Bomb scare near PM convoy route? Gelatin sticks with batteries and circuit trigger massive probe in Bengaluru | Bengaluru News

Authorities are investigating the discovery of gelatin sticks and electronic components near Prime Minister Modi’s convoy route in Bengaluru. BENGALURU: Police have intensified their investigation into the recovery of gelatin sticks and electronic components near the convoy route of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the Art of Living Foundation on Sunday, with…

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Bengaluru Couple Swim Sri Lanka To India: ‘We did it!’: Bengaluru couple creates history, swims from Sri Lanka to India in 11 hours | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based couple Danish Abdi and Vrushali Prasade created history by becoming the first pair to complete a side-by-side open-water swim from Sri Lanka to India along the historic Ram Setu route.The duo covered nearly 32 kilometres across the Palk Strait on May 7, beginning their swim from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka at around 4:30…

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Auto driver flashes at student | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: A 19-year-old undergraduate student alleged that an auto driver sexually harassed her while she was walking on Promenade Road at Cleveland Town in east Bengaluru.A resident of JC Nagar, the first-year BSc student at a private college in Vasanthnagar filed a complaint with police about the incident which happened at 12.45pm on May 7….

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Rain check for Ulsoor Lake: Desilting hits pause amid ecological concerns | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 4-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…

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Industrial borewells rise 10%, dig up groundwater concerns in Karnataka | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: In split-screen data on groundwater table, Karnataka has registered a slight improvement in groundwater recharge in 2025. At the same time, it has seen a worrying rise in industrial borewells and groundwater extraction.Industrial borewells are high-intensity, heavy-duty wells to pump out large volumes of groundwater to meet requirements of factories, commercial enterprises or industrial…

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Rain check for Ulsoor Lake: Desilting hits pause amid ecological concerns | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: The redevelopment and desilting of Ulsoor Lake, taken up nearly two decades after major restoration efforts, has hit a temporary pause after recent rain refilled some areas. It has slowed critical desilting work before the monsoon sets in.The nearly Rs 25-crore rejuvenation project, currently under way at the historic waterbody, includes desilting and civic…

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Karnataka govt set to announce city-specific guarantees tomorrow | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Guarantees are back on the table, this time for Greater Bengaluru Authority elections. Mobility, waste management, water supply and civic infrastructure will remain hot-button issues amid suggestions to collapse five corporations into North and South divisions for better administrative control.Buoyed by the success of five guarantees embedded into its manifesto for the 2023 assembly…

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Karnataka woman dies days after tubectomy, kin allege negligence | Bengaluru News

Tension prevailed near Govt Mother and Child hospital in Chintamani, Chikkaballapur district, Monday after relatives of a 23-year-old woman, who died days after undergoing a tubectomy, refused to accept her body and demanded action against doctors concerned.Narmada, a resident of Batlahalli village in Chintamani taluk, was admitted to hospital on April 23 for the procedure….

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