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Bengaluru:  Students and parents protested outside the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) office in Malleshwaram on Thursday, August 27, against the authority’s decision to levy a Rs 5,000 penalty on candidates seeking to cancel seats allotted in the second round of UGCET 2026 counselling. KEA recently announced the second-round seat allotment results for engineering and other professional undergraduate courses. According to the counselling guidelines, candidates who do not wish to retain their allotted seats and want to participate in the third round must cancel their current allotment by paying Rs 5,000. The online seat cancellation facility opened on August 27 and will remain available until 3 pm on August 29. Candidates are required to log in to the KEA portal, complete the cancellation process and pay the prescribed amount. Only candidates who cancel their seats within the stipulated period will be eligible for the third round. Rule angers parents, student The ...

Bengaluru : Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday, August 27, reiterated his claim that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is an unregistered organisation and challenged it to come within the legal framework. Responding to questions about cases against the RSS , on Thursday Kharge said the absence of cases in the list he referred to was linked to the organisation’s lack of registration. He questioned why the RSS had not formally registered despite several prominent political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Union Home Minister Amit Shah, former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa and opposition leader R. Ashoka, having links with the organisation. “RSS is not registered. So why should I ban it? Come within the legal framework. You are not above everyone else,” Kharge said. Taking his challenge further, the minister offered to pay the registration fee for RSS branches in Karnataka. He said he was willing to meet the cost either from his ML...

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, has cancelled its 34th annual convocation scheduled for September 12, days after over 700 students and alumni opposed the presence of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra at the event. On August 3, the administration had emailed graduating students stating that the annual convocation would be held on September 12. However, a notice dated August 27 announced its cancellation due to “unavoidable circumstances,” and that students would be conferred their degrees in absentia, reported Bar and Bench. “Despite our collective best efforts, due to unavoidable circumstances, we are unable to hold the 34th Annual Convocation. All graduating students will be conferred their degrees in absentia after due approvals by the Governing Bodies,” the notice said. Students may choose to receive their certificates by courier or collect them on campus, it ad...

Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court has quashed the chargesheet filed against a resort owner in connection with an alleged rape of a US woman at a homestay in Kodagu, observing that there was no statutory basis to prosecute the private individual for allegedly failing to inform police about the offence. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by P. Ponnappa, owner of the resort, challenging the chargesheet filed by Kutta police before the Civil and JMFC Court in Ponnampet on June 7, 2026. The court said there was insufficient evidence to establish the offences alleged against the petitioner. It also noted that the Foreigners Act , 1946, had been repealed with effect from September 1, 2025. The prosecution had invoked provisions of the Foreigners Act as well as Section 239 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), alleging that Ponnappa had failed to provide information to police after the alleged incident. The High Court observed that ...

Bengaluru : Three cases had been registered and six people arrested in connection with a clash during an Eid Milad procession in Basavanagudi here on Wednesday, August 26, the police said. The incident occurred on KR road after a procession from Kumaraswamy Layout crossed the Banashankari police limits and entered Basavanagudi. “Punith Kerehalli of the Rashtra Rakshana Pade and others came there holding saffron flags and raising slogans of ‘ Jai Shri Ram ‘,” police said in a statement on Thursday. The outfit members allegedly attempted to provoke members of the Muslim procession and asked them not to raise slogans. Police said that when their personnel intervened, some Muslim youths allegedly attacked a person identified as Murali with an unidentified weapon. Kerehalli and his associates subsequently staged a protest and raised slogans, the police said. The injured person was later shifted to Victoria Hospital by police personnel, while Ke...

Bengaluru : The Bengaluru Traffic Police Department is inviting citizens to experience the challenges of managing the city’s congested roads through its ‘Cap for a Day’ initiative. The programme, being conducted for the second time, will allow selected citizens to spend a day with traffic police personnel and understand the responsibilities involved in regulating traffic and tackling congestion at busy junctions. The initiative is aimed at bridging the gap between motorists and traffic police. While commuters frequently complain about delays and traffic jams, the department wants citizens to understand the challenges officers face while keeping traffic moving during peak hours. Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Karthik Reddy said the programme would provide citizens with an opportunity to experience the duties of traffic police and understand the challenges they encounter on the roads. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಸಂಚಾರ ದಟ್ಟಣೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂಚೂಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಲು ಏನೇನು ಸವಾಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಎದುರಿ...