Freedom Habba, the state govt’s day-long Independence Day celebrations around Vidhana Soudha, will offer children and families an opportunity to visit the iconic seat of the legistature and grand assembly hall, and experience a range of cultural and educational activities on Aug 15. Those wishing to take part and visit Vidhana Soudha for the guided…
Bengaluru authorities seized 132 kg of rotten food during recent restaurant inspections. Pro-Kannada activists planned a border blockade ahead of a statewide Karnataka bandh BENGALURU: Rotten food found in restaurants, a police crackdown on suspected illegal immigrants and protests at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border are among the key developments drawing attention in Bengaluru on Monday,…
Bengaluru: Following the 15th Finance Commission’s reorganisation of child nutrition and maternal and adolescent healthcare under the Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 initiative, Karnataka has received a total of Rs 4,433 crore over the past five financial years.Union minister of state for women and child development Savitri Thakur disclosed this information in a recent…
In photo: Bengaluru food safety inspections expose expired food, unhygienic handling MUMBAI/BENGALURU: Food safety enforcement has intensified across Maharashtra and Karnataka, with inspections uncovering everything from unlicensed food businesses and poor hygiene to rotten meat, expired dairy products and improperly stored food. The latest action against restaurants and hotels in the two states points to…
Gautam Narasimhan returned to Bengaluru after twelve years in New York, continuing his global work BENGALURU: After more than a decade in New York, startup founder Gautam Narasimhan is back in Bengaluru, but his return has not meant leaving his global work behind.In a LinkedIn post reflecting on the move, Narasimhan said that while life…
Hirotoshi Tanaka (File Photo, Credit: X) BENGALURU: When Japanese student Hirotoshi Tanaka arrived in Bengaluru in 2019 to learn English, he never imagined that his journey would take him to Bengaluru Central Prison.After an altercation at an English academy, Tanaka was arrested and spent 19 days in judicial custody.For Tanaka, who knew little about India’s…
Shakeel Noorani (File Photo) MUMBAI: Bollywood producer-director Shakeel Noorani, 73, has been arrested from a farmhouse in Maharashtra’s Satara district after allegedly being on the run for 40 days following a complaint by an aspiring actress who accused him of rape, blackmail and causing her miscarriage.Noorani was arrested by Mumbai Police on Saturday and produced…
Two men posing as prospective tenants assaulted a 59-year-old woman (AI-generated image used for representational purposes) BENGALURU: Two men posing as prospective tenants allegedly assaulted a 59-year-old woman and fled with her 40-gram gold mangalya chain in east Bengaluru recently.According to a complaint filed by Yashoda, a resident of Konadasapura who runs a small shop…
Bengaluru food safety officials intensified inspections, seizing 132kg of food and 15 litres of used oil BENGALURU: The food safety department has intensified its crackdown on hotels and food establishments in Bengaluru, with inspections resulting in the seizure and disposal of 132kg of food articles and 15 litres of used cooking oil.During the latest inspections,…
Hirotoshi Tanaka and the chair he ‘stole’ (Image Credit: Special arrangement) BENGALURU: When Japanese student Hirotoshi Tanaka came to Bengaluru in 2019, he had one simple plan — to learn English, experience life in India and eventually return to his parents in Tokyo.Instead, his journey took him from a police station to Bengaluru Central Prison,…
