A brief scare at Mysuru Palace on Friday highlighted why Dasara elephants need careful preparation before the grand Jamboo Savari. Dasara jumbo Srirama, who was calm moments earlier, suddenly panicked when musicians began beating drums loudly behind him. His mahout and kavadi quickly brought him under control.The incident also underlines the importance of weeks of…
Bengaluru: Auto and taxi drivers’ unions lodged a complaint with transport department, urging it to immediately remove mobile applications of aggregators offering bike-taxi services from app stores and online marketplaces.The unions alleged that aggregators are operating bike-taxi services without a legal framework and urged authorities not to allow them while the matter is pending before…
Bengaluru: The ‘peptide party’ planned in Bengaluru on Aug 29, which had drawn mixed responses online, has been cancelled after the Food Safety and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected the organisers’ company and issued a notice.Billed as the first event of its kind in Bengaluru, the party was to feature “peptide tastings” and was scheduled for…
The convicts are Venkatesh M, B Vijay alias Kari Vijay, R Vinod Kumar, Gerald Arokiya Raj, R Kiran alias Dikky, I Vikram, James Kumar and S Vijay alias Kotanguchhi, all residents of Viveknagar, central Bengaluru Bengaluru: A local court held eight men guilty of hacking a 32-year-old man to death after he objected to some…
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old computer science student died jumped to death from the fifth-floor balcony of a private university. The deceased is Nisha, a resident of JP Nagar and third-semester student with PES University, Hosakerehalli.Police said Nisha, after fighting with her friend, ran up to the fifth floor and jumped. “The doors leading to terrace and…
Karnataka will mark the centenary of Ramakrishna Hegde’s birth, with both central and state officials in attendance BENGALURU: Karnataka will mark the birth centenary of late chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde on Aug 29, with central and state functionaries expected to attend the celebrations.He led the state for three terms between 1983 and 1988 and later…
Weapon used to attack on police constable Bengaluru: A midnight operation to track down a suspected illegal arms maker took a dramatic turn when he attacked a constable with a sword and later hurled chilli powder at the police team in Somasundarapalya, Bangalore Urban district.Acting on a tip-off, Bandepalya inspector Manjunath RV deputed sub-inspector Sachin…
Bengaluru: Amid growing concerns over the supply of fake and substandard medicines, 301 batches of 98 types of drugs worth nearly Rs 19.2 crore were found to be “not of standard quality” (NSQ) in Karnataka in the last five years, according to health minister UT Khader.The state procures medicines through Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation…
Political observers say the payoff for chief minister DK Shivakumar’s move could be substantial in the 2028 assembly polls if parents see transparent fee structures and a curb on add-on charges Bengaluru: For middle and lower-middle-class families, the annual school-fee notice is just as dreaded as a medical emergency or a steep EMI. Every academic…
Bengaluru: Holding as illegal the arrest of an attesting witness to a disputed will 48 hours before the expiry of notice for his appearance, the Karnataka high court has directed the investigating officer of the Whitefield police station and his superiors to pay Rs 3 lakh in compensation to the aggrieved person.The compensation shall be…
