Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola’s Co-Founder and CEO Bengaluru: Ola Electric is expanding its battery business beyond electric vehicles with a range of energy storage products for homes, businesses and utility-scale projects. The move is aimed at creating wider demand for cells produced at its Gigafactory as its core electric two-wheeler business works to rebuild volumes.The company…
Residents said the road connects Gunjur with Mahadevapura, Marathahalli and other parts of the city, with several schools located nearby. They added that the poor condition of the stretch poses a particular risk to women and children Bengaluru: A year after a group of techies took to the streets to fill potholes on a bad…
CCTV screenshot of residents attending the toddler soon after he fell from the building Bengaluru:A toddler is battling for his life after falling from the third floor of a building in Chikka Adugodi Saturday morning.The incident occurred around 10.50am when the two-year-old was playing outside his home without proper supervision. According to preliminary information, the…
Bengaluru: Sim upgrade — it’s the new name of the old game. As they continue to hoodwink cops, cybercrooks are fleecing customers with an offer of e-sim upgrade through remote activation. In the process, they take control of phones and drain linked bank accounts.A 51-year-old man was left poorer by Rs 6.2 lakh after he…
Bengaluru: A query about a bus stop turned into a violent assault on a 38-year-old man, who was allegedly robbed of Rs 25,000 and attacked with a sharp weapon by a ragpicker near a wine shop in T Dasarahalli around 1.30am Saturday.Nagaraj G, from Pavagada, was planning to travel to his native place Friday night….
Heartfelt tributes and cultural performances enriched the occasion From tricolour-clad residents and patriotic playlists to children dressed as freedom fighters and veterans recounting tales of war, apartment communities across the city found their own ways to celebrate Independence Day. Cultural performances, quizzes, walkathons and flea markets added to the festive mood, but at the heart…
Deceased – Paramaeshwaraiah Bengaluru: A 72-year-old man died after falling from the 18th floor of an apartment building on Magadi Road Sunday afternoon. Police are yet to ascertain if it was an accidental fall or suicide.The deceased is Paramaeshwaraiah, who lived with his wife, children and grandson in the apartment.Police said Paramaeshwaraiah fell from the…
Independence Day celebrations in Bengaluru As fireworks lit up the sky over Vidhana Soudha on Saturday night, they brought down the curtain on a day Bengaluru had never quite seen before.Freedom Habba, the city’s first-of-its-kind Independence Day carnival, threw open the grand steps of Vidhana Soudha to citizens from morning to night. Organised by the…
Bengaluru: Helping passengers tackle the Onam travel rush, Southern Railway (SR) has doubled the coaches on the KSR Bengaluru-Ernakulam Junction Vande Bharat Express. From Monday, the train will run with 16 coaches in both directions, six days a week.Passengers travelling to Kerala from Bengaluru had been demanding increased capacity for months. Till Sunday, the train…
TNNGauribidanuru: A KSRTC bus caught fire near Melya village in Gauribidanuru taluk in Chikkaballapur district Saturday. The incident occurred around 4pm when the bus was heading towards Madipadugu village from Gauribidanuru.According to Siddalingesh, divisional controller, KSRTC, Chikkaballapur, 32 passengers were on board, and no one was injured. He said the driver noticed a spark in…
