Bengaluru: While deboarding a crowded train at KR Pura, a passenger did not realise that his bag, which contained valuables worth Rs 29 lakh, had been left behind on the train.Santosh, who was travelling by 16316 Thiruvananthapuram North-Mysuru Express, inadvertently left behind the bag in coach B3 while deboarding the train. One staffer on board…
Bengaluru: Relying on two Supreme Court judgments, Karnataka high court recently upheld a family court order directing a man to pay Rs 15 lakh as permanent alimony to his wife.In the Reema Salkan vs Sumer Singh Salkan and Anju Garg and Others vs Deepak Kumar Garg cases, the apex court had observed that an able-bodied…
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) ‘Safe Footpaths’ drive, launched on July 1 to reclaim pedestrian space and remove encroachments, covered 1,225km of footpaths across the city’s five corporations till Aug 31.The drive was scheduled to conclude by Aug-end, but the exercise has been extended until Sept 3. West and North corporations had recorded the highest…
Bengaluru: Four-month-old twin babies were found dead at their home in Vajarahalli, south Bengaluru, Tuesday, while their mother was found trying to end her life in the same room.According to the complaint filed by the babies’ father, Ramalingappa, 50, a real estate businessman, his wife, Umadevi, 40, had been undergoing psychiatric treatment after allegedly showing…
Protest at Dayananda Sagar University Bengaluru: Discontent is brewing among students at two private universities in the city. Students living in S-Residences Hostel, Dayananda Sagar University (DSU) main campus, are protesting over inadequate facilities, while a section of students at St Joseph’s University (SJU) has raised concerns over convocation fee.Students at S-Residences Hostel in DSU’s…
Bengaluru: A 55-year-old woman travelling home on a BMTC bus from Electronics City fell victim to a distraction theft after two women boarded the vehicle with a child, created a scene by spilling pills and stole her gold jewellery worth Rs 4.5 lakh.Roopa (name changed) had gone to Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu on Aug 29…
Large sections of 100 Feet Road near Kanteerava Studio in Yeshwantpur are riddled with craters, dust and open drains, making the stretch hazardous for motorists and pedestrians Bengaluru: After years of driving over potholes and broken stretches, and repeatedly watching freshly repaired roads fall apart, a north Bengaluru motorist says he has had enough. His…
Balakrishna Mohan completed a 7,500km, 24-day journey to Ladakh and back in his autorickshaw, reaching Umling La at 19,024ft Bengaluru: At a time when many auto drivers in Bengaluru refuse to travel from one part of the city to another citing long distances, 35-year-old Balakrishna Mohan decided to take his auto much farther — all…
Genre: Comedy and RomanceCast: Vansh Sha, Trisha Sengupta, Mable Thomas, Aveek BandyopadhyayDirector: Sridhar Ramanathan & Shubham SrivastavaDuration: 2 hoursLanguage: EnglishRating: 3.5/5Review:Neil Simon’s much-loved Broadway classic Barefoot in the Park, directed by Sridhar Ramanathan & Shubham Srivastava, turns the early days of marriage into an entertaining mix of romance and domestic chaos. Set inside a tiny…
Bengaluru: Bowing to mounting pressure from citizen groups, resident welfare associations, walkers and opposition parties, chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday said the controversial Parks bill will be reintroduced during the Winter session of the legislature, likely in Nov-Dec, giving the opposition ample opportunity to debate it.The Karnataka Government Parks (Preservation) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which allows…
