BENGALURU: The State Cabinet is expected to give its nod to the Karnataka Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice) (Right to Education and Dignity) Bill, 2025, on Thursday. It is expected to be tabled in the monsoon session of the state legislature starting from Monday. The Bill proposes to safeguard the right to education and dignity for the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and minorities across all universities in the state including public

BENGALURU: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, in a letter to Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, defended the State Governments decision to shut down Jan Aushadhi Kendras operating within government hospital premises, saying it aims to strengthen the free medicine supply system in public healthcare institutions and reduce out-of-pocket expenditure for patients. In the letter, Dinesh said that the move was intended to avoid any possibility of patients being referred to Jan Aushadh

BENGALURU: While technological interventions and continuous relaying of information can help avert tragedies, experts point out that it is also imperative to have a dedicated team of people to continuously monitor and analyse data. Experts point out that there are multiple government and private agencies working, but there is a lack of coordination. There is also a major lack of scientific input across the country. Prof GL Sivakumar Babu, Geotechnical Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Depa

GADAG: Operation Sindoor , the military action India launched against Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, has inspired a line of popular sarees in Gadag district. The idea to honour Operation Sindoor on a saree is the brainchild of Tejappa Chinnur, a weaver from Gajendragad, and today, many are making a beeline to his address, yearning for the garment. The saree is aesthetically designed, with Operation Sindoor printed in bold English against a dark background, with three fighter jets d

BENGALURU: Had the July 30-launched NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite been operational now, several lives would have been saved through evacuation ahead of the killer cloudburst and flash floods that almost wiped out Dharali village in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday afternoon. The 2,393 kg NISARs unique dual-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) will employ advanced, novel SweepSAR technique, to provide high resolution and large swath imagery, and will scan the en

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Government issued orders on Wednesday, replacing the currently-used slouch hats with navy blue peak caps for police constables and head constables in the state. At the recent Senior Police Officers Annual Conference, the state police had proposed green berets for constables. However, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah felt that the green berets resembled those worn by home guards and members of the Scouts and Guides, and suggested opting for blue peak caps instead. The new desi

BENGALURU: The Justice HN Nagamohan Das Commission report on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) is likely to be placed before the Siddaramaiah cabinet on Thursday. Since the report could stoke controversy, the cabinet is likely to play it safe by appointing a cabinet sub-committee to study it and file a report for implementation of the quota, according to sources. The CM will share copies of the 1,766-page report among cabinet colleagues and suggest they study it and return for a dis

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday paid a surprise visit to government-run Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru and interacted with a few patients. The CM, accompanied by Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil, is likely to continue with this exercise by visiting government institutions. The CM also visited the Vanivilas Hospital. Siddaramaiah said that there is a need to increase the capacity of Victoria Hospital. According to informed sources, the initiative, first of it

BENGALURU: While Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil paid a surprise visit to Victoria Hospital on Wednesday to inspect services, patients and families they came to check on remained neglected and out of reach. The CM walked through wards, met staff and reviewed services, but none of the patients or attendants TNIE spoke to, were approached. Surrounded by senior medical staff, police and security, the ministers were led through parts of the hospital, i

BENGALURU: The Karnataka Cabinet, scheduled to meet on Thursday, is set to deliberate on several high-priority issues, with the recently submitted Justice HN Nagamohan Das Committee report on SC internal reservation expected to take centre stage. Apart from this, the long-pending demands of transport unions are also likely to dominate the agenda, particularly in light of recent developments in the Karnataka High Court and the Congress governments pre-poll promises. Government sources indicate th

BENGALURU: The Congress is preparing to hold a massive public protest in Bengaluru on Friday over alleged electoral fraud in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Grand Old Party has trained its guns on the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) linked to what it called large-scale voter deletions in Bihar and alleged irregularities in voter additions in Maharashtra. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also Karnataka Congress chief, held a meeting with CM Siddaramaiah and and other s