Bengaluru: A trip to Mysuru turned into a nightmare for an elderly woman after a stranger befriended her on a bus at Satellite bus stand on Mysuru Road, offered her tea and stole her 29-gram gold chain after she fell asleep.Chennamma left her house at Thimmanahalli in Doddaballapura around 5.30am on Sept 25 to visit…
Forest minister Ramalinga Reddy inspects Kalkere Forest Arboretum near Bannerghatta while scouting locations for five proposed tree parks in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Over a month after chief minister DK Shivakumar announced plans to set up five tree parks on the lines of Lalbagh Botanical Garden, forest department kickstarted preparations to search for suitable locations.Forest minister Ramalinga…
Bengaluru: After being battered by an unprecedented drought on record during the southwest monsoon this year due to strong El Niño conditions, Karnataka could get some much-needed respite in the form of the northeast monsoon, with meteorologists expecting near-normal rain over south interior Karnataka and coastal districts. The likelihood of normal rain is linked to…
Bengaluru: Invoking the public law remedy, Karnataka high court has awarded Rs 2.8 crore compensation to a Bengaluruean, who was seriously injured after a tree branch fell on him in March 2024. After six months of treatment spending Rs 26 lakh, he still has 85% disability.G Chandan was on his way to office around 10am…
Bengaluru court has sentenced two individuals to life imprisonment (Representative image generated using AI) BENGALURU: In a landmark verdict that sets a rare legal precedent, a Bengaluru court on Monday sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the 2021 kidnapping and murder of a 47-year-old widow, despite her body never being recovered.The convicts — Noor…
A view of stated-owned Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) at Raichur in Karnataka Bengaluru: Prolonged drought-like conditions left Karnataka’s power sector facing a three-way squeeze — depleted hydel generation, rising electricity demand and dwindling coal stocks at thermal power plants — but an aggressive push to secure coal for the state’s thermal power stations has…
Display of handmade dolls at Garuda Mall in Bengaluru . Bengaluru: More than 2,700 handmade dolls depicting scenes from the Mahabharata, Krishna Leela and other aspects of Indian heritage were placed on display at Garuda Mall as part of a Guinness World Record attempt by 56 artisans from across the country.Organised by Indian Doll Makers…
When donations dried up during the Covid pandemic, Shivaji and Prema Lazarus were left with a choice they had never imagined making — mortgage and sell their jewellery to keep 23 children fed. The couple had been running Miracle Manna Ministry, a home for orphaned and homeless children in Bengaluru, since 2011. By 2021, the…
BDA commissioner P Manivannan has been awarded a commendation card for his exceptional service in the Territorial Army BENGALURU: BDA commissioner P Manivannan, IAS, has been decorated for his continuing service in the Territorial Army while also carrying on with his day job of revamping the authority’s complaint-handling system for citizens.On Saturday, Manivannan, who joined…
R Prashanth Babu, a medical representative, was caught at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport as part of a major police operation targeting a fake drug network spanning multiple states BENGALURU: A special investigation team probing a multi-state fake drug racket arrested one of its prime suspects, R Prashanth Babu, at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport early Monday.Prashanth,…
