Bengaluru: A routine police patrol led to the exposure of a vehicle registration fraud after officers spotted two Swaraj Mazda minibuses plying on the road with the same registration number.Further investigation uncovered a larger racket, with police seizing 12 minibuses and arresting two individuals allegedly involved in the scam. According to investigators, fake registration numbers…
Bengaluru: A Bengaluru couple’s dream honeymoon through France, Switzerland and Italy turned into a legal battle after their Europe tour package booked with MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt Ltd allegedly fell apart due to deficient visa assistance and the company’s refusal to issue a refund.The Bangalore I Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled in favour of…
TUMAKURU: A 30-year-old man was charred to death after a car caught fire following an explosion on a national highway in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district on Saturday, police said.The deceased, identified as Nagendra, a resident of Ankola in Uttara Kannada district, allegedly set off the sequence of events after attacking his partner Ramya, who was also…
TUMAKURU: In a suspected case of self-harm, a 30-year-old man was charred to death inside a burning car on a national highway in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district, about 70 km from Bengaluru, on Saturday, police said.The victim, identified as Nagendra, is suspected to have used a country-made bomb or a Molotov cocktail to set the vehicle…
BENGALURU: A pigmy collector sustained severe head injuries after a branch of a mahogany tree fell on him while he was travelling at Rajajinagar, west Bengaluru.SK Suresh, 53, who works with Raghavendra Finance Company, fell unconscious on the road Wednesday as the branch suddenly snapped and struck him on the head. Locals shifted the Nagawara…
Prabhjeet Singh, president of Uber India and South Asia Bengaluru: OpenAI has appointed Prabhjeet Singh, Uber’s president for India and South Asia, as its managing director for India, marking one of the company’s most significant leadership appointments in India.Singh will join OpenAI in September and report to Kiran Mani, managing director for Asia Pacific, the…
V Somanna with BJP president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi Bengaluru: What began as an embarrassing incident of cross-voting in the recent legislative council election appears to have snowballed into a leadership churn in the state unit of BJP, with the party’s high command said to be weighing organisational changes that could include replacing state…
Bengaluru: Observing that criminal law should not be used to punish consensual relationships between adults, Karnataka high court has ordered the release of a 19-year-old boy jailed in a rape case and stayed proceedings against him pending before a city court.Granting interim relief on June 23, Justice M Nagaprasanna said the case appeared to stem…
Microbes Colouring A Cleaner Future? Bengaluru: What began as a curiosity-driven experiment by two city scientists to grow colour-producing microbes on fabric has evolved into a breakthrough that could transform the textile industry’s relationship with dyes.Intrigued by the vibrant pigments naturally produced by certain microorganisms, the researchers explored ways to extract and stabilise these colours,…
TOI report jolts authorities into action Bengaluru: Following the TOI report titled ‘Kanakapura Road – A Walk Through Neglect,’ published Friday highlighting the mounting garbage and poor waste management along the stretch, civic authorities have moved to tighten waste collection and crack down on roadside dumping in Yelachenahalli.Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) chief commissioner Maheshwar Rao…
