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In this issue

February 18, 2025

Places Of Worship Act Case Posted To April

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing to the first week of April on a batch of petitions in connection with the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

1 min

A record! Siddu to present 16th budget on March 7

CHIEF Minister Siddaramaiah will present the state budget for 2025-26 on March 7.

1 min

BJP, Congress lock horns over Sam Pitroda's 'China' view

Amid sharp criticism from the BJP, the Congress on Monday distanced itself from its leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on China, and said his views do not belong to the party.

1 min

Panel Meets to Pick New CEC, Cong Asks Govt to Defer Its Call

The selection committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met on Monday to pick the next Chief Election Commissioner.

1 min

₹5k fine for using potable water to wash cars, gardening

ANTICIPATING scarcity during summer, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has decided to take stringent action against those wasting drinking water.

1 min

Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelana on February 20-21

The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has decided to organise a two-day Zilla Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Bapugowda Darshanapur Ranga Mandir on February 20 and 21, said president of the district unit of the Parishat, Vijayakumar Patil Tegalatippi, on Monday.

1 min

KK Region Expecting ₹5,000 Cr Allocation in State Budget: Ajay

KKRDB chief says all 7 districts of the region will be told to submit action plans by April-end

2 mins

CHILLI FARMERS IN DIRE STRAITS AS PRICES DROP

The farmers growing chilli are facing severe financial distress due to the continued decline in dry chilli prices.

1 min

United Hospital to Hold Free Mega Health Camp Tomorrow

UNITED Hospital in Kalaburagi, which is a premier multispecialty hospital specialising in accident, trauma, critical care, and heart care services in the Kalyana Karnataka region, is organising a free mega health camp on the premises of the hospital in Kalaburagi on February 19 to commemorate its 13th anniversary, said chairman and managing director of United Hospital Dr Vikram Siddareddy.

1 min

AI can't surpass humans: KKRDB chairman

ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI), which has been the subject of discussion all over the world, cannot surpass humans, said president of Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) Dr Ajay Singh here on Monday.

1 min

CM Meets Farmers, Says They Are Top Priority

AHEAD of the state budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah convened meetings with various farmers groups on Monday in Bengaluru.

1 min

Matter of faith, will go to Kumbh Mela, says Satish

\"Devotion is a personal matter, and those who are devoted will definitely go to Mahakumbh. Even I will go after the rush comes down as there is a lot of crowd now,\" said PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi.

1 min

Hariprasad Made Cong State Incharge of Haryana

IN a significant development, former AICC general secretary and MLC BK Hariprasad has been appointed Congress state incharge of Haryana.

1 min

MLA, a doc, treats patients at his public meetings

HERE is an MLA who is also a doctor. And this has come as a blessing for the people of Kudligi constituency in Vijayanagara district.

1 min

Revenue Officials Survey HDK's Farmland in Bidadi

REVENUE department officials on Monday conducted a survey of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy's farm land at Kethaganahalli in Bidadi hobli of Ramanagara district following directions of the Karnataka High Court over allegations of encroachment of government land.

1 min

DKS Shouldn't Misuse AICC Name All The Time, Says Rajanna

Adds whether Siddu will complete his full term of 5 years as CM is left to high command

2 mins

PU COLLEGE PRINCIPALS INCLUDED AS CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION OFFICERS

THE Department of Women and Child Welfare for the first time has included pre-university (PU) college principals as child marriage prohibition officers (CMPO), whose responsibility is to prevent any girl child studying in their college from marrying before 18 years.

1 min

KIIT in turmoil after Nepali student's suicide

A 20-year-old Nepali student's suicide after allegedly being harassed by a fellow student on Sunday evening sparked tension at KIIT University here, while drawing intervention from the government of the former's country.

1 min

Proposal for 50% tariff contribution to pension opposed by industries

CONSUMERS and industries strongly opposed the proposal made by Electricity Supply Corporations Limited (Escoms) to hike power tariff by 67 paise, 50% of which (35 paise) will be to contribute as pension and gratuity (P&G) of employees, recruited before 2006.

1 min

Centre Must Stop AP From Drawing Excess Krishna Water: TG CM

Telemetry system only solution to the issue

1 min

Dilemma Of Desperate Deportées

When you leave a country, you leave much behind. Pardeep and Vijay Saini from Punjab, aged 22 and 19, smuggled themselves into the wheel-bay of a British Airways flight to Heathrow.

3 mins

Tackling Trump's Turnaround on Diversity Track

Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are being taken down across the US. It might be what Trump's America wants. But is it what India or the rest of the world wants too?

4 mins

End of WTO Era, Seize Trade Pact Opportunity

ARSH Vardhan Shringla, who held a front-row seat to the first Donald Trump administration both as foreign secretary and Indian ambassador to the US, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit is likely to bolster not only trade but also the overall bilateral roadmap.

4 mins

Maiden trials for deep sea exploration in Indian Ocean successfully conducted

INDIA'S first move towards deep sea exploration was successfully conducted by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai.

2 mins

Passenger carrying luggage on head fell, led to stampede

A senior railway official clarified that a passenger carrying a heavy load lost his balance on the crowded staircase at the New Delhi railway station, causing the stampede on Saturday evening.

2 mins

SC pulls up UP govt for razing part of mosque

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to concerned authorities of the Uttar Pradesh government in a contempt petition against the demolition of a part of the Madni mosque in Kushinagar.

