Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, deputy CM DK Shivakumar BENGALURU: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has cautioned that the five guarantee schemes launched by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt are exerting considerable strain on Karnataka’s finances, wiping out the fiscal recovery achieved after the Covid-19 years and eating into capital spending.In its report on state finances…
IMPHAL: Beoncy Laishram, who broke the glass ceiling by becoming the Northeast’s first transgender doctor, won another landmark battle Tuesday when Manipur high court acknowledged her right to have all academic certificates reissued to reflect her “female” name and gender. The court directed the authorities to issue the certificates Beoncy had applied for within a…
Another incident of a hate crime against Indians has been reported, this time from UK. A shocking video has emerged, in which three teenagers were seen assaulting two Sikh men on August 15 outside a railway station in Wolverhampton. Video of the attack went viral on social media, where the victims were seen lying on…
Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy NEW DELHI: Opposition’s candidate for vice president post, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, on Tuesday said he accepted INDIA bloc’s candidature as an opportunity to propagate the ideals of the Constitution – equality, fraternity, liberty and dignity – which are very “dear to him for past 55 years”.Shortly after opposition announced…
Indira Gandhi and son Sanjay in a file photo from 1977 NEW DELHI: Over 1.07 crore people were sterilised during the National Emergency from 1975 to 1977, exceeding the “targets” set by the then Indira Gandhi govt by 60%, as per the findings of the Justice J C Shah Commission shared by the Union home…
NEW DELHI: The central government has said that it intends to control street dog population only through its animal birth control (ABC) programme that mandates civic bodies to catch and release strays to their original locations post-sterilisation.The ABC rules, framed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, align with global standards set by…
NFL fans love a good crossover between sports and pop culture just look at how Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift turned into a global spectacle. So when Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was spotted with singer Madison Beer, the internet went into full detective mode. Photos of the two together had fans convinced another…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) BENGALURU: After decades of deliberations, agitations and commissions, Congress govt in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to rework the internal reservation structure for Scheduled Castes (SCs).An official announcement on this will be made during the ongoing assembly session on Wednesday.According to some cabinet ministers, the Justice Nagamohan Das Commission, which had…
IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan stands by his radical decision to replace nearly 80% of his workforce in 2023 after employees resisted the company’s aggressive artificial intelligence adoption mandate. The enterprise software executive told Fortune he would repeat the mass personnel overhaul despite describing it as “extremely difficult.”Vaughan’s dramatic restructuring began in early 2023 when he…
NEW DELHI: Observing that it was not a crime to love and teenagers falling in love should not be treated as criminals and sent behind bars, Supreme Court on Tuesday stressed the need to protect mutual romantic relations between adolescents instead of criminalising them under Pocso Act.At a time when the Centre is strongly objecting…
