Bengaluru: Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has officially rolled out the one-time settlement (OTS) scheme to help consumers with long-pending water bills.Of the approximately 11 lakh connections, 5.1 lakh consumers have outstanding bills. The water board’s Feb-end data puts the total arrears at Rs 851.3 crore, including the principal amount of Rs 539…
Bengaluru: The high court Monday refused to interfere with the investigation against a Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) staffer accused of sexually harassing a South Korean woman passenger at Kempegowda International Airport.Justice M Nagaprasanna dismissed a petition filed by Mohammed Affan Ahmed, a 25-year-old ground staffer who had challenged the FIR registered by BIAL police.“At…
Bengaluru: With the demand for train tickets increasing, especially during festive seasons and other peak demand periods, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) is dealing with a significant challenge of touts, who book live tickets without proper authorisation and sell them to passengers for a commission.In 2025-26, as many as 144 such touts were arrested in…
Bengaluru: Soon, KSR Bengaluru railway station will get a second eatery themed on the lines of a train compartment. This will be the third rail coach restaurant in Bengaluru. Currently, two such restaurants are functional in KSR Bengaluru and SMVT Bengaluru stations, respectively, and both are licenced out to private operators.“A third rail coach restaurant…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP), a 148km network approved in 2020 with a six-year deadline, is yet to gather pace, with Union and state govts engaged in constant bickering over the slow transfer of private and govt lands.The project is being executed by the Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd, or K-Ride, a joint…
Bengaluru: The evolution of the city’s urban sprawl can be traced not only through skylines, but also through layouts on paper. Data from Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) shows how the city’s growth has steadily moved across regions over the past five decades, following land, jobs, and infrastructure changes.Between 1972 and 2025, BDA approved 1,017 layouts…
Fake IPL ticket site cheats RCB fans, police file case (Image used for representational purpose only) BENGALURU: Police have registered a cyber fraud case after several people were allegedly duped by a fake website offering IPL tickets for matches scheduled in the city. Electronic City division DCP M Narayana said on Saturday that fraudsters created…
Bengaluru’s autorickshaw services are severely disrupted due to an acute auto LPG shortage, with nearly half the fleet off the roads. BENGALURU: Bengaluru is facing a growing transport disruption as an acute shortage of auto LPG has forced a large section of the city’s autorickshaw fleet off the roads, leaving commuters struggling with last-mile connectivity.Nearly…
A 36-year-old IT professional from Kerala, G S Sharanya, survived for four days alone in Karnataka’s Kodagu district after getting separated from her trekking group MADIKERI: Surviving on just a 500 ml bottle of water, with no mobile network and fading chances of contact, 36-year-old Kerala trekker G S Sharanya spent four days alone in…
Bengaluru: In a serious embarrassment, Karnataka govt has ordered a probe into 2025 tendering irregularities at Hutti Gold Mines Co Ltd, the only active gold-producing unit in the country.The secretary of the commerce and industries department ordered the probe in late Feb into the tendering process at HGML, owned by Karnataka govt. Its chairman is…
