Chaithanya.Swamy@timesofindia.comBengaluru: A Rapido ride took an unexpected turn for a commuter after the driver stole his mobile phone and later demanded Rs 18,000 to return it.According to the complaint filed by Trideep Debnath, 25, a resident of a paying guest accommodation in BTM Layout 1st Stage, he had booked a Rapido two-wheeler ride from Narayanappa…
Bengaluru: A morning walk to work turned into an ordeal for a 25-year-old woman in Nayandahalli in west Bengaluru after two bike-borne miscreants snatched and fled with her gold mangalya chain, worth over Rs 7.5 lakh, Wednesday.The victim, Shivaranjini, works at a fuel station along the Metro Layout railway underpass road. Around 8am, two miscreants…
Bengaluru: Having adopted a zero-tolerance approach towards encroachments over the past three years and gone the extra mile to reclaim forest land, the department’s officials may henceforth have to walk a fine line following chief minister DK Shivakumar’s strong comments against their “excessive” actions.Participating in the National Forest Martyrs’ Day event at Aranya Bhavan Friday,…
Bengaluru: BJP is planning a five-day padayatra across all 224 assembly constituencies from Sept 15 over the Vande Mataram row between the opposition and the DK Shivakumar govt.Party workers will take out marches in their respective constituencies and submit memoranda to tahsildars and deputy commissioners, demanding that the govt withdraw its decision to restrict Vande…
Minister for PWD Satish Jarkiholi launched the Selfy Book App, also seen are Vinay Guruji, MLC Saleem Ahamed and others , in Bengaluru on Tuesday 30th June 2026 Bengaluru: PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi Saturday said he knows who complained against him to Enforcement Directorate (ED) and has informed CM DK Shivakumar about the person. He, however,…
Bittu Tabahi aka Surendra Singh Choudhary from Madhya Pradesh joins volunteers in clearing over two tonnes of legacy waste along the boundary of Turahalli Reserve Forest in Bengaluru. Bittu Tabahi aka Surendra Singh Choudhary from Madhya Pradesh joins volunteers in clearing over two tonnes of legacy waste along the boundary of Turahalli Reserve Forest in…
MLC Ivan D’Souza addresses the media in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: MLC Ivan D’Souza has urged Karnataka MPs across party lines to press the Centre to deploy a fact-finding committee before acting on the Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats.Addressing a press conference on Saturday, the MLC stressed the need to evaluate the report’s impact…
Mangaluru: A coalition of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has joined hands across Karnataka to strengthen village-level surveillance, awareness and legal protection mechanisms aimed at eliminating child marriage.Spearheaded by the Just Rights for Children (JRC) network, the initiative seeks to take the Centre’s ‘Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat’ campaign to the gram panchayat level. The network mobilised more…
Rahul Ratnam Pandey, MCC commissioner, speaks at an interaction programme organised by Sri Ambamaheshwari Trust in Mangaluru on Saturday Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) in association with the Dakshian Kannada zilla panchayat has proposed the setting up of 10 tons per day (TPD) capacity incineration facility for the scientific disposal of sanitary waste, said MCC commissioner…
In all, 21 CCTVs have been installed across Bengaluru BENGALURU: In a troubling twist to Bengaluru’s battle against stone-pelting on trains, even CCTV cameras installed to catch offenders are now becoming targets.A solar-powered CCTV camera installed near Banaswadi station to monitor railway tracks and keep watch for stone-pelting incidents has gone missing from its pole.The…
