Author: Rahul M

The Karnataka government recently issued an order reassigning IAS and IPS officers serving the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and five city corporations under it. This order will apply to 16 IAS and two IPS officers serving under various capacities at BBMP. The BBMP had a chief commissioner, seven special commissioners, eight zonal commissioners, an additional director general of police, and a superintendent of police. As per the order issued August 29, the GBA will be headed by a chief commissioner and will have four special commissioners tasked to head various departments under…

Central Zone have advanced to the Duleep Trophy semi-finals on the basis of their first-innings lead over North-East Zone in their drawn quarter-final game at the BCCI CoE Ground 2 on Sunday. Central Zone will now face West Zone in the semi-final at the CoE from September 4.   In the morning, North East Zone began their pursuit of chasing an improbable 679 to win, after Central Zone declared their innings at 331/7 in 80.3 overs, with their lead standing at 678 runs. They managed to make 200/6 in 58 overs, before the game ended in a draw, with Jehu…

Araria, Kishanganj (bihar)August 31, 2025 08:16 PM IST First published on: Aug 31, 2025 at 08:15 PM IST THESE DAYS, RJD’s Jokihat MLA Shahnawaz Alam has been spending most of his time at his ancestral village Sisauna in Bihar’s Araria district. With the Election Commission’s September 1 deadline for uploading of identity documents as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) looming, Alam is worried that document submission in his constituency hasn’t crossed 85%.Araria is part of Bihar’s Seemanchal region, whose four districts have a substantial Muslim population. While in Kishanganj, over 70 per cent of the population is from…

An event held here on Sunday to mark “Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Day” not only saw Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announce a slew of measures for the communities, but also served as a platform to showcase unity among NDA partners amid reports of tensions between the allies.At the event, marked annually on August 31 to commemorate the repeal of the British-era Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, which criminalised nomadic, semi-nomadic and denotified tribes, Adityanath announced a housing scheme and a welfare board, and provided land to them. “I would request Minister Asim Arun to provide land and housing for…

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Police Saturday booked Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for her remarks aimed at Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The FIR was filed at the Mana Camp police station in the Raipur police district based on a complaint from a local worker of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who alleged that for the first time, a Member of Parliament, had ‘threatened’ a home minister. Based on the complaint from BJP worker Gopal Samanto, Raipur district police booked Moitra, the Lok Sabha MP from Krishnanagar in West Bengal, under sections 196 and 197 of the…

Amid the row over Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurating the Dasara celebration to be organised by the Karnataka Government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended the decision on Sunday, saying that only “zealots” opposed it, even as Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka threatened to launch a Chamundeshwari Chalo protest if the sanctity of the temple where the inaugural is to be held is “violated”. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru, Siddaramaiah said that Mushtaq was chosen to inaugurate the festivities on September 22 because she had won the Booker Prize this year. “In the past too, a member of the Muslim community,…

Netflix Netflix’s “Trainwreck” series exists for the rubberneckers among us, those of us who just can’t fix our face and look away when something crazy is about to go down. Every episode of the documentary series often called out as “disaster porn” deals with a shining example why aliens would be wise to never visit our planet, from the all-too-preventable crowd crush at the center of “The Astroworld Tragedy” to Carnival’s 2013 dream vacation-turned-“Poop Cruise.” It’s the kind of thing viewers watch not to relish in others’ misery but more…

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has joined hands with the Royal Mysore Sailing Club (RMSC) to launch a structured sailing programme for beginners at Yelahanka Lake. The initiative aims to introduce citizens to small boat sailing through guided training and certified instruction.Sailing programme for newcomers The programme, designed for newcomers with no prior experience, will run in multiple batches. Priced at ₹14,500 plus taxes, it offers participants theoretical lessons and hands-on practice, culminating in a Basic Skills Certificate. The training includes instruction in boat rigging, rope handling, manoeuvres, and essential rescue techniques. Successful candidates can advance to higher levels of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s first elected Supreme Court will be seated Monday and observers will be watching closely to see whether it will assert its independence from the governing party that held the country’s first judicial elections.Just three of its nine justices have any experience on the high court, the rest are new, including the court’s president Hugo Aguilar, a lawyer who spent his career defending Indigenous rights.The idea of judicial elections came from Mexico’s former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who frequently clashed with judges who challenged his agenda. He said judges elected by the people would be…

Veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently announced his retirement from Indian Premier League (IPL), has broken silence on his future. Ashwin, who announced his retirement from IPL on Wednesday, August 27, is now focusing on exploring new opportunities in global T20 leagues. The 38-year-old off-spinner started his IPL career with five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK), ended his journey in the cash-rich league with the same franchise. The Tamil Nadu cricketer cited the demanding three-month IPL schedule as a key reason for his retirement, noting that it was physically and mentally draining at this stage of his career. Apart…