Bengaluru: A dispute over an unpaid loan turned fatal in Gollarahatti after a 47-year-old plumber suffered a fatal head injury when his friend allegedly assaulted him and pushed him onto a gravel road.The deceased, Srinivasaiah of Rathnanagar, lived with his wife and two sons. According to his son Darshan S, he left home around 9.30am…
Bengaluru: A house burglary investigation has ended with the complainant himself landing in legal trouble. A claim that burglars had escaped with gold jewellery and cash unravel;ed and led to the recovery of a Blinkit delivery bag containing ganja, bong chocolates, and an electronic weighing scale during police probe. Investigators later concluded that the alleged…
Bengaluru: A drunken quarrel turned deadly in Vivek Nagar as a 63-year-old man allegedly strangled his 48-year-old live-in partner and left her body on a footpath. The couple are said to have fought frequently over petty issues.The deceased has been identified as Geetha alias Manju, while the accused, Jerry Antony, has been arrested by police….
Mangaluru: The family of Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai offered 100g of gold to the Sri Mahalingeshwara temple in Puttur on Sunday as a contribution towards preparing a golden armour (swarna kavacha) for the deity.Rai told reporters on Sunday that 100g of gold was also offered on behalf of the family for constructing the golden…
Footpaths are meant for pedestrian movement. But under the shade of its old trees, they have also long offered something else: a place to stop, sit, talk and watch the city go by. Now, as Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) removes concrete platforms built around tree bases, the city is debating what it gains from reclaiming…
Bengaluru: The search for 31-year-old cybersecurity professional Advait Upadhyay, who went missing during a solo trek to Shivagange Hill in Nelamangala taluk, entered a critical phase Sunday, with specialised rescue teams and technology deployed across the hill’s rocky terrain and dense forest patches.Upadhyay, an IIT alumnus with a master’s degree in cybersecurity, works in Gurugram…
Bengaluru: On the third day of raids Sunday, food safety and drug administration (FDA) officials seized or discarded more than 100kg of food articles and 15 litres of used cooking oil from six hotels in the city.At Hotel Sky in UB City, officials found 45kg of rotten chicken and beef and 6kg of vegetable cutlets…
Lalbagh tunnel road protest Bengaluru: Walkers, residents and activists continued their weekly protest against the proposed tunnel road project by forming a human chain on Lalbagh Rock Sunday. The group plans to hold the demonstration every Sunday until the project is stayed by the high court.Around 30 people gathered on the rock, voicing concerns over…
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 in front of Safal Market, she was approached by an acquaintance named Bharath about two weeks…
IT industry body Nasscom’s data shows over 420 GCCs in India have parent firms with revenues of less than $100 million, pointing to the growing presence of smaller enterprises in the GCC ecosystem Bengaluru: The new global capability centre (GCC) model is increasingly smaller, leaner and engineering-led, with companies building specialised teams around AI and…
