Bengaluru: As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls commenced in Karnataka Tuesday, the Congress accused the Election Commission of acting under pressure from the Centre, with home minister Priyank Kharge describing the poll body as “puppets” of the govt.Priyank said the state had raised 12 objections to the SIR process and was expecting…
Bengaluru: As Karnataka’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls gets underway, the battle is no longer just about voters. Political parties are racing to appoint Booth Level Agents (BLAs), the volunteers who help voters with the verification process and flag any discrepancies, but none of the three major parties has been able to cover…
In this image posted on June 11, 2026, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and state MLA Krishna Byre Gowda during a meeting in New Delhi. (@nsitharamanoffc/X) Bengaluru: Krishna Byre Gowda, the Bengaluru development minister, has strongly defended the allocation of the state’s ₹2,000-crore infrastructure package, arguing that Congress-held constituencies…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday sought three months’ time to clear long-pending bills worth over Rs 37,370 crore owed to contractors for works executed under various departments.Shivakumar assured the contractors that he would resolve their issues after holding talks soon with officials from the concerned department and the finance department.A delegation from the Karnataka…
Bengaluru: A simple typing error while booking a train ticket turned into a costly lesson for an IT professional, who was fined more than Rs 7,000 and treated as a ticketless traveller despite carrying a valid reservation and identity proof.After quitting his job in Bengaluru, 24-year-old Ramakant M was preparing to return to his hometown,…
Bengaluru: A Good Samaritan act turned out to be an abominable fraud when a man, pretending to help a 36-year-old private firm employee injured in a road accident, stole the latter’s iPhone and then used it to siphon off over Rs 3.5 lakh from his bank account.According to a complaint filed by Sachin Prasad, a…
Pride Month may have ended, but for Bengaluru’s queer community, the conversations, challenges and fight for visibility continue every day. Bengaluru-based drag performer Alex Mathew, popularly known as Maya the Drag Queen, reflects on why the momentum often fades after June, how the city’s queer culture has evolved beyond Pride marches, and why drag performers…
Kannada singer-rapper All Ok believes the way people consume music has changed dramatically — and not necessarily for the better. “Social media and short-video formats have shortened attention spans to an alarming level. Audiences no longer have the patience to sit through complete albums,” says the artiste, who recently released the single Ninna Bitre featuring…
The state of footpaths in Dinnur Main Road Bengaluru: Imagine a footpath so unusable that almost everyone chooses to walk beside speeding buses instead.Welcome to Dinnur Main Road, one of RT Nagar’s busiest neighbourhood connectors. TOI found nearly 90% of pedestrians walking on the busy carriageway despite the presence of footpaths. Encroachments, garbage, parked vehicles,…
Bhoopendra V with his wife Sujatha Bengaluru: When Bhoopendran V walks into a blood bank on Wednesday, it will not be just another donation. The 59-year-old Bengalurean is set to donate blood for the 300th time, a rare milestone achieved after nearly four decades of quietly responding to the needs of strangers.The journey began in…
