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…
Screenshot of mobile clipping in which Gottigere Manjanna is assaulting traffic police constable Bengaluru: A traffic police constable was allegedly assaulted while on duty at Gottigere after a man identified as Manjunath alias Gottigere Manjanna, JD(S) state general secretary, objected to his vehicle being stopped by traffic police Sunday evening.The incident occurred around 4pm when…
Mangaluru: Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) took out a march from Mangaluru City Corporation office to Rajaji Park here on Sunday, staging a demonstration against Chinese president Xi Jinping and Beijing’s repressive ‘Ethnic Unity Law.’The protest was organised in the memory of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, who self-immolated outside the UN headquarters in…
Huge crowd at MG Road Metro station Saturday during the Freedom Habba celebrations in Bengaluru Bengaluru: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) Sunday expressed regret over the temporary suspension of train stoppages at two stations in central Bengaluru during the ‘Freedom Hubba’ celebrations Saturday, saying the measures were taken in the interest of passenger…
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Bengaluru: A woman police sub-inspector was allegedly abused, manhandled and body-shamed while trying to break up a quarrel involving a lawyer and a police constable at Bhattarahalli signal recently.KR Pura police have registered a case based on her complaint against a lawyer, his friend, a student, the lawyer’s father and others.According to the woman sub-inspector’s…
BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday said the state faces a dual challenge of protecting farmers’ livelihoods while complying with legal directions on releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, and called for good rainfall to help overcome the situation.Speaking to the media after visiting a temple at Bhagamandala in Kodagu district, Shivakumar…
Families, children and first-time volunteers joined the drives, with many participating in a plogging drive alongside former India cricketer and ICC match referee Javagal Srinath at Mini Forest, JP Nagar Phase 3 Bengaluru: The city’s civic spirit was on full display Sunday as #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks by TOI concluded week 2 of its…
Sumant Jain, 32, and his wife Padmavathi, 29. BENGALURU: A WhatsApp voice message sent by a 32-year-old civil engineer to his mother around 1.30am on Thursday has emerged as a key detail in the deaths of a couple in Laggere, north Bengaluru.Sumant Jain, 32, and his wife Padmavathi, 29, were found dead at their rented…
