Bengaluru, Jan 29: BJP MLC M K Pranesh was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday. Pranesh succeeds late SL Dharme Gowda. 

Bengaluru, Jan 29: An aspiring chartered accountant is accused of peddling drugs. Vishruth N Raj, 27, working at a CA’s office, allegedly started peddling drugs to make a quick buck, police said, adding they have seized 1.2 kg of hashish oil and three kg of ganja from him. Both of these items are banned. 

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Much-awaited ‘common mobility card’ for metro and bus users in the Karnataka State Capital Bengaluru will be introduced this year, Governor Vajubhai R Vala said on Thursday.

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Senior JD(S) MLC Basavarj Horatti on Thursday said that his party will support the contentious anti-cow slaughter bill in the Karnataka Legislative Council, where it is yet to be passed after it was moved in the Legislative Assembly.

Los Angeles, Jan 28: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that the world must prepare for the next pandemic as it would for war, including the investment of tens of billions of dollars each year, in a letter released Wednesday.

As enterprises struggle to understand the importance of data lifecycle where destructing the data is equally important to archiving or retaining it in the systems of on the Cloud, only 43 per cent organisations in India are fully aware of current and upcoming data protection laws, a new report said on Thursday,

Ghazipur, Jan 28: There was heavy deployment of security personnel at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur border, where farmers from Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws for last two months.

Mumbai, Jan 28: A Bombay High Court judge, who faced flak for acquitting a man of groping a 12-year old girls breast because he did not make skin-to-skin contact, had ruled four days earlier that holding the hands of a five- year-old girl and unzipping his pants do not amount to 'sexual assault' under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

London, Jan 28: The number of oceanic sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent over the last 50 years, according to a study which found that some formerly abundant, wide-ranging species -- including the Great Hammerhead -- have declined so steeply that they are now classified as critically endangered.

New Delhi, Jan 28: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on January 28 extended the ongoing travel and visa restrictions for international commercial passenger services till February 28, 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic.