CID to probe POCSO case against BSY

March 15, 2024 09:37 pm | Updated 09:37 pm IST - Bengaluru The State government has handed over the case against former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) on Thursday, to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The order was issued by …...Read More

Israel’s war in Gaza has been beyond self-defence: Irish Minister Simon Coveney

March 15, 2024 09:35 pm | Updated 09:35 pm IST - NEW DELHI The number of civilian injuries, fatalities and human misery under Israel’s campaign in Gaza is “shocking “ and “breaches of international law” by Israel will be called out, said Ireland’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon …...Read More

Transport employees union resents ‘forced’ leaves being thrust on RTC bus conductors in Andhra Pradesh

March 15, 2024 09:34 pm | Updated 09:34 pm IST - VIJAYAWADA Leaders of the Public Transport Department (APSRTC) Employees’ Union have taken exception to “forced leaves” being thrust on conductors by the management due to the non-availability of a sufficient number of buses. In a representation submitted to the …...Read More

New appeal for woman missing for 10 days in Northern Ireland

Police have made a new appeal for information about the whereabouts of a woman who has been missing for 10 days. Paula Elliott has been described by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as a "high-risk missing person". She was last seen on CCTV cameras leaving the Sprucefield Court …...Read More

GMU holds bike rally for saving water

March 15, 2024 09:31 pm | Updated 09:31 pm IST - HUBBALLI To create awareness on saving water, bike rallies were organised by GM University and GM Institute of Technology in various taluks of Davanagere district on Friday in which scores of students and others took part. Inaugurating the awareness …...Read More

Kerala University institutes inquiry into youth festival fiasco

March 15, 2024 09:27 pm | Updated 09:27 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Syndicate of the University of Kerala on Friday instituted an inquiry into the unsavoury circumstances that had led to the suspension of the youth festival recently. A four-member subcommittee comprising Syndicate members K.G. Gopchandran, G. Muralidharan, R. …...Read More

BSY denies charge, claims he tried to help mother-daughter duo

March 15, 2024 09:26 pm | Updated 09:26 pm IST - Bengaluru Reacting to the FIR under POCSO Act filed against him, the former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday denied the allegations and said he would “face the case legally”. “Around one-and-a-half months ago, a mother and daughter had …...Read More

Dinesh Gundu Rao launches ‘Puneet Rajkumar Hrudaya Jyoti’ scheme in Dharwad

March 15, 2024 09:26 pm | Updated 09:26 pm IST - HUBBALLI Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that the State government had launched the ‘Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar Heart Health scheme (Hrudaya Jyoti)‘ to cater to the cardiac health care needs of the poor and …...Read More

Huge assumption to link ED raids with electoral bond purchases, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

March 15, 2024 09:25 pm | Updated 09:43 pm IST - New Delhi Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 15 dismissed suggestions that electoral bonds were purchased by many corporates to “save themselves” from investigative agencies’ probes, arguing there is a probability that these bonds had been either transferred to …...Read More

Farmers in Cauvery basin districts upset over restrictions imposed on use of water

March 15, 2024 09:25 pm | Updated 09:44 pm IST - Bengaluru : Directives from authorities in the Cauvery basin districts prohibiting the use of river water for irrigation have agitated farmers and planters, particularly in Mysuru, Mandya, and Kodagu. Farmers have asserted that this is crucial irrigation time to …...Read More