AI-generated image used for representational purpose. BENGALURU: A late-night airport pickup turned into a terrifying ordeal for a cab driver and his friend after they were allegedly kidnapped, assaulted, and robbed by a gang travelling in a Mercedes-Benz car on the city’s outskirts. Police said the clash was over a woman.According to a complaint filed…
Bengaluru [Karnataka], Apr 30 (ANI): A visual of the remains of the compound wall that collapsed near the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital on Wednesday amid heavy rainfall, causing several casualties in Shivajinagar, Bengaluru, on Thursday. (ANI Video Grab) Bengaluru: Nearly a month after the deadly wall collapse on the premises of Bowring and Lady…
Table on progress of smart meter rollout across Karnataka Bengaluru: The govt’s move to install smart meters for new electricity connections across the state has snowballed into a major administrative challenge, caught in the fallout of confusion surrounding the Supreme Court’s order on mandatory occupancy certificates (OC).Smart meters are expected to reduce transmission losses, improve…
Karwar: Ten members of a family drowned after being swept away by strong currents while collecting clams off Alvekodi Beach in Bhatkal taluk of Uttara Kannada district on Sunday. One person is still missing while three have been hospitalised. Fourteen members of the extended family from Shirali village had entered the backwaters around 10 am…
Bengaluru: A customer books a cleaner through an app. A worker arrives. But this time, there is a camera strapped to the worker’s head.The image has sparked widespread unease online after on-demand home services startup Pronto confirmed to TOI that a small subset of customers can opt into a programme where household jobs are recorded…
There is a calmness to Harmanpreet Singh when he speaks. Not the kind that comes from a lack of pressure, but the kind that develops after living with it for years. Ahead of a packed sporting calendar featuring the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, the Indian men’s hockey team captain sat down with Bangalore…
Bengaluru: With a full-time job and an infant at home, a Bengaluru woman turned to an online domestic-help platform in search of dependable childcare support. But the house help failed to report for duty despite payment, setting off a dispute that ended up in consumer court which ordered the platform to pay over Rs 32,000…
Koramangala residents launch community cleanup drive, install dustbins on streets Bengaluru: Frustrated by littering and the absence of public dustbins, residents of Koramangala launched a community-led cleanliness initiative that has transformed parts of the neighbourhood.The drive, involving Siddharth Dialani and other local residents, saw installation of multiple dustbins across four streets, putting up awareness banners…
TENDING TO THE EARTH: HSR Citizen Forum collects unused blouse pieces and turns them into cloth bags In Bengaluru’s apartment communities, environmental change rarely arrives in form of grandiose plans and sweeping declarations – it begins quietly, with a handful of residents working hard to find green solutions to practical irritations of community living.In most…
Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has proposed a 60km extension to Tumakuru BENGALURU: BMRCL has submitted a detailed project report (DPR) for extending Namma Metro to Tumakuru. Once implemented, the network would become the state’s first inter-district Metro corridor.Sources said the DPR proposes two implementation models for the 60km corridor – one to be…
