Bengaluru: The scorching heat this summer has made life difficult for the city’s sanitation workers. With a significant portion of these workers being women, they claim that adequate rest or refreshment facilities are not provided by the administration.Seeking immediate action, the BBMP Pourakarmikara Sangha Monday submitted a letter to chief commissioner of Central City Corporation,…
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress held on to two crucial assembly seats, while the BJP snatched a late victory in Sringeri after a recount reversed the earlier result, adding a dramatic twist to the outcome, in the Karnataka bypolls. Congress scored a comfortable win in Bagalkot, where Umesh Meti, son of former minister H Y Meti,…
Bagalkot: Chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s personal push in Bagalkot delivered a decisive win for Congress in the bypoll, with Umesh Meti, a political novice, defeating BJP’s Veerabhadrayya Charantimath by a margin of over 22,000 votes, a result attributed to the CM’s direct involvement and on-ground execution led by his trusted lieutenant Satish Jarkiholi. Meti, son of…
Bengaluru: Cubbon Park underground Metro station was closed for four hours following a power failure Monday morning. The outage affected lighting within the station premises, prompting authorities to suspend train halts as a safety precaution.Trains continued to operate on Purple Line but did not stop at Cubbon Park station between 7am and 11am. Commuters were…
Malayalam film Balan: The Boy is set for a market screening at the Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival on May 14. Directed by Chidambaram, best known for Manjummel Boys, and written by Jithu Madhavan, the film brings together two distinctive voices in Malayalam cinema.Backed by Bengaluru-based KVN Productions and Thespian Films, Balan:…
Bengaluru: After years of struggle, people living along Holiday Village Road at Mallasandra, off Kanakapura Road, have finally seen some relief with the road improvement work nearing completion, but a new problem has cropped up almost immediately — encroachment of footpaths.Locals say all kinds of shops have come up along the road, occupying the footpaths….
Bengaluru: From the womb to adolescence, early-life experiences leave measurable imprints on the brain, shaping mental health, cognition and disease risks decades later. That was the focus of Param (Pathways to Resilience and Mental Health)-Connect, held at Nimhans Monday, which brought together leading neurodevelopment cohorts from across India.Researchers presented findings from long-running studies in Mysuru,…
Bengaluru: The severely delayed Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) secured a boost with the govt issuing a notification to acquire nearly 31,000sqm of land near Devanahalli to set up a primary depot for the Majestic-Devanahalli corridor. The Sampige Line (Corridor-1) will connect Majestic and Devanahalli via Yelahanka, and officials plan a primary depot for this…
Bengaluru: After demolishing Jayadeva flyover for an interchange Metro station and marking Delmia flyover for removal under a double-decker corridor plan on Outer Ring Road, the city is set to raze another flyover.Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-Smile) has identified a contractor to build a Rs 436-crore elevated rotary flyover at the busy IOC Junction. The…
Bengaluru: Heavy rain and winds in and around the city have time and again exposed a critical gap in its preparedness — the absence of a Doppler weather radar. The record rain on April 29, which intensified within minutes and left several areas flooded, once again highlighted how the lack of a real-time, hyperlocal forecasting…
