Bengaluru may be known for its breweries and start-up culture, but tucked between them is a thriving contemporary art scene waiting to be explored. Neighbourhoods such as Richmond Town, Lavelle Road, Indiranagar and parts of MG Road are home to several art galleries. With a growing community of artists, collectors and curious visitors, the city…
About 20% of former vineyard land has been turned over to real estate companies for development From 1,700 acres to 27 acres. From 200 grape growers to seven. Coimbatore’s grape cultivation, which flourished for more than 50 years, has reduced to a fraction of what it once was. Farmers say rising costs, shortage of labour…
Cyclists launch initiative for safer roads in Hyderabad Hyderabad: The city’s cycling community has launched Street Audit India, a civic awareness initiative aimed at promoting road safety, civic sense and the better use of public spaces through active citizen participation.As part of the initiative, cyclists will volunteer alongside traffic and law-and-order police personnel to raise…
GURGAON: A man was critically injured after being chased and run over by a Scorpio in Dhauj on the Sirohi-Bijopur Road, with police saying the accused believed he had tipped off a crime investigation agency (CIA) team about the whereabouts of three men wanted in a theft case.A video of the incident, which surfaced on…
Hawkers under Sealdah flyover on Thursday Kolkata: The state on Thursday assured the Calcutta High Court of no eviction of occupiers under Sealdah flyover till July 9. In case of removal of vagabonds from under Hastings flyover, the HC has granted an interim stay till July 15. On June 29, a ‘public notice’ was pasted…
Margao: A citizens’ panel, ‘Aamcho Manis, Aamcho Maan, Swabhimaan‘, on Wednesday projected senior Congress functionary and former bureaucrat Elvis Gomes as its consensus candidate for the 2027 Cuncolim assembly election, piling pressure on Congress not to renominate sitting MLA and leader of opposition Yuri Alemao from the constituency.The event brought together key aspirants for the…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old woman to 10 years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh for throwing acid on her former boyfriend and injuring him following the end of their relationship.The incident occurred on the evening of Jan 27, 2024, near an AMTS cabin close to Kalupur…
Illustration of an assault inside an Indian apartment, showing a 62-year-old man attacking his 32-year-old nephew with an iron rod during a domestic dispute Pune: The Kalewadi police on Wednesday arrested a man (62) for allegedly bludgeoning his nephew (32) to death following a dispute over property around 2pm on the same day.The incident took…
Guwahati: Assam’s flood situation improved over the past 24 hours, with the number of people affected by the first wave of floods dropping sharply.The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said the flood-affected population declined to around 25,000 by Thursday evening from 48,452 on Wednesday.According to the latest ASDMA report, only Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the three-day ‘Aam Mahotsav’ (mango festival) on Friday. The festival will showcase more than 800 mango varieties across seven categories and 56 subcategories at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.Describing the festival as more than an exhibition, minister of state (independent charge) for horticulture and agricultural marketing Dinesh Pratap Singh said…
