Bengaluru: An 85-year-old man allegedly killed his visually and hearing-impaired wife before ending his life inside their house at an apartment in Chokkanahalli, north Bengaluru.The two — Sheo Nandan Prasad and Sumitra Devi — were natives of Bihar. The incident came to light in the early hours of Tuesday when the couple’s son, Kiran Kumar…
Due to a technical issue train services towards Majestic disrupted, leaving commuters stranded Bengaluru: With Metro services on Purple Line suddenly coming to a halt on Tuesday evening due to a technical snag, hundreds of commuters took to social media to express anger and frustration. Their primary target was BMRCL’s lack of communication on the…
Bengaluru: A 23-year-old engineering student died by suicide inside his hostel room in Tumakuru Monday night. The deceased is GE Venkatesh, a third-semester engineering student with SIT College and native of Davanagere.He lived in the BCM hostel at Upparahalli, where he was found hanging, police said. “We recovered a death note left behind by Venkatesh…
Bengaluru: Calling Bengaluru’s pothole-ridden roads a glaring example of governance failure, Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya Tuesday demanded a comprehensive white paper on road infrastructure spending. He questioned how the city continues to grapple with recurring potholes despite spending more than Rs 5,500 crore on road works since 2023.His remarks come days after the state…
Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the relief awarded to the family of a man who died in an accident involving a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus, observing that compensation claims under Motor Vehicles Act should not be assessed using the strict standards of proof followed in criminal cases.A division bench of Justices…
KPTCL engineers and workers replace petroleum based mineral oil in high-voltage and heavyduty electric transformers with natural ester oil at the 110 kV substation in Gangavathi of Koppal District as part of a pilot project. Bengaluru: As climate concerns increasingly influence infrastructure planning worldwide, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has taken a noteworthy step…
Home minister Priyank Kharge said RSS could face action if it does not produce documents related to its registration and functioning Bengaluru: Home and IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge’s sustained offensive against the century-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has ignited a fierce political debate across the country.It began with his open letter to RSS chief Mohan…
TIMES NEWS NETWORKMangalur: Health minister UT Khader said that those who have neither worked for the Congress nor supported it should refrain from commenting on its affairs. “Only those who voted for the party and worked for it have the right to speak about it,” he said.Responding to Muslim leaders and like-minded organisations demanding ministerial…
Bengaluru: A collective of educationists and activists, called People’s Alliance for the fundamental right to education, has slammed the NCERT’s new Kannada third-language textbook for class 6. The collective has alleged that the book is saffronising education, pushing mythology, religion and vegetarianism and fails to capture the diversity of Karnataka.This is the class 6 book…
Bengaluru: India must move beyond food self-sufficiency and position itself as a global food powerhouse by harnessing technology, innovation and value addition in agriculture, industry leaders said at a conference on ‘Reimagining Agro-Food Processing: The AI & Robotics Revolution’ organised by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) on Tuesday.Delivering the keynote address, former…
