Vijayanagar food street encroachment clearance Bengaluru West City Corporation (BWCC) Thursday cleared 35 encroachments along a 250-metre stretch on both sides of Vijayanagar 6th Main Road. Popularly known as Vijayanagar Food Street, the road falls under Govindarajanagar division. The action followed a complaint before Lokayukta over illegal occupation of footpaths and inconvenience caused to motorists…
Handlooms are no longer reserved for weddings and festivals. Handloom Day brings a packed calendar of exhibitions, artisan markets and craft showcases across the city. From office wear to weekend outings, handwoven textiles are increasingly becoming part of everyday wardrobes. “At a time when fast fashion is creating so much waste, choosing handloom is a…
Bengaluru: Uncovering a potential racket, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Bengaluru division, along with state excise department Wednesday busted a man transporting ganja chocolates by rail from Banaswadi railway station.As part of Operation Narcos, RPF seized 19.2kg of ganja-infused chocolates, valued at around Rs 48,500, Wednesday morning. During a drive to detect narcotics trafficking, theft of…
Mangaluru: Following the death of a class 10 student, the health department plans to seek help from the medical education department to find the cause and solutions.Likhith Amin, 15, son of an autorickshaw driver from Surathkal, died after suddenly collapsing while playing volleyball with friends near Surathkal on Wednesday. He was a student at Govt…
Anurag Tiwari (left), a senior designer at Bridgestone Select–Tyres World in Whitefield, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday. BENGALURU: A quiet night at the Sipani Bliss apartment complex in Bengaluru’s upscale Anekal area turned chaotic after a drunken corporate employee allegedly opened fire with an airgun from his balcony, damaging a parked SUV…
Priests from temples under Karnataka’s Muzrai Department submit their grievances to then Muzrai Minister Ramalinga Reddy. (File) Bengaluru: Before the recent cabinet expansion, Karnataka’s Muzrai dept (which handles temples and charitable endowments) was hardly a prize portfolio. Overshadowed by power ministries like finance, home, revenue, and energy, it rarely figured in cabinet negotiations or political…
Bengaluru: A movie-style heist attempt played out in broad daylight Thursday as two armed men, posing as customers, barged into a jewellery store at Dobbespet near Nelamangala, opened fire at the owner, and fled empty-handed after he heroically fought them off.The victim, Kunnaram, owner of Prem Shiva Jewellers, sustained a bullet wound to his leg….
Bengaluru: A quiet Thursday night at Sipani Bliss apartment complex in Anekal suddenly spiralled into a nightmare when a corporate designer took to his balcony and opened fire with an airgun into the darkness below. He sprayed some bullets at the security guards who asked him to stop firing. No one was injured in the…
Bengaluru: Hundreds of fans of jailed Kannada actor Darshan repeatedly chanted ‘D-Boss’ slogans during Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar’s address at a religious event in Ramanagara Tuesday, seeking his intervention in the fraught legal case.Constantly interrupted by fans’ chants, the CM appealed for calm and order, stopped his speech midway and sat down, in a…
Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar and IT minister Priyank Kharge with Anthropic delegation in Bengaluru on Thursday Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday sought global artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s expertise on deploying AI to reduce fraud in govt systems, signalling the state’s intent to leverage advanced AI for improving governance and public service…
