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,…
Bengaluru marked a notable achievement in August 2026 by registering 13,389 new electric vehicles, capturing over 50% of the total electric vehicle registrations in Karnataka Bengaluru: Nearly 2,500 new vehicles hit the city’s roads every day in Aug 2026, of which about 430 were electric vehicles (EVs), data from the transport department shows. The city…
East Cyber Crime police are making efforts to freeze the amount transferred by the victim. (AI image) BENGALURU: A Facebook advertisement that appeared to offer a lucrative online trading opportunity turned into a Rs 1.9-crore fraud for a 47-year-old techie after he was persuaded to invest in a fake trading platform.According to a complaint filed…
Bengaluru: A 54-year-old vegetable vendor was allegedly duped of Rs 8 lakh in a currency exchange fraud near Banashankari Metro station early Sunday morning.The victim, Shakeel Ahmed, a resident of Shivajinagar, was approached by a woman, who introduced herself as Reshma, a couple of months ago. She claimed that she had a large amount of…
Residents of HRBR Layout 5th ‘A’ Main Road in Bengaluru, stage a protest on Sunday morning against a cafe coming up in their residential area. Bengaluru: Opposing the opening of a homestay-cum- café near their homes, residents of HRBR Layout’s 5th A Main Road hit the streets with banners and slogans.Around 30 residents, young and…
RCB shared his photos with the following caption on their official Instagram page: From the very first IPL game at the Chinnaswamy to many memorable nights in the stands, Deva’s drums were a familiar part of RCB match day experience. We lost Deva, fondly known as ಕನ್ನಡದ ಶಿವಮಣಿ, yesterday at the age of 64, following…
Doddamara Road, connecting Hosur and Sarjapur roads, is constantly full of craters and waterlogged stretches Bengaluru: For residents living along Doddamara Road, the 2km stretch in Rayasandra that connects Hosur Road and Sarjapur Road, daily commute has become an ordeal of navigating craters, waterlogged stretches and a road many claim has never been properly developed…
The public exhibition ‘Living City: Mapping New Ideas’ was organised at Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bengaluru on Saturday Bengaluru: Can better design lead to civic improvement in Bengaluru? Architects, designers and artists explored the question at the ‘Living City’ exhibition organised by World Design Protopolis (WDP) Bengaluru here Saturday.They conducted extensive research in three neighbourhoods…
