Labour council workers close shops in Magadi Road and protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru Thursday Bengaluru: Many Bengaluru residents were left without their morning cup of tea and cigarette Thursday as hundreds of neighbourhood tea stalls, pan shops and cigarette stalls remained shut, as traders gathered at Freedom Park to protest the alleged harassment…
L-R: Vozinha and Team India NEW DELHI: The opening round of group-stage matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered theatre of the highest order. From Morocco schooling Brazil with their silky, eye-pleasing football, to Lionel Messi’s hat-trick against Algeria, and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal failing to find a winner against Congo, the opening gameweek had…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s newest batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will not be travelling alone on his maiden assignment with the senior national team, with BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia revealing that the board decided to allow the 15-year-old’s parents to accompany him on the upcoming white-ball tour of Ireland and England to help…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis shakes hands with Emirates NBD Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Hesham Abdulla Qassim Al Qassim MUMBAI: Emirates NBD’s Rs 26,015 crore purchase of a 60% stake in RBL Bank marks more than the largest banking cross-border deal; it signals how the India-UAE economic relationship is shifting from…
By R Prashanth VidyasagarMost Bengalureans already carry a version of Halasuru in their memory. For many, it is the school-days version, when a trip to Bazaar Street was inevitable before the academic year began. Uniforms, textbooks, stationery and, somewhere between errands, a stop at Sri Guru Sweet Mart for Mysore Pak or a chiroti with…
Welcome to our live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The carnival has truly arrived at the Estadio Guadalajara as co-hosts Mexico lock horns with Asian giants South Korea in a blockbuster Group A fixture. The stakes could not be higher tonight—with both teams winning their opening encounters, a victory for either side will…
Social security relief extended for Indian execs in UK NEW DELHI: Indian professionals working with their company’s affiliates in the UK or on an onsite assignment will be exempted from social security contributions for five years, instead of three years agreed earlier, on producing a certificate that they are contributing to EPFO here.The move will…
The monsoon doesn’t just change Karnataka’s landscape—it rewrites it. Forests turn emerald green, rivers swell, and waterfalls that lie dormant for months come crashing back to life. Across the Western Ghats and Malnad region, some of the state’s most spectacular cascades can only truly be experienced during the rainy season. Most waterfalls in Karnataka look…
Bengaluru: The high court has upheld the state’s Premium Floor Area Ratio (FAR) scheme, ruling that it cannot be equated with the controversial Akrama-Sakrama scheme meant for regularising unauthorised constructions.Dismissing a public interest litigation and a connected writ appeal, a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha held that Premium FAR…
Energy shipments in the Gulf have once again resumed sailing, after the US and Iran signed an interim agreement. After months of disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, activity appears to have finally resumed, with a liquefied natural gas (LNG) loaded tanker now moving towards the strategic waterway.The reopening of the waterway is expected to…
