Blast accused Nagendra caught on CCTV Bengaluru: An attempt to escape an abusive relationship ended in a desperate fight for survival inside a moving cab, culminating in a bomb blast that killed the man who had allegedly vowed that they should “die together”.In a detailed statement to police, 23-year-old operation theatre technician Ramya described how…
Among the 25k+ students who attended the anti-drug awareness conclave at Sree Kanteerava Stadium Sunday, few fainted and had to be carried by volunteers due to prolonged exposure to the mid-day heat Bengaluru: In what was being described as a historic awareness gathering against the use of drugs, the RGUHS event had students struggling to…
Bengaluru: The city achieved 96.4% coverage on day 1 of the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme Sunday, with 11,06,535 children aged under five receiving polio drops across the five city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA).The target set for the four-day drive, scheduled from June 28 to July 1, is 11,47,872. The corporation-wise coverage stood…
Bengaluru: Ahead of elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), the State Election Commission (SEC) has ordered a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 27 wards after objections were received to the voter lists published on April 18.According to an SEC circular, the revision will cover all 24…
Protesting the proposed Bidadi township project, farmers from Byramangala and Kanchagaranahalli villages Sunday staged a unique ‘Appiko’ (tree-hugging) movement and urged the govt to scrap the project. They said they would intensify protests if the govt refused Bengaluru: Intensifying their protest against the proposed Bidadi Township project, farmers from Byramangala and Kanchagaranahalli gram panchayats on…
Belagavi: As California-based AI company Anthropic PBC prepares for a potential public listing, Belagavi-based Anthropic Softwares Private Limited has approached the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking disclosure of an ongoing brand dispute to prospective investors.The Indian start-up has urged the SEC to ensure that the legal proceedings and related risks are fully disclosed…
CCTV visuals of Nagendra visiting the house of Ramya on Saturday morning before taking her in the cab Bengaluru: Investigators are now trying to trace the origin of the crude bomb that killed a man who allegedly kidnapped his former girlfriend from Bengaluru before detonating the explosive inside a cab in Tumakuru district, bringing into…
Jyotsna BasotiaWith his signature curly hair and dimpled smile, filmmaker Imtiaz Ali walked into a darkened theatre to surprise teary-eyed audiences as the credits rolled on Main Vaapas Aaunga. Sharing the deeply personal memory that inspired the film, he said, “I visited my childhood home almost a decade ago, and was very moved. Now that…
Bali: The Sacrifice (Drama) Stars: 3/5Cast: Aparna Kumar, Shakthi Ramani, Meera Sitaraman and NivedithaDirector: V BalakrishnanDuration: 1 hr 35 minsLanguage: EnglishTheatre Review: Bali: The Sacrifice, originally written in Kannada as Hittina Hunja by Girish Karnad and later translated into English by himself, explores the conflict between the philosophy of non-violence and the Hindu traditional ritual…
Toxic flow: Sewage water from residential areas flows into the Nethravati River near Uppinangady Mangaluru: Mangaluru: The Nethravati river, the lifeline of Dakshina Kannada district, is allegedly being polluted by contaminated water, including sewage discharged from residential complexes in Uppinangady.Social activist Kailar Rajagopal Bhat said contaminated water from a residential apartment complex flows into the…
