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CHITRADURGA/BENGALURU: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), an apex child-rights body, has taken suo motu cognisance of the sexual assault case allegedly involving Murugha Mutt seer Shivamurthy Swami and issued a notice to the Chitradurga superintendent of police to conduct an inquiry and submit a report in a week. The NCPCR said

SynopsisFlexibility is a key factor for most working women. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, has highlighted this recently, as he called on businesses to be more flexible to encourage the participation of women in the workforce.AgenciesWomen’s workforce participation up 10% YoY over 3 years, shows a study, signalling efforts are paying off. will bear the

“This is the monsoon quarter and we should not judge the cement companies’ performance by this quarter, but Q3 onwards we believe that cement companies’ performance will start improving and it will definitely be worth watching the space,” says Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Group Chairman, Inditrade Capital. What do you make of this uptrend that we are

Security personnel at the Idgah ground in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (PTI)India Top News Today: In two separate courtroom battles Tuesday, the Supreme Court said no to Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Idgah grounds in Bengaluru while the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court late at night declined to Stay an order of the Hubbali Mayor

Scientist Samir V Kamat appointed as DRDO chief. (Image:Express/file)Distinguished scientist Samir V Kamat was on Thursday appointed as Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Kamat, who is Director General, Naval Systems & Materials, at the DRDO