Bengaluru: Citizens, activists and walkers have launched a postcard campaign urging govt to scrap the proposed Hebbal-Silk Board tunnel road project, which is expected to pass beneath Lalbagh and require over five acres of the garden’s land.The postcards, addressed to chief minister DK Shivakumar, call for no part of Lalbagh to be used for shafts,…
Bengaluru: The annual novena and feast of St Mary’s Basilica in Shivajinagar will be celebrated from Aug 29, with thousands of devotees expected to participate in the 11-day festivities culminating in the Feast of Nativity of Virgin Mary on Sept 8.The nine-day novena will commence on Aug 29 with the customary flag-hoisting ceremony at 5.30pm….
The problem is particularly acute in the Bengaluru Metropolitan Area Zone Bengaluru: The gates of the city’s large apartment complexes and gated communities are proving harder for Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) officials to cross than expected, with several residential communities denying entry to verification teams and emerging as a major hurdle in the Gruha…
A brief scare at Mysuru Palace on Friday highlighted why Dasara elephants need careful preparation before the grand Jamboo Savari. Dasara jumbo Srirama, who was calm moments earlier, suddenly panicked when musicians began beating drums loudly behind him. His mahout and kavadi quickly brought him under control.The incident also underlines the importance of weeks of…
Bengaluru: Auto and taxi drivers’ unions lodged a complaint with transport department, urging it to immediately remove mobile applications of aggregators offering bike-taxi services from app stores and online marketplaces.The unions alleged that aggregators are operating bike-taxi services without a legal framework and urged authorities not to allow them while the matter is pending before…
Bengaluru: The ‘peptide party’ planned in Bengaluru on Aug 29, which had drawn mixed responses online, has been cancelled after the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the organisers’ company and issued a notice.Billed as the first event of its kind in Bengaluru, the party was to feature “peptide tastings” and was scheduled for…
The convicts are Venkatesh M, B Vijay alias Kari Vijay, R Vinod Kumar, Gerald Arokiya Raj, R Kiran alias Dikky, I Vikram, James Kumar and S Vijay alias Kotanguchhi, all residents of Viveknagar, central Bengaluru Bengaluru: A local court held eight men guilty of hacking a 32-year-old man to death after he objected to some…
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old computer science student died jumped to death from the fifth-floor balcony of a private university. The deceased is Nisha, a resident of JP Nagar and third-semester student with PES University, Hosakerehalli.Police said Nisha, after fighting with her friend, ran up to the fifth floor and jumped. “The doors leading to terrace and…
Karnataka will mark the centenary of Ramakrishna Hegde’s birth, with both central and state officials in attendance BENGALURU: Karnataka will mark the birth centenary of late chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde on Aug 29, with central and state functionaries expected to attend the celebrations.He led the state for three terms between 1983 and 1988 and later…
Weapon used to attack on police constable Bengaluru: A midnight operation to track down a suspected illegal arms maker took a dramatic turn when he attacked a constable with a sword and later hurled chilli powder at the police team in Somasundarapalya, Bangalore Urban district.Acting on a tip-off, Bandepalya inspector Manjunath RV deputed sub-inspector Sachin…
