Bengaluru: At a time when there is growing demand for a second airport for Bengaluru to be built in Tumakuru, including from DCM G Parameshwara and Union minister V Somanna, the govt Wednesday categorically said there is no proposal before it at present to set up a second airport in Tumakuru district.Industries minister MB Patil…
Traffic on Varthur-Gunjur SH-35 Bengaluru: For residents of Varthur and Gunjur, catching a flight no longer begins at the airport. It starts hours earlier—sometimes as much as five hours before departure—on the traffic-choked roads leading out of East Bengaluru.A family from Gunjur learnt this the hard way when they left home at 3pm for a…
Bengaluru: A man working in the finance department of a private firm was cheated of Rs 17 lakh after being lured by an offer to buy US dollars at a discounted rate.According to a complaint filed by software engineer Nikhil (name changed), a resident of Vidyaranyapura, his friend transferred Rs 17 lakh in three instalments…
Bengaluru: Two men have been detained for theft of water taps from Yeshwantpur railway station and 54 such devices recovered from them.Around 5:30am Tuesday, RPF staff who noticed a man walking suspiciously at the station, detained him who identified himself as HB Shivakumar. The 46-year old had a screw driver with him and allegedly revealed…
Karnataka high court High Court of Karnataka in Bangalore on Saturday. Bengaluru: The term ‘homemaker’ is gender neutral and can refer to a man or a woman regardless of educational qualification and includes someone who is also a working person, Karnataka high court has observed.The court said a homemaker is not defined merely by whether…
Pix by: ChethanBengaluru: At one end of the dimly-lit hall at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Vasanthnagar, Sandro Botticelli’s famed Italian Renaissance painting, Madonna and Child, glimmers against a monochrome grey wall, bathed in warm yellow light.The Madonna gazes at her child with a quiet melancholy, while the kid looks away. There is…
FILE PHOTO: A SpiceJet passenger aircraft taxis on the tarmac at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Bengaluru: Several passengers scheduled to depart Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) for Mumbai were left uncertain early Wednesday without knowing if they’d fly or not.Spicejet flight SG 369 was scheduled to depart…
Navi and Flipkart founder Sachin Bansal Bengaluru: Sachin Bansal-led financial services firm Navi will receive a $100-million investment from Prosus, marking its first institutional capital raise, the companies said on Wednesday.The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory clearances, including approval from the Competition Commission of India. IPO-bound Navi and Prosus did not…
Mangaluru: Five second-year Pre-University students of St Aloysius PU College have launched an initiative to raise awareness about endometriosis, an often overlooked condition that affects millions of women worldwide. A group of students comprising Melisa Jessica Aranha, Diya Melita Pinto, Jean D’Souza, Aaditri H Bekal and Cera Oreva Furtado has launched an awareness campaign on…
Karnataka industries minister M B Patil inaugurated German-based Krones’ Rs 315 crore bottling plant at Vemagal near Bengaluru Screenshot Bengaluru: German packaging and bottling equipment major Krones on Wednesday inaugurated its new manufacturing facility at Vemagal Industrial Area (60 kms from Bengaluru) in Kolar district, marking the company’s latest expansion in India and adding to…
