An artist’s impression of the upcoming International Cricket Stadium at Anekal in Bengaluru by the Karnatka Housing Board. This will be the second largest cricket ground after Gujarat with a seating capacity of 80,000 spectators. Bengaluru: Amid growing concerns over crowd management and infrastructure constraints at the city’s iconic M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru is set…
Bengaluru: With BJP national president Nitin Nabin undertaking his maiden trip to Karnataka after assuming office, the party has decided against holding a grand public reception or roadshow during the visit.The BJP leadership has instructed the state unit to keep the programme simple in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s repeated appeals for fuel conservation…
Bengaluru: Do not dump more flyovers on Bengaluru without public consultations and without putting the detailed project reports (DPRs) in the public domain, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya told the state govt and Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE).His statement comes in the backdrop of B-SMILE’s move to float tenders for nine short and medium-length elevated…
Kosuke Kiryu’s children Kanato and Rina go to the Canadian International School where they are immersed in a global curriculum. On Saturdays, they attend JSS, which serves around 130 Japanese students. JSS helps Japanese parents and their children stay connected to their roots. Kosuke’s wife Ayake has made a lot of friends at JSS. Many…
5 dead after cruiser-lorry collision KALABURAGI: At least five people lost their lives after a Cruiser vehicle collided with a lorry near Ladlapur in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district on Saturday, police said. Kalaburagi Superintendent of Police A. Srinivasulu visited the accident site and carried out an inspection to understand the circumstances surrounding the crash. Officials are…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has reduced a one-year jail term of a driver to one day of simple imprisonment in an accident case, considering he had shifted the victim to a hospital immediately after the incident.In its April 28 order, the high court, however, directed Riyaz Ahmed to pay Rs 1 lakh in enhanced…
BENGALURU: A simple cab booking confusion in Delhi turned into a costly affair after a 49-year-old homemaker from Bengaluru was duped of Rs 1.4 lakh by fraudsters posing as Rapido customer care executives.The victim, Shuchi Agarwal, a resident of BTM 4th Stage, travelled to Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) from Gurugram by booking a Rapido…
Bengaluru: The political battle between former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda‘s family and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar over the proposed Bidadi township project has reopened old fault lines surrounding land, infrastructure and real estate politics in the Bengaluru-Ramanagara corridor. The Rs 18,000 crore project, spread across nearly 7,500 acres, is the latest flashpoint and…
A tree uprooted blocking road at 5th block Rajajinagar due to Thursday evening rain in Bengaluru . Bengaluru: A day after intense thunderstorms and rain battered the city, Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) reported widespread damage caused by fallen trees and branches. Officials said 157 trees and 228 branches had fallen till Friday evening, disrupting traffic…
Honeybee Honeybees at one of the many flowering trees at Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens. Bengaluru: Ending a six-year wait since experts first recommended the move, Karnataka govt Friday announced it will soon officially declare the honeybee species Tudave Jenu (Apis cerana) as the state insect and the Malabar tree toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) as the state…
