A road accident can be seen with officials nearby. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) YELLAPUR: Seven people were killed and two others sustained serious injuries after a multi-utility vehicle (MUV) collided head-on with a lorry in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district in the early hours of Thursday, police said.The accident took place at around 1.30…
Bengaluru: The city’s tree management system could soon receive a major technological upgrade, with the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s (GBA) forest wing planning to collaborate with the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to assess the health of trees using advanced diagnostic tools.At present, assessments rely largely on visual inspections by forest officials and field…
Bengaluru: Nine years after a man was murdered in his Yeshwantpur residence, a city court sentenced his wife and her lover to life imprisonment.Satish, 34, a resident of KN Block under the Yeshwanthpur police station limits, was found dead under suspicious circumstances on May 22, 2017. His wife, Kalpana (32, at the time of the…
Bengaluru: City police booked a physical education trainer from a residential school near Yelahanka on charges of allegedly beating up a 12-year-old class VI student to death on the school premises Wednesday morning.The incident took place at Sterling English Residential School, in Kadayarappanahalli village, Baglur, and based on the complaint filed by the boy’s father,…
Bengaluru: A deepfake investment video featuring Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman promising extraordinary returns lured a retired professor into a sophisticated cyber scam. The retiree was left poorer by over Rs 61 lakh after fraudsters trapped her through a bogus trading platform, Telegram chats and overseas calls.According to a complaint filed by Nanditha (name changed),…
Street vendors protest at Freedom Park in response to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) launching a strict, 10-day “Safe Footpath Campaign” targeting the removal of structural encroachments and pushcarts in Bengaluru on Wednesday Bengaluru: “If street vending is not illegal in India, then why are we being cleared out from Bengaluru footpaths?”This was the simple…
Bengaluru: Amid the much-publicised Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a parallel SIR at the ward level in Bengaluru, ordered by State Election Commission (SEC), has hit a roadblock. Now, the panel is considering whether to continue the exercise or suspend it.The draft ward electoral rolls, which were earlier scheduled to be published on Thursday, are yet…
Following the boy’s death, angry parents allegedly assaulted the PT teacher and demanded that he be handed over to them. (AI-generated photo) BENGALURU: A Class 6 student of a private residential school in Karnataka died under “mysterious circumstances” on Wednesday, with his parents alleging that he was assaulted by the school’s physical training (PT) teacher…
Bengaluru: In top gear after clearing miles and miles of footpath encroachments, the Karnataka govt is now set to move out hundreds of vehicles long abandoned on the city’s roads, in residential layouts and public spaces.Five city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority, in coordination with Bengaluru Traffic Police, will launch a citywide drive on Friday…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka state election commission (SEC) has directed deputy commissioners of all districts to appoint election officers (EOs) and assistant election officers (AEOs) for the forthcoming gram panchayat elections, marking the beginning of administrative preparations for the rural local body polls.In a recent communication to the DCs, the SEC said each gram panchayat should…
