Bengaluru road-rage case: HC fiat to police

  The High Court of Karnataka has directed the city police not to take any coercive action against IAF officer Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose based on the first information report (FIR) registered against him in connection with a road-rage incident. Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the interim order on April 24 on a petition filed by…

India Inc cautious amid global headwinds: BL Survey

The survey revealed that while cost-cutting remains a concern, it is not widespread. India Inc. is cautiously optimistic about business prospects in the year ahead, according to the businessline India Inc. Sentiment Survey 2025. A majority of the 25 corporate respondents described the sentiment in their industry as “somewhat optimistic” or “very optimistic”, signalling a…

BJP’s ‘Vikasitha Keralam’ is not just a slogan but a responsibility: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said that the party’s campaign ‘Vikasitha Keralam’ was not a mere slogan but a solemn responsibility. Speaking at a Vikasitha Keralam convention held here, he said the BJP believed in development-oriented politics, unlike the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. “Despite years…

India’s decision on Indus casts shadow on renewal of Indo-Bangladesh Ganga Water Treaty: Bangladesh water expert

Prof. Aninun Nishat, a leading water resource and climate change specialist in Dhaka. Photo: Special arrangement NEW DELHI India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan ‘in abeyance’ has proved that India will not hesitate to use water as a “weapon” in case political relations with common riparian neighbours nosedive, a leading water…

Heart surgeries performed on 15 children at Andhra Hospitals

Mothers with their children who underwent heart surgeries at the cardiology and cardiac surgical camp organised at the Heart and Brain Institute, Andhra Hospitals in association with Healing Little hearts, UK, in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: RAO GN A team of paediatric cardiologists performed heart surgeries on 15 children at Heart and Brain Andhra Hospitals, said cardiac surgeon, Dr. Nageswara Rao. The surgeries were…

State varsity V-Cs stay away from Governor’s conference

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurating the conference of Vice-Chancellors of State, Central and private universities at Raj Bhavan in Udhagamandalam on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI After the Vice-Chancellors of State universities skipped a conference organised by him at the Raj Bhavan in Udhagamandalam on Friday, Governor R.N. Ravi claimed that the Tamil Nadu government had…