New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Institutional investments in India’s real estate sector rose 50 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to $4.5 billion during the first half of 2026 — the strongest first-half performance in six years — despite the West Asia crisis, a report showed on Friday.According to the report by real estate consultancy Colliers, quarterly investments remained robust, surging 70 per cent YoY to $2.9 billion in the April-June quarter.Domestic investors led the market with $2.6 billion in inve…
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New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Air India Express on Thursday said that it has restored connectivity across its entire West Asia network by resuming services to Salalah in Oman and Kuwait, further strengthening air links between India and the Gulf region.The airline said flights on the Kozhikode–Salalah route resumed from July 2, while services between Kozhikode and Kuwait will restart from July 3. Flights connecting Bengaluru and Kuwait are scheduled to resume from July 4, with frequencies set to in…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday launched a sharp counterattack against Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, saying that fortunes change with time and no one remains in power forever. Speaking to the media on Thursday at the party’s State Headquarters, JP Bhavan in Bengaluru, the Union Minister said, “The belief that ‘I alone will remain, and everything revolves around me’ is nothing but an illusion. Every position and every phase has an end.”Responding s…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday said the government had decided to defer the monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature until the voter revision exercise is completed. Addressing a press conference after the state Cabinet meeting at Vidhana Soudha, he said the draft electoral rolls are scheduled to be published on August 5, following which the Assembly session is likely to be convened duri…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Thursday visited the hospital where workers injured in the Madappatna quarry tragedy in Bengaluru are undergoing treatment and blamed the state government’s alleged negligence for the incident that claimed seven lives.At least seven migrant labourers from Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and North Karnataka were killed after a huge boulder crashed onto workers at a stone quarry early on Thursday morning.Th…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) The five staff members of a Bengaluru daycare centre accused of physically abusing toddlers are absconding, with their mobile phones switched off, even as police have launched a manhunt and intensified their investigation into the shocking incident.The accused, identified as Manjula, Vijayalakshmi, Bhavani, Sindhu and Bindu, have been booked by the HAL Police after disturbing videos allegedly showing children being assaulted surfaced on social media and were forwarded to…
Hyderabad, July 2 (IANS) The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) has dismantled a major interstate drug trafficking syndicate that was covertly distributing ‘ganja’ (cannabis) across India using postal and courier services. Operating primarily out of Jharkhand, the network was busted following the arrest of its key mastermind, Satyam Misra, H-NEW said on Thursday.Satyam Misra, a native of Giridih district, Jharkhand, is a former painter and transport vehicle driver. His elder brother Sh…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday expressed grief over the deaths of seven migrant workers from Bihar and North Karnataka in the boulder collapse at a stone crusher unit in Madapattana, Bengaluru South taluk.At least seven migrant labourers from Bihar died after a massive boulder collapsed at a stone quarry in Bengaluru South taluk early in the morning. Several others were injured, while rescue teams fear that more workers remain trapped beneath the de…
Bengaluru, July 2 (IANS) At least seven migrant labourers from Bihar were feared dead after a massive boulder collapsed at a stone quarry in Bengaluru South taluk early on Thursday morning. Several others were injured, while rescue teams fear that more workers remain trapped beneath the debris. The death toll is likely to go up. The incident occurred at around 5 a.m. at the Kaveri Crusher unit in Madapatna village, within the jurisdiction of the Tavarekere Police Station.According to preliminar…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Capgemini has announced temporary closure of its on-campus daycare facility in Bengaluru after allegations of child abuse at the centre surfaced, the company said in a statement.”Capgemini’s foremost priority is the health, safety and well-being of its employees and their families,” it said.The company further added that it is cooperating fully with the relevant authorities and assisting them in their efforts to establish the facts.”As a precautionary measure, we are tem…