Bengaluru: Public transport took a hit as flooding choked key transit points across Bengaluru. In the south, waterlogging around Jayadeva Hospital Metro station on the Yellow Line, left roads toward Silk Board partly non-motorable, forcing traffic into a single lane. Silk Board Metro station premises were also inundated, worsening congestion, especially with the double-decker flyover…
1st Major Rain-Related Tragedy In 20 Years In B’luru BENGALURU: Seven people, including a girl who had gone shopping for her seventh birthday on May 3, were killed and nine injured after a wall of Bowring Hospital in Shivajinagar collapsed on them during thunderstorms here on Wednesday evening. This is the first major rain-related tragedy…
Seven people, including a six-year-old girl who had gone shopping ahead of her seventh birthday, were killed and nine others injured after a compound wall of Bowring Hospital collapsed during intense thunderstorms in Bengaluru on Wednesday evening. BENGALURU: Seven people, including a six-year-old girl who had gone shopping ahead of her seventh birthday, were killed…
Bengaluru: The sudden hailstorm left more than just flooded streets in its wake — it struck at the heart of one of the city’s beloved literary corners. Bookworm, the iconic bookshop on Church Street, saw nearly 5,000 books destroyed after rainwater gushed into the shop within minutes.Recounting the ordeal, proprietor Krishna Gowda said the weather…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Police on Wednesday introduced an AI-powered multilingual feature in its Namma 112 emergency helpline (police control room), becoming the first police unit in the country to deploy such a system.The new initiative removes language barriers by supporting over 10 Indian and foreign languages, including Bengali, Malayalam, Gujarati, Odia, Manipuri, Assamese, Kashmiri, Nepali, as…
Bengaluru: Musfira Begum, a bubbly girl shopping for her seventh birthday over the weekend, never imagined a happy outing would end in tragedy. Accompanied by mother Mubeen Taj and aunt Tabreen Taj, Musfira wandered through bustling streets, choosing new clothes for the May 3 celebration she was eagerly planning.When the wall near Bowring Hospital, Shivajinagar,…
Bengaluru: The lush green turf at Kanteerava Stadium, where football matches are usually played, turned snow-white for a few minutes Wednesday evening, a telling image—not AI-generated—of the intensity of the hailstorm.While many Bengalureans took to posting online images of ice pellets they had collected or videos of hailstones falling, the question many asked was: Why…
Bengaluru: It was a familiar slice of evening chaos until sudden rain tore through its monotonous rhythm. Vendors shouting at high pitch to attract shoppers, bikers impatiently honking to race ahead, office-goers rushing towards bus station and people walking towards Bowring Hospital. When the skies opened up in the evening, everything turned topsy turvy, edged…
Bengaluru: Rain was expected Wednesday, but no one expected the fury that it unleashed. The nearly 40-minute downpour threw life out of gear, especially for those in central and eastern parts of the city, who were desperately waiting for respite from the searing summer heat. With localities flooded and roads inundated, thousands of people returning…
Bengaluru: After weeks of relentless heat, Bengaluru was slammed by a burst of squally thundershowers for over an hour Wednesday. The Central Business District — the city’s glitzy hub — bore its fury in full force. Much-needed relief quickly spiralled into chaos, again exposing the city’s deep vulnerability to extreme weather swings.Barely minutes after India…
