Roshni Nadar Malhotra, chairperson of HCLTech Bengaluru: HCLTech plans to invest Rs 14,257 crore to set up its first AI data centre at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park, marking one of the country’s largest investments in sovereign AI infrastructure.The IT firm will establish the AI data centre in partnership with homegrown AI startup Sarvam…
Will the students get their degree or not? Bengaluru: Confusion over the multiple entry-exit provision under National Education Policy (NEP) has left a batch of hotel management students in limbo, with a city college asking them to return and complete the fourth year after they had exited the programme at the end of the third.The…
The BLOs completed the last leg of the enumeration form distribution on July 23, with all 5.5 crore voters reached as per the data published by the chief electoral officer Bengaluru: The city, marred with several complaints of details of the 2002 voter rolls not being found, and slow enumeration pace, will receive at least…
Bengaluru: In a chilling case of alleged gender bias, a 13-day-old baby girl was allegedly murdered by her own father in Chikkaballapura after he was reportedly upset that his second child was also a daughter.The accused, Imran, has been arrested by Chikkaballapura police for allegedly throwing the newborn into the water sump at his in-laws’…
Bengaluru: A dispute over a Rs 10 ticket refund allegedly turned violent as a BMTC passenger assaulted a conductor and driver on a moving bus near Devanahalli, leaving one of them with a fractured nasal bone.According to a complaint filed by conductor DR Narendra Babu, 41, of BMTC’s Devanahalli depot, he and driver Narasimha Reddy…
Bengaluru: A routine commute on a BMTC bus turned into a harrowing experience for a software engineer after a gang of four stole his mobile phone. His quick reflexes, coupled with timely intervention of the bus crew and commuters, foiled the theft, leading to the arrest of one pickpocket while three accomplices escaped.Software engineer Likhith,…
Of the project’s 15 towers, only one is affected; 822 of the 972 apartments have already been handed over Bengaluru: Barely three months after Greater Bengaluru Authority issued occupancy certificate giving an all-clear, an 18-floor apartment tower, part of SNN Raj Etternia complex near Kudlu off Hosur Road, is set to be razed.The builder made…
Where can you feed the bird? Bengaluru: The city is split vertically over the health department’s guidelines restricting pigeon feeding to designated locations between 7am and 9am. While apartment associations have welcomed the move, bird-lovers have sought a more balanced approach.Resident welfare associations argued that feeding zones in common areas often attract large flocks, leading…
Bengaluru: An elderly couple died by suicide at their Shivanalli residence in Manjunathanagar, Basaveshwaranagar, Wednesday as they were reportedly worried over health and financial issues.The deceased are 77-year-old Eeshwar Achari and wife, Gauri Achari, 66. The double suicide came to light Thursday morning when one of their daughters reached their residence after the couple did…
Nine men injured in explosion Bengaluru: Nine migrants from West Bengal, who were daily-wage workers associated with an engineering firm, sustained severe burns after a leaking LPG cylinder caused an explosion in their paying guest accommodation in Bommasandra-Hebbagodi, Electronics City, early Thursday. They were staying in a single-bedroom unit with a small kitchen and bathroom.Police…
