Leading the walks is 28-year-old herpetologist Yashas Bharadwaj, joined by 69-year-old former geology professor TJ Renukaprasad Bengaluru: Every Sunday morning, before the city’s roads fill with traffic, groups of curious residents gather at the gates of Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi campus. Armed with binoculars, cameras and boundless curiosity, they venture into the sprawling 330-acre Bio Park,…
Bengaluru: Eighteen personnel of state police have been honoured with President’s medal for distinguished and meritorious service on the occasion of Independence Day.Assistant commissioner of police Dharmendra HN, serving with Central Crime Branch, Bengaluru, has been conferred with the medal for distinguished service. Other 17 personnel are recipients of medal for meritorious service.The awardees include…
Bengaluru: The #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks initiative is set to enter its second week after a strong start that saw over 500 citizens turn out for 14 activities across the city.This Sunday (Aug 16), volunteers will take part in sapling-plantation drives, plogging sessions and park clean-ups at multiple locations, including JP Nagar, Koramangala and…
Bengaluru: A social media video showing a man pulling out a pistol and threatening another person has landed a trading academy operator in trouble after police flagged the clip and registered a case.Police constable Chandrakanta of Annapoorneshwarinagar police station, who was assigned to monitor social media, came across the video on the Instagram page ‘harish_trading_academy’….
Egg hurled at Kerala SRTC bus in Bidadi on Wednesday Bengaluru: A week after a fatal accident in Bidadi involving a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus, a second bus survived another mishap along the same stretch of Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. The Kerala bus, coming from Kasaragod, encountered an egg attack while it was crossing Bidadi…
Bengaluru: The consulate general of Italy in Bengaluru, in collaboration with National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Bengaluru and ministry of culture, will host “One mother, many mother tongues”, an exhibition featuring masterpieces from Italy and India.The exhibition is from Aug 20-Sept 20 at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru.It will trace the evolving…
Double side car parking near Press Club at Cubbon Park in Bengaluru on Thursday. Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority’s proposal to collect annual fee from owners of vehicles parked on roads in front of their house has triggered a wave of backlash. Citizens slammed the proposal, saying it unfairly penalises vehicle owners for decades of poor…
Organ Donation Day commemorated at Nimhans Bengaluru: Since it began functioning as a non-transplant organ retrieval centre in 2018, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) has facilitated 94 successful organ and tissue donations, according to a report presented Friday to mark Organ Donation Day (Aug 13).The donations enabled the retrieval of 27…
Bengaluru: A dispute over a stray dog being pelted with stones escalated into a heated confrontation and alleged assault on a 27-year-old woman in Domlur on Aug 10.According to a complaint filed by Sanjana (name changed), the incident occurred around 7.40pm when she was standing outside her house in Domlur I Stage and speaking to…
Bengaluru: Non-resident Indians and legal heirs living outside Karnataka can now transfer inherited agricultural land records to their names with greater ease, following a simplification of rules by the state govt.The revenue department on Wednesday amended guidelines for Pauti Khata, the official process of mutating agricultural land records into the names of legal heirs after…
