Bengaluru: An elderly woman was allegedly beaten to death by her daughter and grandson inside their Kengeri apartment after a drunken quarrel, with the crime coming to light only when the grandson called his paternal uncle seeking money.The deceased has been identified as Jayamma, 70. The accused are her daughter, Bhagyalakshmi, 49, and grandson, Kushal,…
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is all set to create a record of sorts by planting a whopping 15 lakh native plant saplings in the tech capital on June 27 by roping in 50k volunteers under the Bengaluru Urban Ecological Restoration Misson 2026-30. “This will be the largest greening initiative to be undertaken. If we want…
Bengaluru: A heated argument over washing legs with tap water inside a paying guest accommodation ended in tragedy when the establishment’s owner, 37-year-old Madhav Metli, was beaten to death near Kasturinagar Main Road in east Bengaluru Monday evening.Police swung into action and arrested the two accused students — Rakesh, 21, a resident of Cox Town,…
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…
