CM launches tank-filling project in Haveri district

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah speaking during the launch of tank-filling works in Akki Alur of Haveri district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SANJAY RITTI Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched two works to fill Varada river waters in 239 tanks and lakes in Haveri district on Sunday. The plan includes filling Balambid and 162 tanks and Hirekounshi and…

Arunachaleswara temple to get its own police station

Tiruvannamalai Collector K. Tharpagaraj inspecting Arunachaleswara temple. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Arunachaleswara temple in Tiruvannamalai will get a new police station soon to manage increasing numbers of visitors and ensure safety of pilgrims. Police sources said that the idea to have separate police station for the temple was mooted after similar facilities exist at Palani (Adivaram…

Putin expresses ‘hope’ that nuclear weapons will not be needed in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Comments aired ahead of Putin’s three-day ceasefire, as Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he does ‘not believe’ Russia will stick to pledge. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that there has so far been no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, expressing “hope” that they will not be required. Putin said his country had enough “strength and means”…

Is India’s DEW technology battle-ready?

A laser weapon developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation to shoot down aerial targets | Photo Credit: ANI Recently, the news of a Turkish cargo aircraft’s brief stopover at Karachi airport set off a wave of conspiracy theories, given the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the terrorist attack on tourists at…

Internal reservation: Survey to map SCs and their socio-economic and education levels in Karnataka to begin today

Former judge H.N. Nagamohan Das submitting the report on internal reservations to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah this March. In an exercise that will map the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and their socio-economic and educational levels in Karnataka, around 60,000 enumerators will ‘knock on every door’ and gather details on a mobile application starting Monday till May 17….

NEET (UG) concludes smoothly  – The Hindu

Students arrive to write NEET-UG at JNTU-H, Kukatpally, in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Police personnel check students at an exam centre at YMCA in Secunderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) – Undergraduate 2025 concluded smoothly in Hyderabad on Sunday. Barring a few incidents of…