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Job market ready: UGC guidelines on higher edu, formal qualifications soon

IN a bid to integrate informal and formal learning, the University Grants Commission (UGC) will come out with draft guidelines on Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

PUSHPA & THE ART OF MAKING MOVIE AS AN OTT SERIES

RUE terror,\" Kurt Vonnegut said, \"is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.\" Or making movies. Sukumar's Pushpa 2: The Rule could well be the end of cinema as we know it.

FIVE FOR 2025: TRENDSPOTTING IN THE MARKETPLACE

Data analytics and smart tech will give the marketer more power in the new year. How she uses those tools to claim the consumer's time will shape marketing campaigns

₹800 crore in 4 days, Pushpa rules box office

EVER since he rose on the screen in 2021, Allu Arjun's Pushparaj has become an unstoppable force of nature.

CONSERVATION OF SMALL SPECIES: A CALL TO ACTION

NDIA has made commendable strides in protecting its wildlife, dedicating over 5 per cent of its forest area to Protected Areas (PAs), which include sanctuaries and national parks.

Shah gave me valuable inputs to strengthen NDA in K'taka: Nikhil

JANATA Dal Secular (JDS) leader Nikhil Kumaraswamy met Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday and held talks with him on strengthening the NDA in view of elections to the BBMP Council and local bodies in the state.

Redesigned Telangana Talli statue unveiled

TG govt to honour those who fought for state

BIMS deaths: Pvt hosps inflate prices

ALLEGEDLY taking advantage of the five maternal deaths reported in a span of a month at Ballari Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), some private hospitals have started exploiting patients by jacking up charges for admitting pregnant women.

TN adopts motion, asks centre to scrap tungsten mining

THE Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to immediately cancel tungsten mining rights given to Hindustan Zinc Limited in Madurai district and not to grant any mining licence in the future without the permission of the state government.

Stones pelted during protest against rape of minor girl in Kalaburagi

OVER a thousand activists from various organisations, including the Banjara community and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, came together under the banner of Sakala Hindu Samaj and staged a demonstration here on Monday in protest against the rape of an 11-year-old girl, which took place at Yadrami town of Kalaburagi district recently.

15-year-old boy pops wheelie, father booked

THE father of a 15-year-old boy has landed in trouble with police registering a case under the Juvenile Justice Act, after his son was caught by police while performing a wheelie.

K'taka HC dismisses PDO's petition against suspension

PUBLIC confidence in the due discharge of duties by officials is shaken if such officials are not put under suspension pending disposal of the criminal case against them, said the Karnataka High Court while dismissing the petition filed by a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) questioning his suspension owing to corruption charges.

Techie ends life over 'harassment', blames wife, her kin in suicide note

A 34-year-old software engineer died by suicide at his residence in Marathahalli, leaving a 24-page death note behind.

Muniyappa: Will not cancel BPL cards of real beneficiaries

ADMITTING that 20% of BPL cards in Karnataka are with ineligible beneficiaries, Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa reiterated that the government will not cancel the cards of eligible beneficiaries.

Protesting farmers tie KSRTC bus driver's hands

A group of protesting farmers tied the hands of a KSRTC bus driver with a green towel, angry over the policemen preventing them from staging an agitation near Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on Monday.

SIDDU: WILL PLACE BJP GOVT'S AFFIDAVIT TO SC BEFORE HOUSE

IN an effort to counter the Opposition BJP which has extended support to the Panchamasali Lingayats' protest demanding higher reservation, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday told the Assembly that he will place before it the previous saffron party government's affidavit to the Supreme Court on the issue that advocated maintaining status quo.

Siddu govt suppressed 2016 report on Waqf land: Siroya

BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Monday alleged that the Siddaramaiah government suppressed the Upa Lokayukta report on Waqf properties in March 2016 and urged the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to look into its recommendations.

Anubhava Mantapa work half done, likely to miss Dec 2025 deadline

The State Government's ambitious project, Anubhava Mantapa, a replica of the very first parliament in the world in 12th century AD in Basavakalyan taluk, Bidar district, will take more time to complete.

Rooftop solar scheme ambitious, but problems persist?

EVEN as the state and Union governments look to increase solar power generation in the country, consumers have highlighted a slew of problems they are grappling with on the ground, while installing rooftop solar panels, all in the bid to generate green energy.

Bonsai Garden to be reopened at Lalbagh

The Bonsai Garden that was closed to the public two years ago is all set to be reopened soon, now with fresh landscaping involving wood and rock stands, and a surface filled with sand for the short plants, mostly succulents.

India Post stuck in time warp, declines QR code

PEANUT sellers, flower sellers and even those seeking alms in the city readily accept the QR mode of payment. However, India Post is still rooted in rupee notes and coins, and refuses to embrace interface payment technology. Visitors who wish to avail of post office services should be prepared to carry cash.

Yellow Line station to be named Delta Electronics Bommasandra station

THE Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited and Delta Electronics India Pvt Ltd, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company have inked an agreement on Monday which offers the firm the naming rights of the Bommasandra station on the Yellow Line.

Reservation can't be based on religion: SC

RELIGION cannot be the basis for granting reservation, the Supreme Court said on Monday, while hearing a batch of pleas, including one by the West Bengal government, challenging the Calcutta High Court's decision to quash the Other Backward Class (OBC) classification of 77, mostly Muslim, communities.

Sanjay Malhotra is new RBI chief

To assume charge on Wednesday; faces dual challenge of high inflation & slowing growth

Wealth Management Industry Likely To Grow At A CAGR Of 25-30%'

THE investment strategies of the ultra-rich have always intrigued retail investors, especially amidst the astronomical rise in the number of high-net worth individuals (HNIS) and ultra-high-net worth individuals (UHNIS) in recent years.

Sudharani dons the cop uniform in Chowkidar

SUDHARANI, a prominent name in Kannada cinema, is all set to sport khakhi in Chandrashekar Bandiappa's Chowkidar.

Naveen Shankar's next, Nodidavaru Ennatare set to release on this date

NAVEEN Shankar is taken note of for his roles right from his debut, Gultoo, to Hondisi Bareyiri and Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage.

IT'S DZIREABLE

A LOOK AT HOW MARUTI SUZUKI'S ALL-NEW DZIRE FARES IN TODAY'S MARKET SATURATED WITH SUVS

A LIT AFFAIR

Two Nobel Laureates economist Abhijit Banerjee and biologist Venki Ramakrishnan are the highlight of the 13th edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival, which is set to return this weekend

SAT'S DIGITAL MAKEOVERARE YOU READY?

The age-old tradition of pen-and-paper exams is witnessing a digital revolution. As high-stakes tests like the SAT embrace online formats, millions of Indian students find themselves at a crossroads. What changes will digitalisation bring? Saumya Solanki & Varsha Sagi explore