Chief minister DK Shivakumar with finance department officials ahead of a review meeting at Vidhana Soudha Bengaluru: With an eye on Karnataka becoming the state with the highest GST growth this financial year, chief minister DK Shivakumar directed commercial taxes department officials to crack down on tax evasion while ensuring honest taxpayers are treated with…
N Manjula, BWSSB chairperson Bengaluru: Even though southwest monsoon has been delayed this year, the city’s residents need not worry about water shortage for next four to five months, according to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) chairperson N Manjula.After assessing the city’s water preparedness amid concerns over below-normal rainfall, she told TOI: “The…
Bengaluru: A special anti-corruption court has rejected the bail petitions of two people in connection with a cryptocurrency theft case.Sunish Hegde, who is imprisoned, applied for regular bail, while Prasidh Shetty, an alleged beneficiary in the case, sought anticipatory bail.ED in the first week of June arrested Srikrishna alias Sriki, Shetty and Robin Khandelwal in…
A shocking video from Bengaluru’s K R Puram shows children tumbling onto the road as a school van’s rear door unexpectedly swung open mid-journey. BENGALURU: Police have registered an FIR against the driver of a school van after CCTV footage showed several children falling onto the road when the vehicle’s rear door suddenly swung open…
BENGALURU: The live-in partner of techie M Shwetha, identified as J Kenneth, was arrested in Puducherry on Friday in connection with the KR Puram triple murder case, police said. Kenneth was apprehended from the same location where Shwetha had been arrested earlier in connection with the brutal triple murder case in Bengaluru.The case pertains to…
Online speculation followed a minor road incident involving a vehicle linked to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa’s son, Vineesh. BENGALURU: A brief road incident involving a vehicle linked to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa’s son Vineesh in Bengaluru’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar led to a wave of speculation online, with unverified reports claiming he had met with an accident and was…
Purple Line metro services in Bengaluru experienced a brief disruption on Thursday evening due to a train door malfunction at Cubbon Park station (Representative image) BENGALURU: Two days after a major disruption, metro services on the Purple Line were briefly affected again on Thursday after the doors of a train at Cubbon Park Metro Station…
BENGALURU: A city court Thursday sent techie M Shwetha , 24, charged with murdering her parents and sister with her boyfriend, to seven-day police custody.She was arrested from Puducherry Wednesday. Police are yet to trace Kenneth J, Shwetha’s live-in partner.The two fled the city late Monday night after stabbing Shwetha’s parents, Somasundar, Muthhulakshmi and younger…
Vaishak Upadhyaya was found hanging in a flat rented by actress Krishi Thapanda, with whom he was friends. BENGALURU: A 45-year-old businessman, who was arrested earlier this year in a high-profile extortion and threat letter case, was found dead by suicide in an apartment near Hosakerehalli late Wednesday night.Vaishak Upadhyaya was found hanging in a flat at Elegant…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has taken a significant step towards restructuring the state’s power sector. It has notified draft regulations that provide non-discriminatory access to transmission and distribution networks.Experts say the move could accelerate the entry of private players and lay the groundwork for competition in a sector long dominated by state-owned…
