Bus services hit as transport workers begin strike in K'taka

Employees of Karnataka's state-owned transport corporations began an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning, severely affecting public bus services across the state and leaving passengers in the......

'Media Frenzy Has Ruined Justice Varma's Reputation'

'Presumption of innocence must guide all formal actions, but transparency must not be mistaken for pre-judgment.''The cruel irony, however, is that Justice Varma is a fine judge who enjoys a......

LS polls: Cong announces DK Suresh among 7 candidates for K'taka

DK Suresh (Bangalore Rural) and Kannada actor Shivarajkumar's wife Geetha Shivarajkumar (Shimoga) figure in the first list of seven candidates in Karnataka announced on Friday by the Congress for......

Denied bypoll ticket, Karnataka BJP leader joins Cong

In a dramatic development, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former minister C P Yogeeshwara on Wednesday quit his party and joined the Congress, which is now expected to field him in the November......

Google AI Bets Big On Indian Farms, Languages

Google says its AI models are being used across sectors in India, from improving maternal health programmes and streamlining patient-care to supporting agri-tech solutions and advancing the......

Bomb scare at ITPL, Bangalore

Around 18,000 employees were evacuated from International Tech Park Ltd at Whitefield in Bangalore rural district on Monday following a bomb scare, police and ITPL sources said. A bomb disposal......

Prosperity Is Not India's Birth Right

If growth reverts to the pre-Covid level, a lot of people may have to temper their rosy optimism, points out Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   What seemed like a......

How We Can Create Millions Of Jobs

'Three manufacturing sectors can create jobs by the million: Apparel, food, and electronic assembly.''Let's talk to them and ask them what it would take to scale by a factor of ten,' suggests......

Why Did Kiran Rao Struggle?

'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.''But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.''I was......

A Story that INSPIRES Girls to DREAM!

'Skater Girl is India's first film on skateboarding and I hope that it inspires girls and boys across the world and brings them hope.' IMAGE: Rachel Sanchita Gupta in Skater Girl. Rarely does a......

India's young players must focus on singles, says Paes-Bhupathi

'We have not had a quarter-finalist in a Grand Slam of the singles since Ramesh Krishnan.' IMAGE: Leander Paes said the overall growth of tennis in India had shown improvement but it would take......

Nadal inaugurates his tennis school in AP

World number one Rafael Nadal on Sunday inaugurated the Nadal Tennis School at the Anantapur Sports Village in Anantapur town of Andhra Pradesh and interacted with young tennis players. Nadal,......

Rajya Sabha MP Mary Kom backs government's demonetisation move

IMAGE: Champion boxer Mary Kom takes the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha in April, 2016, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi watches. Photograph: PTI Olympic bronze-medallist boxer and Rajya Sabha......