Bengaluru: With monsoon expected to arrive next month, Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) has rolled out a simple but potentially life-saving measure to prevent flood-related accidents at underpasses across the city.Citizens approaching flood-prone underpasses during heavy rain will now be able to gauge whether it is safe to enter based on newly painted water-level indicators…
Thepakkadu elephant camp in Tamil Nadu Bengaluru: After the Dubare camp tragedy in which a woman tourist and an elephant died in 24 hours, Karnataka forest department has started drafting a comprehensive standard operating procedure (SOP) based on best practices in India and abroad to improve visitor safety and elephant management.Forest department sources said they…
Bengaluru: A 52-year-old paralysed man lost Rs 30.6 lakh to cybercrooks who lured him through a WhatsApp trading group named ‘Wealth Accelerator’ between Jan 9 and May 1.The victim, Aravind from Ramamurthynagar, held a top post at a private firm. According to the complaint filed by his son with East Crime police on May 16,…
Bengaluru: The violent clash between two elephants at Dubare elephant camp in Kodagu lasted a few minutes Monday. However, for 53-year-old makhna (no-tusk) elephant Marthanda, the aftermath was an agonising battle that ended in death within 24 hours. The incident triggered panic at the camp and left even seasoned handlers shaken.As chaos unfolded along the…
Lokayukta police Tuesday trapped a Bescom assistant executive engineer while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 to sanction additional power to a temporary meter.The accused AEE is Manojkumar B, 53, attached to Bescom, south division. His associate, Kantharaju, an electrical contractor, was also arrested. A press note from Lokayukta said Manojkumar had…
Kolar: A seven-year-old boy was electrocuted after a power line snapped and fell on him during heavy rain in Kolar, 65km from Bengaluru, Monday night.Shaik Takayur Rahaman was standing outside his relative’s house in Poolsha Mohalla at 10pm when tragedy struck. Residents said the area saw intense rainfall and strong winds, which caused power lines…
Metro work underway on Blue Line in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) officials have flagged several technical and design challenges in adopting full solar traction for the upcoming Blue Line.Responding to an Indian Institute of Science (IISc) study that proposed running the corridor entirely on solar power, BMRCL officials, addressing a seminar…
Bengaluru: CBSE’s latest directive mandating an Indian language as the third language from Class 9 onwards has opened a Pandora’s box for schools and parents in Bengaluru, triggering confusion, anxiety and a frantic scramble to manage the fallout of the sudden academic shift.Calling the move abrupt and impractical, the Management of Independent CBSE Schools Association…
Bengaluru: Buses stopping on roadsides have increased, but the reason is not traffic or route issues, but the new QR code ticketing system which is slowing BMTC operations.The pilot, which was launched a few weeks ago, issues tickets after the conductor enters the area details, generating a QR code on the electronic ticketing machines for…
Deve Gowda with his son and Union minister HD Kumaraswamy on the former PM’s birthday Monday BENGALURU: Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda may undergo dialysis three times a week, move in a wheelchair, face recurring health complications and require constant medical monitoring. But at 94, he continues to maintain a public schedule that surprises…
