Anant Ambani offers prayers at Kollur Sri Mookambika temple during his visit Sunday Udupi: Anant Ambani, businessman and noted philanthropist, Sunday visited Kollur Sri Mookambika temple and offered prayers. He arrived at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) in a special flight and travelled by road to the temple, dressed in a white South Indian panche and…
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s exports grew by 9.5% year-on-year in 2025-26, with Bengaluru continuing to power the state’s export economy through its strong services and technology base, while also contributing significantly to merchandise trade.According to an analysis by the Visvesvaraya Trade Promotion Centre (VTPC), the nodal agency under the state’s industries and commerce department for promoting international…
On a rainy evening in Bengaluru, 15-year-old Sai Akhil Anand, son of chess legend Viswanathan Anand and Aruna Anand, presented his art exhibition Bindu and Rekha at the Sandeep and Geetanjali Maini Foundation. The showcase featured works exploring dots, lines, textures and patterns drawn from nature, particularly the markings and forms found in animals.The exhibition…
Bengaluru: This placement season, mechanical and civil students are back in demand in engineering colleges, with many institutions reporting renewed interest in hiring students from core branches. Several colleges have witnessed an increase in the number of companies hiring from core branches for students graduating in 2025-26.Several colleges have been able to place almost 100%…
Bengaluru: With less than a week to go before enumeration forms are printed for Karnataka’s electorate of 5.5 crore, Election Commission is yet to map about 10%, or 52.4 lakh voters, on the 2025 electoral rolls.V Anbukumar, chief electoral officer, told TOI the tabletop exercise will continue until publication of draft electoral rolls.“Regardless of mapping…
Bengaluru: The Bidadi Township project, where a work-live-play space is set to come up, has set off a letter war among three major political parties amid attempts to claim cross-party support or appeals for course correction.While Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar has claimed PM Modi has appreciated his efforts, both BJP and JD(S) have written…
After comedian Madhur Virli’s resurfaced rape joke triggered outrage online, fresh questions are being raised about the state of Indian stand-up comedy. Coming days after the controversy surrounding Pranit More’s crowd-work clips, the debate has shifted from humour to responsibility, boundaries and whether shock value is replacing wit.The clip from comedian Madhur Virli’s 2024 show…
Bengaluru: Two men died in separate road accidents in and around the city since Saturday night.In the first incident, reported around 11pm in Anekal, Anwar Pasha of Krishnagiri died after his motorcycle skidded while trying to avoid a crater on the road at Vanakanahalli. Pasha was travelling to Anekal on official work with colleague Prathul,…
Woman attacked during cab journey Bengaluru: What was supposed to be a routine cab ride home after spending an evening with her sister turned into a terrifying fight for a 27-year-old woman in the tech capital. Alone in a cab in the early hours of Wednesday, she found herself facing an alleged sexual predator. But…
Bengaluru: Two minors, including a girl, drowned in an agricultural pond in Doddaballapur Rural, police said.The tragedy took place when Daksha M, 11, and her neighbour, Dhanush P, 4, who were returning home with their cows Friday, waded into the pond. Noticing their long absence, their parents started searching for them late in the evening…
