A recipe scribbled in your grandmother’s handwriting or a tradition your family has kept alive for many years holds a lifetime of memories. On a sunny weekend at Atta Galatta, families gathered to document such forgotten rituals through creative expression. “The whole idea was to form a gathering where people could connect through their own…
From Chinna Chinna Aasai and Chaiyya Chaiyya to Kun Faya Kun and Deewaana Deewaana, AR Rahman has spent more than three decades reinventing his music without losing his emotional connect.What makes a song from the ‘90s sound just as exciting today? In AR Rahman’s case, perhaps it is his refusal to stand still. His music…
Couterfeit notes seized from the gang Bengaluru: Chamarajpet police have busted a counterfeit currency racket with the arrest of a seven-member gang and seizure of 4,337 fake Rs 500 notes, a car, eight mobile phones and equipment used to print the currency. The seized notes have a face value of Rs 21.7 lakh.The arrested have…
Bengaluru: Customs has imposed penalties totalling Rs 270.8 crore on actor Harshavardini Ranya aka Ranya Rao and three others, holding that they were part of a gold-smuggling syndicate that brought more than 127kg of the yellow metal worth Rs 102.5 crore into India between March 2024 and March 2025.In an order issued on Sept 30,…
Bengaluru: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V Anbukumar Thursday directed electoral registration officers (EROs) across 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka to initiate legal action against applicants who knowingly submit false declarations in electoral roll application.This follows a six-hour dharna by chief minister DK Shivakumar and his cabinet colleagues over alleged attempts to delete eligible voters through…
Dakshina Kannada district minister UT Khader Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district minister UT Khader said the state govt will issue an order for an investigation into the blast inside MRPL that claimed one life.Speaking to reporters late Wednesday evening, Khader said the state has high-level officials from the industries department to conduct an inquiry.“This is a…
Bengaluru: With the cabinet giving its nod for campus union elections, public universities have started instructing affiliated colleges to take steps to begin the election process.Adikavi Sri Maharshi Valmiki University, Raichur, issued a notification on Sept 21 to colleges to conduct elections. “Govt has framed and issued guidelines to inculcate civic responsibility, accountability and democratic…
Bengaluru: Residents of Doddamara Road, which connects Hosa Road with Sarjapur Road in the city tech corridor, got some relief with chief minister DK Shivakumar’s office (CMO) directing public works department (PWD) to seek funds for improving the key stretch of the road. It has been in a pathetic condition for nearly a decade.Following directions…
Workers’ protest: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and contract workers’ unions protest at the MRPL cargo gate Thursday over the death of contract electrician Manish Karkada Mangaluru: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has announced an aid of Rs 1.2 crore for the kin of contract electrician Manish Karkada, who died in a blast following a fire…
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s daily power demand has dropped by a fourth by Thursday on the back of a late surge in rain as the monsoon season ended.After witnessing an alarming demand of over 20,000 MW a day a few days ago, the state saw a sharp cut of nearly 5,000 MW by Thursday. In Bengaluru Electricity…
