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Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

90 Indians in Syria

Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'

THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.

EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

HE BJP-led Mahayuti alliance's victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections has been both celebrated and scrutinized, with the slogan \"Batenge to katenge\" often highlighted as the pivotal factor behind this success.

New low-pressure system forms over Bay, to approach TN

Expected to move west-north-westwards, become more pronounced over next 24 hours

Ex-MUDA commissioner moves HC over ED raid

FORMER Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority Dr D B Natesha moved the Karnataka High Court questioning the legality of the search and seizure conducted as a part of the raid on his house by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) concerning the alleged irregularities in allotment of sites by the MUDA.

Belekeri case: Cong MLC seeks fresh probe against Adani Group

Congress MLC BK Hariprasad has called on CM Siddaramaiah to initiate a fresh investigation into the Adani Group's alleged role in a bribery scandal in connection with the Belekeri illegal iron ore smuggling case based on the Lokayukta inquiry report.

Will recover encroached forest lands, says Khandre

FOREST, environment and ecology minister Eshwar B Khandre on Saturday said an appeal will be made to the courts to cancel the lease period of the companies and agencies that have occupied forest areas on long-term lease periods and have not paid the lease amount.

HDK seeks probe by HC judges

UNION Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday demanded a thorough investigation by judges of the High Court into a series of deaths of women in government hospitals in Karnataka.

Winter session: Govt should make it count, not annual jamboree

The entire state machinery will be in the border city of Belagavi for a nine-day winter session of the state legislature starting Monday.

Will act after expert panel submits report on BIMS tragedy: Health Min

KARNATAKA Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao and a Lokayukta team visited Ballari Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) Hospital here in view of five maternal deaths reported since November 9.

BJP core committee puts end to leadership issue, BYV to continue

THE state BJP core committee that met on Saturday held deliberations to quell the internal bickering in the party ahead of the local body elections expected to be held in 2025.

Undeterred Nikhil likely to lead JDS in future elections in Karnataka

JDS Youth Wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who recently lost the Channapatna Assembly bypoll, is likely to lead the regional party in future elections in Karnataka starting from the elections to zilla and taluk panchayat likely to be held in 2025.

UMPYARD TO DREAMSCAPE

Two walkers transform vacant plot into butterfly park, promote biodiversity in M'luru

KV school to be functional from 2025-26 academic year: Karjol

The much awaited Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), Chitradurga, will be functional from the academic year 2025-26.

Jilted lover fatally stabs married woman to death

A jilted lover brutally stabbed a married woman in front of her two children and threw her body into a lake.

Cancellation of programme angers Ashraya beneficiaries

FOLLOWING the sudden postponement of the scheduled meeting of distribution of Ashraya houses constructed in Gopishetty Koppa and Govindapura extension, the beneficiaries blocked the movement of Commissioner of the city corporation from the venue, here on Saturday.

Strengthen Congress from grassroot level: Min Jarkiholi

PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi on Saturday urged the party workers to work effectively and ensure that the party nominees win the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) and Taluk Panchayat (TP) elections, which will also lay foundation for the 2028 general elections.

Neglecting tuberculosis can be harmful: DHO

NEGLECTING tuberculosis is harmful not only to patients but also to their families and society, said DHO Dr Nataraj.

Lokayukta takes up suo motu case

CONSIDERING the maternal deaths in Ballari Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS) Hospital as a serious matter, the Karnataka Lokayukta has taken up a suo motu case under the Karnataka Lokayukta Act.

Tunnel road: EOI invited for loan

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has invited Expression of Interest (EOI) from banks and other financial institutions, seeking a loan of Rs 19,000 crore for its proposed 18-km tunnel road project from Hebbal to Silk Board Junction.

CM: Home for double-engine coordination

SP threatens to exit the MVA over Uddhav Sena's Babri glorification

US rejects BJP's allegations

'SOROS, ROCKEFELLER, U.S. AID FUND OCCRP'

EARTH ON THE EDGE

1.5 BILLION HECTARES OF LAND DEGRADED GLOBALLY

People, planet held hostage by private profits

In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted resolution 5/14 to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.

Classical act: Despite evolution of chess, purest form of sport is here to stay

COUPLE of days ahead of the World Championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana had checked into Singapore.