Bengaluru: A court in Bengaluru sentenced three rowdies to life imprisonment for the murder of an autorickshaw driver over an unreturned loan of Rs 2,000.Venkatesh, Puneet and Nagaraj — rowdies from KP Agrahara area — were found guilty of killing D Nagaraj in March 2016.According to police records, Nagaraj borrowed Rs 2,000 from Venkatesh and…
Bengaluru: Seven workers were killed and five others injured after a massive boulder crashed onto them at a quarry in the outskirts of Bengaluru Thursday.The accident occurred around 7 am at Udayashankar Stone Crushers in Madapattana, Ramanagara district.At adjoining Basaveshwara Stone Crushers, located at a higher level, rocks were being crushed and readied for transport,…
Bengaluru: A man’s decision to let his son learn computer skills during school holidays ended in heartbreak after the 15-year-old was forced into hazardous labour and died in a horrific hydraulic lift accident at a hardware store. The father has accused the shopowners of employing the minor illegally and ignoring basic safety precautions.Ameen Allabaksha Syed,…
Footpaths at and around Jalahalli are in deplorable conditions Bengaluru: Jalahalli Cross moves thousands of vehicles every hour. But for pedestrians, one of the city’s busiest junctions offers little more than a choice between broken footpaths and moving traffic.A TOI walk across all four roads radiating from the junction found a striking pattern: pedestrian infrastructure…
Bengaluru: Arguing that Bengaluru’s planning regulations must keep pace with its rapid urban growth, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) Bengaluru urged Karnataka govt to substantially increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) proposed under the draft Uniform Zonal Regulations, saying the current limits could constrain housing supply and drive up home prices.In…
Chikkaballapur: An 18-year-old engineering student was assaulted and stabbed inside her home at Chintamani town in Chikkaballapur, hours after she reportedly confronted two men for allegedly harassing her on the street.The victim, S Meghana, a first-year engineering student and part-time dance teacher, is undergoing treatment for stab injuries to her neck and abdomen.On June 30…
Bengaluru: A college student’s dream of pursuing a modelling career has spiralled into a horrifying cybercrime, with her photographs being uploaded across multiple adult websites and social media platforms. The accused, claiming to be a hacker, demanded more intimate photographs in exchange for removing the content and threatened to create and circulate more fake nude…
The room where the two children were sleeping before the house collapsed, causing their death at Nagori in Mangaluru Wednesday Mangaluru: As rescue operations wound up at Nagori after a landslip triggered a retaining wall collapse that killed three people, concerns have emerged over survivors who have lost everything.The state govt has announced Rs 5…
Dakshina Kannada District Street Vendors Association (affiliated to CITU) protesting in front of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) office on June 11, condemning action against the Sunday Bazaar street vendors Mangaluru: A resolution was adopted at an organisational convention at AKG Bhavan in Bolar Wednesday under the leadership of the Dakshina Kannada District Street Vendors Association (affiliated to…
Police shot a murder suspect in the leg during a weapons recovery operation after he allegedly attacked officers with a machete and stones (AI-generated image used for representation purposes) BENGALURU: A murder accused was shot in the leg by police on Wednesday after he allegedly attacked personnel with a machete and hurled stones while attempting…
