Bengaluru: A petty argument over poorly cooked food took a gruesome turn late Saturday night when a painter stabbed a 22-year-old carpenter to death at an under-construction building in Kenchenahalli, south Bengaluru.The deceased has been identified as Amit Kumar, a carpenter hailing from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Police have taken the accused, Sunil Kumar, into custody…
Bengaluru: Motorists using Race Course Road and surrounding areas will face traffic restrictions for 60 days from Oc 5 as the Greater Bengaluru Authority takes up white-topping work between Maurya Junction and Hare Krishna Road Junction.Vehicles will not be allowed from Shivananda Junction towards Maurya Junction or from Trilight Junction on Race Course Road towards…
Bengaluru: A holiday trek, organised through an Instagram group, ended in tragedy after a 30-year-old techie allegedly drowned in a water-filled stone quarry near Yellammanadoddi, close to Jigani, on Oct 2. His body was recovered Sunday morning, following a two-day search operation.The deceased, Ganesh Anjaneya Vinay, a resident of Halasuru, belonged to Vijayawada in Andhra…
The newly asphalted stretch will remain closed for about two weeks for curing Bengaluru: A longstanding traffic bottleneck on Nallurhalli Temple Road is set to ease after a private landowner agreed to allow public use of a portion of his property.The bottleneck was caused by a roughly 40-metre-long section where the carriageway narrowed significantly as…
When you sign up for a concert by a music maestro, you often sign up for the long wait too: hours of anticipation, a late start, tired feet and a weary journey home. But on Saturday night, Bengaluru was in for a pleasant surprise.AR Rahman returned to the city after eight years, and Laughing water…
Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai interacting with students of the Govt First Grade Women’s College, Puttur, on Saturday Mangaluru: Expressing unhappiness that educated youths from coastal districts are failing to secure govt jobs, Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai said students must attempt every competitive exam.“Whenever the academic results are announced each year, students from Dakshina…
Chintamani: A 60-year-old man and his two grandchildren drowned in a farm pond at Hussianpura village near Ambajidurga in Chintamani taluk of Chikkaballapur district Saturday.The deceased were identified as Muninarayanappa, 60, and his grandchildren Yashwin, 7, and Prajwal, 8, all residents of Hussianpura.A devotee of Sri Hanuman, Muninarayanappa regularly visited a temple near the village…
Bengaluru: The international trail behind a fake medicine racket has come under the scanner, with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) uncovering a Turkiye connection involving alleged kingpin R Prashanth Babu during interrogation.According to sources, Prashanth travelled to Turkiye several times a year to procure original labels of a New York-based pharmaceutical company. The labels were…
Hassan district in-charge minister KM Shivalingegowda and DC Latha Kumari explain drought issues to the central team at a village in Arasikere taluk Hassan: A central assessment team concluded its two-day inspection of drought-hit areas in Hassan district Sunday, assessing crop losses, fodder shortages and hardships faced by farmers amid severe rainfall deficiency.The team, comprising…
Entrance of Mangalore University. Mangaluru: Mangalore University (MU) has decided to replace external commercial contractors with its postgraduate students for major institutional events, including the annual convocation and academic seminars, to cut costs and provide practical training.Students from the MBA, MCom and tourism departments will handle audiovisual arrangements, catering coordination, floral decoration and guest hospitality.Vice…
