BENGALURU: India may have taken the term “filthy rich” literally. Indian cities’ growth remains tied to polluting fossil-fuel use and consequent pollution while China and several other countries have pulled ahead on cleaner urbanisation, according to a study in Nature Cities in which researchers analysed 5,435 cities worldwide between 2019 and 2024 using satellite-based nitrogen…
Bengaluru: Three miscreants robbed a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation official working in the city of two mobile phones and some cash early Sunday morning.The victim, K Mahipal, was walking to his office located in the KSRTC bus terminal when the miscreants blocked him close to Sangam Circle, near Majestic, at around 5.30am, police said….
Bengaluru: Four Ugandan women, detained in a private ashram at Kothanur owing to a lack of space in the detention centre, escaped after breaking the window grills, police said.Topista, Nagawa, Safinah, and Fitina had been arrested from Hennur, Puttenahalli, and Parappana Agrahara police station limits a few months ago on various charges, including drug peddling…
Bengaluru: The SSLC exam-2 for academic year 2025–26 will start Monday at 358 centres across the state. According to the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), a total of 1,15,112 students — 76,673 boys and 38,439 girls — have registered for the exam, which will continue until May 25.According to KSEAB, the registered students…
Bengaluru: City police Sunday arrested two youths and a juvenile on charges of robbing a student of his mobile phone in Ramamurthy Nagar earlier in the day.The victim, Dheeraj, a BBA student at a private college and resident of Banjara Layout, was waiting for his friends at Outer Ring Road around 3am. They had planned…
Bengaluru: Ahead of Bakrid, Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) carried out a special drive to remove unauthorised sheep and goat market sheds across its limits Saturday.Teams cleared temporary sheds, tarpaulin enclosures, iron barricades, and other illegal structures set up on public roads, footpaths, govt land, and along storm water drains. The operation involved officials from…
Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually flags off a bi-weekly train between Mumbai and Bengaluru Sunday Bengaluru: Ending a three-decade wait, railways will now operate a second direct train connecting Mumbai and Bengaluru. Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually flagged off the SMVT Bengaluru–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express from the Karnataka capital Sunday.It will originate from…
Bengaluru: Keegan Smith was bathed in the afterglow of victory on Saturday evening, having lifted the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger Trophy at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium. The applause, post-match photo ops and adulation marked a moment of fulfilment for the 27-year-old American. But beneath the victory lies a story of pain, resilience and survival.During…
Bengaluru: With mobile phone thefts in trains running through Bengaluru becoming a serious issue, Railway Protection Force (RPF) Friday recovered five devices, worth Rs 2.5 lakh, from an Andhra Pradesh-based duo.The hunt for the duo started following a complaint lodged by a Kerala-based man last Wednesday. His mother’s phone was stolen from Platform No. 2…
Bengaluru: Two men from Doddaballapur Rural have been arrested for allegedly attacking an architect and her husband in a road rage incident.B Rachana, 29, of Rajajinagar, said the trouble began Friday when she honked at an MUV that was blocking her path on Hesaraghatta Main Road near Doddabelavangala. Rachana was driving back home after handing…
