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The Karnataka government is preparing to do the Cauvery aarti programme along with the Dasara this time, which will include programmes to represent cultures of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala, announced Deputy Chief Minister and Major and Medium Irrigation Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Speaking in Bengaluru on Saturday, he said the modalities were being worked out….

Authorities at the city zoo are hopeful that a blue-and-yellow macaw that escaped from its enclosure on Friday afternoon will return soon. The colourful parrot was seen entering the nesting box inside the enclosure on the CCTV cameras but did not come out. Later, a portion of the net was found broken. It is presumed…

A Rafale-M jet. File. | Photo Credit: Dinakar Peri The Rafale-M fighter jets, 26 of which were contracted last week, once inducted from the second quarter of 2028 onwards, will enable the Indian Navy to field both its aircraft carriers with the full complement of their fighters. However, the jet as well as the flight…

A container vessel entering the Netaji Subhas Dock of SMP, Kolkata. File photo. In a historic first, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), one of India’s oldest major riverine ports, launched night navigation capabilities on Saturday (May 3, 2025) in the upper reaches of West Bengal’s Hooghly River, covering the stretch from Budge Budge…

State-owned Indian Bank on Saturday (May 3, 2025) reported a 32% jump in net profit to ₹2,956 crore for the March quarter of 2024-25, helped by a decline in bad loans and a rise in core income. | Photo Credit: AMAN RAJ State-owned Indian Bank on Saturday (May 3, 2025) reported a 32% jump in…

A 31-year-old rowdy sheeter was hacked to death by unidentified men near the Harohalli KSRTC depot in Ramanagara district on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Santosh, alias Karadi Santhu, a resident of Siddapura near Harohalli. According to the police, the incident occurred at 11 a.m. on Saturday when Santosh had gone to Harohalli…

A stall from Goa featuring dry flowers at the National Saras Mela that began at the Kozhikode beach on Friday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan virtually inaugurated the ‘Ente Keralam’ expo, celebrating four years of achievement of the current Left Democratic Front (LDF )government, as well as the National Saras Mela…

Nine cows were killed after being hit by three trains near Malampuzha in the district on Saturday. Railway officials suspected that Himsagar Express, Kochuveli-Yashwantpur Express, and Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Mail were involved in the cow-hit incidents. The police started a search for the owner of the cows following a complaint by the Railways. The police said the…

The differences in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]-backed Kerala Secretariat Employees Association (KSEA) have come to the fore with the organisation’s general secretary K.N. Ashok Kumar being reportedly removed from the post. When the issue came up in the KSEA general council meeting on Saturday, Mr. Ashok Kumar and three other committee members…

A group of school students from Kurukkankundu in the Kallamala village of Agali panchayat in Attappady complained to the District Collector here on Saturday against the Forest department objecting to their road and power connectivity. The students said that their families had been living at Kurukkankundu since 1960 with proper land documents. However, they said…