Karnataka high court High Court of Karnataka in Bangalore on Saturday. Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has held that if a person dies while riding a borrowed vehicle in an accident caused by his own negligence, he is treated as stepping into the shoes of the vehicle owner and, as the tortfeasor (wrongdoer), is entitled only…
Uday Ruddarraju, CTO — compute, OpenAI Bengaluru: OpenAI has promoted Indian-origin technology executive Uday Ruddarraju as chief technology officer for compute, a year after he joined the ChatGPT maker from Elon Musk’s xAI.Ruddarraju said OpenAI’s compute team spent the past year rapidly bringing new capacity online while building systems for compute, networking, storage and machine…
Bengaluru: A 25-year-old woman, Kavya, allegedly hanged herself at her husband’s residence in Thorenagasandra, north Bengaluru, after allegedly being subjected to repeated taunts over childlessness.Her family has alleged harassment by her husband and in-laws, prompting a police investigation. Her parents expressed suspicion over the circumstances of her death and alleged that her husband also played…
The internet makes it easy to build a persona. It also makes it tempting to become someone else when a bigger platform comes calling. That is perhaps the more interesting aspect in the case of Sakshi Jha’s appearance on India’s Got Latent. During the episode, she described herself as a ‘man-hater’ and made provocative remarks…
Narrow footpaths, open manholes with leaky drains force pedestrians onto the oncoming traffic, putting safety at risk, on Neeladri Road in the tech hub of Electronics City Bengaluru: Electronics City is one of Bengaluru’s most recognisable growth stories. Home to major technology companies, thousands of professionals and a rapidly expanding residential population, the suburb has…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old student was found dead in a decomposed state inside his house in Madanayakanahalli Friday. The incident came to light after family noticed a foul smell emanating from the house and found him hanging in his room.Based on the preliminary investigation, police said the body of the deceased, Udhay Gowda, was found by…
Bengaluru: A deputy range forest officer (DRFO) with the forest department lost nearly Rs 10 lakh after clicking on a malicious APK file disguised as an engagement invitation on WhatsApp, in yet another case highlighting the growing menace of APK-based cyberfraud.According to the complaint filed by Ramesh Babu V, a resident of Yeshwantpur, he received…
A BMTC bus gets towed away by a Mahindra car in Kalyan Nagar Bengaluru: In a rather unusual incident, a Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) bus was towed by a significantly smaller vehicle.The incident occurred Saturday when an electric bus belonging to Kalyan Nagar depot broke down and required immediate removal from the road due…
Bowring Hospital in Bengaluru Bengaluru: Urban residents in Karnataka appear to be increasingly choosing private hospitals over govt facilities, paying significantly more for treatment, according to the latest ‘Household Social Consumption on Health’ report.Private hospitals accounted for 73.9% of all hospitalisations in urban Karnataka in 2025, compared with 63.4% in rural areas. Public hospital use…
Maimunnisa and her husband, Junaid Bengaluru: A 31-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide after enduring months of physical and mental harassment over dowry by her husband and father-in-law.The deceased, Maimunnisa, was married to Junaid, 28, a resident of Doddamavalli, on Jan 19, 2024. At the time of the wedding, the bride’s family gave 45g of…
