Rwanda bill amendments rejected by Commons as parliamentary ping pong begins

The House of Commons has rejected the House of Lords' first attempt to amend the Safety of Rwanda Bill - with the legislation sent back to the upper chamber. A total of 10 amendments were put before MPs, but Conservatives voted each of them down. Among the changes proposed by …...Read More

Young men armed with weapons and driving two-wheelers arrested in Bengaluru

March 19, 2024 01:32 am | Updated 01:32 am IST - Bengaluru The R.T. Nagar detained four young men driving bikes carrying weapons and creating fear among the residents of Sultanpalya Main Road on Sunday. PSI Vinod Naik and his team were conducting random vehicle checks and found the accused …...Read More

Central board rejects penalty fixed by KSPCB in Maradu demolition waste case

March 19, 2024 01:28 am | Updated 01:28 am IST - KOCHI The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has rejected the environment compensation of ₹78.05 lakh assessed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for improper management of construction and demolition waste following the controlled implosion of four high-rises …...Read More

Congress takes its perception problem head-on in Assam

March 19, 2024 01:27 am | Updated 08:43 am IST - New Delhi The Congress has struggled with an acute perception problem in Assam after ceding power to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2016 and desperately tying up with the State’s third key player, the All India United Democratic …...Read More

Narayana Murthy gifts four-month-old grandson Infosys shares worth ₹240 crore

March 19, 2024 01:26 am | Updated 01:26 am IST - Bengaluru N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys, has given shares valued at over ₹240 crore to his four-month-old grandson, Ekagrah Rohan Murty, potentially making him the youngest millionaire in India. Master Ekagrah now owns 1,500,000 shares, equivalent to a …...Read More

Courts convict three persons in three separate cases investigated by CID in Karnataka

March 19, 2024 01:24 am | Updated 01:25 am IST - Bengaluru The I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court recently convicted a 45-year-old software engineer and sentenced him to one month simple imprisonment and a fine of ₹45,000 for allegedly sending a morphed pornographic video to his wife who was …...Read More

Banks in Bengaluru told to flag suspicious transactions ahead of Lok Sabha elections

March 19, 2024 01:22 am | Updated 01:23 am IST - Bengaluru The city administration held a meeting with representatives of all banks in the city on Monday and asked them to flag all suspicious transactions in the light of the Lok Sabha elections. Banks have been directed to report …...Read More

Man arrested under POCSO Act in Karnataka

March 19, 2024 01:18 am | Updated 01:18 am IST - Bengaluru The Channapatana Rural police on Monday arrested a man who, posing as the brother of a minor girl, took her out of her hostel on the pretext of having tea and allegedly molested her. The victim was staying …...Read More

One killed, several injured as bus overturns in Kasaragod

March 19, 2024 01:15 am | Updated 01:16 am IST - KASARAGOD One person was killed and 20 others injured after a bus overturned on the Chalingal National Highway on March 18 (Monday) evening. The deceased was identified as Chetan Kumar, 37, from Madhoor Ramnagar, the driver of the bus. …...Read More

CPI(M) condemns Governor for refusing to re-induct Ponmudy

March 19, 2024 01:15 am | Updated 01:15 am IST - CHENNAI CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Monday condemned Governor R.N. Ravi for refusing to re-induct senior DMK leader and former Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy into the Cabinet. In a statement, he said the Governor had been continuously …...Read More