Rain batters Bengaluru on Thursday evening Bengaluru: Bengaluru came to a near standstill Thursday evening as fierce pre-monsoon thundershowers, accompanied by hail and gusty winds, lashed large parts of the city, flooding roads, uprooting trees, disrupting Metro services, and leaving thousands of commuters stranded in massive traffic snarls.The bright, sunny day turned gloomy by evening…
Bengaluru: In a major relief to SC/ST students admitted under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the Karnataka govt has directed schools to extend their quota up to class 10.The move follows an announcement by chief minister Siddaramaiah in the state budget on March 6. According to the directive, SC/ST students, who studied in class…
The Times of India’s Mission Admission, the city’s leading higher education seminar and expo, will be held Saturday at Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Ambedkar Veedhi, Gandhinagar, from 10.30am to 4 pm.Designed to help students and parents make informed choices after class 12, the daylong event will bring together academicians, counsellors, policymakers and industry experts to decode…
What began as memes, hashtags, and sarcastic online outrage is now spilling onto the streets across South Asia. From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya movement to Bangladesh’s July Uprising to Nepal’s youth protests and India’s viral Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), Gen Z is reshaping the language of dissent. The CJP emerged after remarks attributed to India’s Chief…
There was a time when Bengaluru’s music culture over the weekend was largely divided between packed pub gigs, commercial DJ nights, and large-scale concerts. Today, however, a quieter and far more participative music movement is taking over the city. Across cafés, parks, art spaces, and intimate venues, Bengalureans are increasingly gathering not just to watch…
Bengaluru: An invitation to a marketing event turned into an expensive ordeal for a 56-year-old Bengaluru resident, who signed a vacation ownership programme under pressure without reading the fine print. His bid to cancel his membership in less than three months was not honoured. The second Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Bengaluru Urban found a…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old undergraduate student from Kerala has accused a real estate broker of attempting to rape her during a late-night party near Madiwala.The woman, who works part time at a restaurant, alleged that the incident occurred on May 11 during a gathering organised after discussions on the sale of the establishment. According to her…
Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery,…
Bengaluru: Freshers clocked a pass percentage of 46% in the PU exam-2, whose results were announced Thursday. With this, the consolidated pass percentage hit 92.2%, an improvement of 7 percentage points from last year.As many as 80,535 students appeared for exam-2, and 36,764 passed. The pass percentage was 51% for science, 43% for commerce, and…
New Delhi/Bengaluru: Air India’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight made emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Thursday night following an engine fire warning. All 180 passengers and crew on board safely deboarded.A source said pilots of AI’s A321 received a fire warning just before landing around 9.30pm. The same was extinguished after landing. The aircraft was towed…
