…
In a verdict passed by the special court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Kannada film actress Sanjjanaa Galrani and Prateek Shetty who is a software engineer cum drug peddler will be kept in judicial custody till September 30. Sanjjanaa’s lawyer have put forth before the first ACMM court that no specific charges…
The Karnataka High Court on Friday guided the state government to give upgraded regulations to the authorities for taking stringent actions against the people who are infringing the elementary guidelines of ensuring social distancing and wearing a masks. As Karnataka is recording 9,000 cases on a daily basis, the bench led by Judge Chief Justice…
In another sad demise of a private doctor from Hassan dying due to Covid-19 on Wednesday, no compensation or relief measures will be directed to his family. He is the 42nd private doctor in the state who died on-duty. The Government provides compensation to the government doctors under PM Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme and…
As per the government report released on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the data reveals that Karnataka has quite lower representation of women in the public services and higher levels of government job. According to the SDG index, Karnataka has the seventh rank in India for gender equality. However, the same does not follow in terms…
After investigating the flood-affected regions, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad has confirmed that the flood victims will be provided with compensation and are asked to address their joint commissioners. Prasad had assessed the Dasarahalli area, particularly the Nelagadaranahalli’s storm water drain. Water has overflown through the narrow drains and 1,000 houses and roads are affected…
Strongly focusing on digitization, the Karnataka state government is going to provide smartphones to 60,000 Anganwadi teachers and make them tech-savvy Following the guidelines of the Poshan Abhiyan scheme of the Union government, it is mandatory to feed the updates of the activities done on a regular basis on a national portal called Common Application…
