What began as memes, hashtags, and sarcastic online outrage is now spilling onto the streets across South Asia. From Sri Lanka’s Aragalaya movement to Bangladesh’s July Uprising to Nepal’s youth protests and India’s viral Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), Gen Z is reshaping the language of dissent. The CJP emerged after remarks attributed to India’s Chief…
There was a time when Bengaluru’s music culture over the weekend was largely divided between packed pub gigs, commercial DJ nights, and large-scale concerts. Today, however, a quieter and far more participative music movement is taking over the city. Across cafés, parks, art spaces, and intimate venues, Bengalureans are increasingly gathering not just to watch…
Bengaluru: An invitation to a marketing event turned into an expensive ordeal for a 56-year-old Bengaluru resident, who signed a vacation ownership programme under pressure without reading the fine print. His bid to cancel his membership in less than three months was not honoured. The second Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Bengaluru Urban found a…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old undergraduate student from Kerala has accused a real estate broker of attempting to rape her during a late-night party near Madiwala.The woman, who works part time at a restaurant, alleged that the incident occurred on May 11 during a gathering organised after discussions on the sale of the establishment. According to her…
Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery,…
Bengaluru: Freshers clocked a pass percentage of 46% in the PU exam-2, whose results were announced Thursday. With this, the consolidated pass percentage hit 92.2%, an improvement of 7 percentage points from last year.As many as 80,535 students appeared for exam-2, and 36,764 passed. The pass percentage was 51% for science, 43% for commerce, and…
Bengaluru: A 50-year-old businessman, searching for a life partner on a matrimonial platform, ended up losing nearly Rs 56 lakh to fraudsters, who allegedly lured him into a fake Forex trading scheme with promises of huge profits.Kalyan (name changed), a resident of Rajarajeshwarinagar, told police the fraud began on March 10 when he was searching…
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl who tried to jump from the terrace of a residential building at Ramamurthynagar Thursday morning was rescued by police and fire and emergency officials.Around 10.20am, the girl climbed to the terrace on the fifth floor of her residential complex on Varanasi Main Road near Aneppa Circle, climbed over the safety railing,…
Bengaluru: Weeks after MG Road was resurfaced, a portion of the newly asphalted stretch near the Public Utility Building was dug up by workers of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), triggering concerns of a lack of coordination among civic agencies in the city. The road surface was allegedly removed Wednesday to restore access…
NIAS and ISRO to help state govt in tracing 101 temples and 101 wells buried underneath historic town of Lakkundi in central Karnataka. State tourism minister HK Patil interacted with former ISRO chairperson Kiran Kumar and NIAS Professor MB Rajani on the project. Bengaluru: Karnataka is all set to launch an ambitious technology-driven heritage conservation…
