Bengaluru: After days of intense summer heat, the city may get some respite, with light to moderate showers likely after two days, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).The city recorded a maximum temperature of 36°C Sunday, while the minimum stood at 23.1°C. According to the forecast, the city is expected to see mainly clear skies…
2 firm staff sabotage 240+ CCTVs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (File Photo) BENGALURU: In a strange case, two employees of a digital service–providing private firm entered M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 24 and disabled around 240 CCTV cameras. They reportedly damaged NVR units and optical fiber connections, disrupting surveillance across entry gates, concourses, and other…
Bengaluru: Dug-up roads across Banashankari 1st Stage, including in Srinivasa Nagar, Ashokanagar, Vidyapeetha and Hanumanthanagar, have disrupted traffic and left residents coping with dust, even as civic agencies say the works are necessary and nearing completion.The affected stretches, under Bengaluru West City Corporation, are seeing multiple infrastructure works carried out at once. While Gas Authority…
Bengaluru: What began as a resignation over health concerns turned into a legal battle over exit norms at a tech firm in Marathahalli. A city civil court restrained a senior employee from interfering with the company’s operations and from joining another organisation without completing exit formalities.The dispute involves a software company, based in Kundalahalli Gate,…
Bengaluru: Indian Army has raised 16th Bhairav Battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry (Maratha LI) at the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) in Belagavi, Karnataka, adding a new specialised infantry unit focused on mobility and operations in difficult terrain.According to a defence ministry statement, the battalion has been designed for “high-mobility missions, adaptive manoeuvres…
Sandur (Ballari): Karnataka labour minister Santosh S Lad Sunday said efforts will be made to implement a new minimum wage in the state in the coming days, in line with Supreme Court guidelines that factor in workers’ needs for food, clothing and housing.The minimum monthly wage averages about Rs 19,000.Lad said the state govt is…
Bengaluru: In the wake of multiple security lapses, including a terror suspect using a mobile phone and videos of inmates partying inside Bengaluru central prison, the govt has approved a prison department proposal to appoint 550 former military personnel as security guards at an annual cost of Rs 20 crore. Alok Kumar, director general of…
Bengaluru: India’s astronaut cadre is expected to open to civilians for the first time, marking a shift in how Isro is preparing for the future of human spaceflight beyond the first few Gaganyaan missions.Isro’s committee on astronaut selection and management, after deliberation, has recommended that the second batch of Indian astronauts include four civilian specialists…
Bengaluru: A 52-year-old doctor practising in the US lost 725 grams of gold ornaments worth around Rs 1 crore from a convention hall in east Bengaluru while attending a wedding reception on April 22.Police said Siruvella Sridevi had come to Bengaluru on April 18 for her elder sister’s son’s wedding and was staying in Ganganagar….
Bengaluru: Sathish KR, also known as Sathish Kadatanamale, a political party functionary from Yelahanka constituency, has been accused of storming a govt office and assaulting staff.According to a complaint filed by R Prakash Rao, 55, an officer at Sahakara Soudha in Malleswaram, Sathish—who is a disqualified director of the Kadanamale Milk Producers Cooperative Society—allegedly entered…
