Bengaluru: More than 200 volunteers came together Saturday to participate in the first activity under #IamBengaluru – Volunteer for Parks, an initiative by The Times of India and presented by Multigen, aimed at encouraging citizens to take an active role in improving the city’s public green spaces.The drive at a BDA park in Banashankari 6th…
Mangaluru: Actor and activist Chethan Ahimsa Saturday announced that a new political party comprising like-minded individuals is being formed in Karnataka.Emphasising the need for a new political movement in the state, Chethan told reporters that a regional party would be officially established before next Jan and that a statewide tour was already underway to build…
Bengaluru: Two Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) staffers were recently arrested for allegedly approaching candidates who appeared for junior engineer (civil and mechanical) posts in the water resources department earlier this year, promising them jobs in exchange for money.The accused are technical assistant in the computer wing Sharanappa M Adavalli, 55, and senior assistant P…
Bengaluru: In a scathing indictment of shoddy police work, Karnataka high court has quashed a cow theft case registered nearly two years after the alleged incident, holding that police acted without conducting even basic verification before invoking criminal law.Justice M Nagaprasanna came down heavily on MK Doddi police in Channapatna taluk, describing the case as…
Bangarpet (Kolar): Bangarpet police arrested a 35-year-old man wanted in connection with 73 criminal cases registered across four South Indian states, including Karnataka. The accused, Suresh alias Patre Suresh of Madurai, allegedly led a gang that travelled across the states in a car, broke open the locks of houses and fled with valuables.Police also arrested…
Bengaluru: A day after his remarks on infrastructure in Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) during an interaction with allottees went viral on social media, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) commissioner P Manivannan alleged that a “broker mafia” was behind the campaign and was attempting to derail the authority’s newly introduced transparency measures.In a post on X, Manivannan…
Bengaluru: Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has sought land for the construction of a “Rajasthan Bhawan” in the city, a long-pending need of the migrant community from the western state.In a letter to Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar, Sharma Friday requested around 3,000 square metres of land in a central location for the cultural…
A metal casting sheet from the Kadubeesanahalli metro station currently undergoing construction fell on the road during Friday evening’s peak hour traffic. Dashcam footage shot by commuter Nidhi Kalani shows how the car and a BMTC bus narrowly escaped. Bengaluru: Commuters on Outer Ring Road (ORR) had a narrow escape Friday night when a metal…
The clean-up operations involved pourakarmikas, hired labour and earth-moving equipment depending on the size of the site Bengaluru: Even as the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) plans to hold private landowners accountable for maintaining vacant sites and recover cleanup costs from defaulters, Bengaluru North City Corporation’s experience suggests the biggest challenge may not be clearing garbage…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar will head to New Delhi Sunday to discuss portfolio allocation and a possible cabinet rejig with the Congress high command, amid growing demands from disgruntled functionaries and efforts to ensure social and regional balance in the expanded ministry. If everything goes according to plan, the portfolio distribution to new ministers…
