File photo: Road transport minister Nitin Gadkari (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: In yet another move to rationalise tolling on national highways (NHs), the road transport ministry has proposed to halve the toll during the expansion of 10-metre-wide two-lane highways with paved shoulders to four-lane highways. This has been proposed since commuters don’t get the…
Bengaluru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar‘s aspiration to lead Karnataka may have hit a pause, but political undercurrents suggest his ambition to become CM burns as bright as ever. Incumbent Siddaramaiah has affirmed he will complete a full five-year term as CM, and Congress’ high command appears to have endorsed this stand — for now.Siddaramaiah’s…
A recent study presented at ENDO 2025 reveals a significant link between social isolation and increased risk of diabetes and poor blood sugar control in older adults. Analyzing data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), researchers found that isolated individuals were significantly more likely to develop diabetes and struggle with blood sugar…
Supreme Court of India (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: In two different cases, regarding “objectionable” posts on social media and sharing of a cartoon of PM Modi and RSS workers, Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over abuse of fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression by citizens, particularly on social media. Such posts,…
Kalaburagi/Bengaluru: Governing Congress Monday expelled Lingaraj Kanni, president of its Kalaburagi South Block unit, following his arrest by Maharashtra police in a drug peddling case.Kanni, said to be close to rural development and panchayat raj minister Priyank Kharge and Congress MLA Allamprabhu Patil, was apprehended by Thane police while allegedly attempting to sell narcotic substances….
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India on Monday directed its airlines using certain Boeing aircraft, like the B737s and B787 Dreamliners, to check fuel control switch locking mechanisms on them by July 21.The regulators and airlines of some other countries, like South Korea and the UAE, are also doing the same. The US Federal Aviation Administration had in…
Bengaluru: BJP MPTejasvi Surya Monday launched a blistering attack on the govt, slamming its Rs 17,780 crore tunnel road project and insisting that if he “held as much power as the deputy CM for just one year,” he would “solve all problems in Bengaluru”.Surya, who represents Bangalore South in the Lok Sabha, called the tunnel…
With contemporary times, modern love and relationships too have become quite complex and difficult to sustain the test of time. With marriages becoming challenging for many people, staying in the relationship seems tougher for them. This has made divorces quite common these days and the break-down of celebrity marriages in a proof of this. Here…
NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced the death of the 20-year-old girl student from FM Autonomous College, Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation earlier this month after alleging sexual harassment by a faculty memberThe victim, a second-year BEd student at FM Autonomous College, was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after sustaining…
