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Karnataka Higher Education Academy chairman M. Chandra Poojary has said there has been no conducive environment for free exchange of views on many issues at present times. He took part in a panel discussion held as part of the convention on “Knowledge in Society” at Kuvempu University on Thursday. “Can I freely counter the claims…
A junior assistant of Tenkasi municipality has been placed under suspension for not paying the deposits to the tune of ₹21 lakh collected from contractors in the municipality’s bank account. Sources in Tenkasi municipality said Junior Assistant in the urban civic body Kidharoli Raja Mohammed, who was collecting the deposits from the contractors executing the…
A view of the building construction work at the IIT Palakkad campus on Thursday, showing it either midway through or halted. | Photo Credit: K. K. Mustafah Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, the premier engineering institute in Kerala, is facing a major developmental hurdle because of a dispute between a construction contractor and the…
Reacting to the Lokayukta Police giving a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and two others pertaining to the case of alleged irregularities in the allotment of compensatory sites by the MUDA, Minister in charge of Mysuru district H.C. Mahadevappa on Thursday said it was nothing but a “political conspiracy” to defame the…
The Arumanai police held four persons on Wednesday for allegedly being involved in selling ganja. Acting on a tip off, the police conducted an intensive search in the Devicode region under the Arumanai police station limits. During the search, the police arrested four persons and seized 2 kg of ganja. The names of the arrested…
S.S. Balaji. File | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) MLA S.S. Balaji and five other party functionaries were on Thursday (February 20, 2025) acquitted by a special court in two criminal cases registered against them for staging a protest in Triplicane without permission in 2018. According to the prosecution, on March 3,…
A bomb threat message caused panic at the family court at Kalpetta in Wayanad district of Kerala on Thursday (February 20, 2025). The message, which claimed that a bomb had been placed in the court, was received in the court’s official email, the police said. The court staff, upon opening the email, immediately alerted the…
Representational image. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images A sub-inspector of police and a head constable were placed under suspension following their arrest on the charge of accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 on Wednesday (February 19, 2025). According to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), the complainant J. Vincent Selvakumar, a taxi driver, had…
K. Vidyakumari, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Udupi Deputy Commissioner K. Vidyakumari wants the Tourism Department of Karnataka to prepare a master plan for developing infrastructure and tourism-related attractions at Daria Bahadur and Malti islands of Malpe-Padukare. Speaking at the Udupi district Tourism Development Committee meeting on February 19, she said…
V.D. Satheesan (file) | Photo Credit: K Ragesh The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has objected to the government’s decision to raise the salaries of Public Service Commission (PSC) members and the allowances of Kerala’s Special Representative in New Delhi, K.V. Thomas. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said on Thursday that the government was…
