Bengaluru: Seven workers were killed and five others injured after a massive boulder crashed onto them at a quarry in the outskirts of Bengaluru Thursday.The accident occurred around 7 am at Udayashankar Stone Crushers in Madapattana, Ramanagara district.At adjoining Basaveshwara Stone Crushers, located at a higher level, rocks were being crushed and readied for transport,…
Bengaluru: A district leprosy officer (DLO) attached to the department of health and family welfare was caught by Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a 25-year-old doctor for approving a Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) licence.Unani doctor Muffassir Ahmed Muzammil approached Lokayukta police against DLO Dr Bhujabali D Yalagudri, 54, accusing…
Bengaluru: A man’s decision to let his son learn computer skills during school holidays ended in heartbreak after the 15-year-old was forced into hazardous labour and died in a horrific hydraulic lift accident at a hardware store. The father has accused the shopowners of employing the minor illegally and ignoring basic safety precautions.Ameen Allabaksha Syed,…
Bengaluru: A court in Bengaluru sentenced three rowdies to life imprisonment for the murder of an autorickshaw driver over an unreturned loan of Rs 2,000.Venkatesh, Puneet and Nagaraj — rowdies from KP Agrahara area — were found guilty of killing D Nagaraj in March 2016.According to police records, Nagaraj borrowed Rs 2,000 from Venkatesh and…
Footpaths at and around Jalahalli are in deplorable conditions Bengaluru: Jalahalli Cross moves thousands of vehicles every hour. But for pedestrians, one of the city’s busiest junctions offers little more than a choice between broken footpaths and moving traffic.A TOI walk across all four roads radiating from the junction found a striking pattern: pedestrian infrastructure…
Bengaluru: A bomb threat email sent to the department of space and Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) headquarters triggered a major security scare Thursday at Antariksh Bhavan on New BEL Road, north Bengaluru.After officials received the email on Isro’s official email ID claiming that explosives had been planted inside the premises, the staff were evacuated…
Bribe cash rupees notes wad coins Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta Thursday caught an accountant from the accountant general (AG) office while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 13,000 to process the release of court-deposited funds.The accused official is Adarsha Kumar Singh, who works in the AG office on Park House Road near Ambedkar Veedhi.Lokayukta said the…
Bengaluru: Arguing that Bengaluru’s planning regulations must keep pace with its rapid urban growth, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) Bengaluru urged Karnataka govt to substantially increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) proposed under the draft Uniform Zonal Regulations, saying the current limits could constrain housing supply and drive up home prices.In…
Chikkaballapur: An 18-year-old engineering student was assaulted and stabbed inside her home at Chintamani town in Chikkaballapur, hours after she reportedly confronted two men for allegedly harassing her on the street.The victim, S Meghana, a first-year engineering student and part-time dance teacher, is undergoing treatment for stab injuries to her neck and abdomen.On June 30…
Rural students access online learning resources at an Arivu Kendra (village library) in a gram panchayat in Karnataka. Bengaluru: A child walking into a village library in Karnataka could soon have access not only to books but also to world literature, cultural programmes, language learning methods and pathways to global careers. Planning to transform about…
