South Western Railway (SWR) will operate four special trains between Mysuru, Kannur and Bengaluru Cantonment to clear extra rush of passengers during Onam festival.Train No 06227 will leave Mysuru at 10.30pm on Aug 25 and reach Kannur at 2pm the next day. The return service (06228) will leave Kannur at 6.25pm on Aug 26 and…
Bengaluru: A test drive went awry for a woman as she pressed the accelerator mistaking it for clutch, knocked down a pedestrian and then rammed an electric pole in KR Pura Monday evening.The injured pedestrian, identified as Shantamma, filed a complaint against the driver, Supriya, accusing her of causing injuries by driving in a rash…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old cricketer from Maharashtra participating in a tournament here unwittingly walked into a cyber honeytrap, with the woman recording their private call and trying to extort money from the budding player.According to a complaint from the cricketer, he was lodged in a five-star hotel in north Bengaluru during the tournament organised by BCCI….
Bengaluru: A day after Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials were assaulted during a footpath encroachment-clearance drive on Commercial Street, police said the prime accused, Basavaraj Padukote, is a rowdy from Varthur with a criminal record.Padukote, a resident of Siddhapura and state president of Namma Karnataka Sene, was among 12 people arrested in connection with Tuesday’s…
Bengaluru: Private engineering colleges surrendered over 10,000 engineering seats to Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) ahead of the announcement of the first round of counselling.Colleges feel these management seats might not find any takers. So instead of letting the seats go waste, colleges gave them to KEA so that the seats enter the pool that students…
Bengaluru: Manufacturing platform Zetwerk and US power equipment maker Ayr Energy have accused each other of stealing confidential information, escalating a cross-border legal battle over their competing transformer businesses.Ayr has filed complaints before the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and the Texas Business Court, alleging that Zetwerk and its affiliates used stolen trade secrets to…
Karnataka Food Safety Dept cracks down on reuse of cooking oil (Representative image) Bengaluru: When you bite into a fried snack, the oil it is cooked in matters just as much as the food itself. Karnataka’s food safety department has stepped up its crackdown on trans fats and repeatedly used cooking oil.Between 2024 and 2026,…
A file photo of state-owned Ballari Thermal Power Station (BTPS), operated by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL), at Kuditini in Ballari district Bengaluru: Faced with shrinking reservoir levels and a sharp decline in hydropower generation due to deficient monsoon rains, Karnataka has dramatically ramped up electricity generation from its thermal power plants, recording a 55%…
Nearly 95% of public toilets are inaccessible to persons with disabilities, according to the study by Bangalore Political Action Committee Bengaluru: One in every four public toilets audited across Bengaluru was found non-functional, while a majority failed basic standards of cleanliness, accessibility and safety, according to a citywide assessment released by Bangalore Political Action Committee…
Bengaluru faces a severe public toilet shortage BENGALURU: Bengaluru city, with 1.4 crore people, has only about 900 public toilets, making it one public toilet for every 25,000 to 30,000 citizens, revealed a public toilet audit report released by a voluntary organisation on Wednesday.Bengaluru, home to more than 1.4 crore people, has only around 900…