2 mins

Cong, BJP in war of words over DOGE election funding claims

THE political row over the alleged US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) funding in Indian elections escalated on Monday, with the BJP and the Congress trading barbs over the allegations.

1 min

Illegal Mining of Coal Kills Couple, 5 Kids Orphaned

A couple were killed when soil caved in on them while they were digging for coal illegally in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Monday.

1 min

In a 1st, Assam House session outside Guwahati

ASSAM made history on Monday by holding an Assembly session outside the state's seat of power - Guwahati, for the first time.

1 min

Youtuber fails to depose, NCW gives fresh date

The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday has issued a new hearing date after \"India's Got Latent\" YouTubers failed to appear in response to its summons regarding derogatory and obscene remarks made on their show.

1 min

Setback to Sukhbir as SGPC chief resigns, offers to quit Akal Takht panel

HARJINDER Singh Dhami on Monday resigned as the president of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) following condemnation from Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh regarding the sacking of Giani Harpreet Singh from Takht Damdama Sahib by the SGPC executive committee, which Dhami chairs.

1 min

Friend away at Kumbh, youth steps in for him at exam, held

IN an interesting incident, a youth has been arrested for taking the Class 12 JAC (Jharkhand Academic Council) Board exams on behalf of his friend, who was away at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj for a holy dip.

1 min

Heavy rush, passengers with confirmed tickets scramble to board trains

JHARKHAND police on Monday reviewed the overcrowding at railway stations in the state following at least five women fainting at Ranchi railway station on Sunday because of unprecedented overcrowding.

1 min

2 Flights Carrying 33 Gujaratis From US Land at Ahmedabad

A group of 33 Gujaratis, part of the second batch of illegal Indian immigrant deportees from the US that landed in Amritsar, arrived at Ahmedabad on Monday.

1 min

US, Russian officials meet in Saudi to normalise ties

SENIOR American and Russian officials, including the countries' top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, officials said on Monday, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow's invasion of its neighbour nearly three years ago.

1 min

U.S., Russian officials meet in Saudi to normalize ties

SENIOR American and Russian officials, including the countries' top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, officials said on Monday, in what would be the most significant meeting between the sides since Moscow's invasion of its neighbor nearly three years ago.

1 min

World Bank officials arrive in Pak after two decades

PAKISTAN on Monday received a delegation of nine World Bank Executive Directors, the first such visit in two decades, as the country prepares for long-term cooperation with the bank.

1 min

Benchmark indices end flat after 8-day losing streak; FII outflow continues

DOMESTIC equity market ended its eight-day losing streak on Friday as benchmark indices—BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50—closed in positive territory despite a sluggish start to the trading session.

1 min

India delivering good returns, so FPIs booking profit

AT a time when the market tanked for eight sessions on the trot and investors have lost more than ₹40 lakh crore of their invested value so far this year, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said foreign funds are selling because \"India is delivering good returns to them and are thus booking profits,\" and not because of any market failure.

2 mins

SBI MF's ₹250 SIP: Sebi chief says 'one of her fondest dreams'

THE country's largest fund house SBI Mutual Fund has become the first asset manager to launch the sachetised SIPs or micro systematic investment plans (SIPs) starting at as low as ₹250 per unit investment.

1 min

Merchandise trade deficit widens to $23 billion

AMID the cloud of uncertainty over the global trade with Donald Trump training the gun of reciprocal tariff, the goods trade deficit in January widened to $23 billion. Exports fell by 2.4% even as imports rose by 10.3% during the month.

1 min

Global crypto market surged to $3.76 tn in Jan on positive momentum: Report

POTENTIAL policy initiatives such as national crypto reserve and stablecoin regulations have contributed to the growth of the cryptocurrency market in January 2025 as it peaked at $3.76 trillion, a 4.3% monthly increase in market capitalisation.

1 min

Tariff not a hurdle for Indo-US trade deal, say officials

WITH the sword of high tariff hanging over its head, the government believes that the issue of reciprocal tariff and Bilateral Trade Agreement with the US can be dealt with separately.

1 min

Punitive US tariffs can hurt exports by 3-3.5% or 50 bps of GDP, says SBI Research

Though no clarity is available on how much incremental reciprocal tariffs that the US could slap on Indian goods, an SBI Research report has said that \"in a highly unlikely event\" of \"a flat 20% additional tariff on all goods,\" leaving Indian shores to the US ports would eat up half a percentage of the GDP next fiscal.

1 min

Experts Raise Concerns Over Cost Viability of US Supply of Oil, LNG

WITH the US pushing for significantly increasing its oil and gas supplies to India, experts have questioned the cost viability of the proposal.

1 min

Private telecom service providers, TRAI at odds over new spam call/messages rules

THE private telecom service providers are at odds with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) over its new spam rules, citing that the regulations were issued without addressing all relevant issues.

1 min

WFI withdraws entries from 2nd Ranking Series

IN yet another disappointing news for Indian wrestlers, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday wrote to the organiser, the Albanian Wrestling Federation, expressing its inability to send the team for the second Ranking Series scheduled in Tirana from February 26 to March 2.

2 mins

National-ranking bridge event: Playing their cards right with big picture in mind

A DECK of cards is neatly arranged at the centre of a red velvety table.

3 mins

Royal show: Mandhana, bowlers power RCB

SMRITI Mandhana led from the front to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru post a handsome win over Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League in Vadodara on Monday.

1 min

CT, least favoured but money-spinner

Tournament, which also marks return of an ICC event in Pakistan after 1996, begins in Karachi on Wednesday

3 mins

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