Bengaluru: The proposed Greater Bengaluru Authority suburban township — earlier called Bidadi satellite township — is projected to generate a surplus of Rs 15,429 crore for the govt upon completion, with the project timeline estimated at three years.Documents accessed by TOI indicate the total project cost is pegged at Rs 18,133 crore, including interest payment…
Bengaluru: As digital fatigue increasingly impacts daily life across age groups, The Times of India’s Let’s D-Stress initiative expands beyond campuses into residential communities with its Let’s D-Stress: Community Conversations.The first edition will be held Saturday at Prestige Jindal City, Bagalagunte, marking the beginning of a citywide effort to bring conversations on mindful technology use…
Bengaluru: Motorists can now use the double-decker flyover between Central Silk Board and Ragigudda Metro station after deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar inaugurated the elevated corridor Friday. The flyover was opened to traffic around 4pm.The project, executed by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) at a cost of Rs 500 crore as part of Namma…
Bengaluru: In a daring overnight burglary straight out of a crime thriller, burglars recently broke into a jewellery shop by drilling a hole in a rear wall and made away with a haul of silver worth nearly Rs 1.2 crore.The burglary at MB Jewellers, located in RSK Complex, Havanur Extension, Hesaraghatta Main Road, came to…
Mangaluru: Revaluation of answer scripts in Karnataka’s II PU Examination-1 has led to a sharp jump in scores for many students, raising fresh concerns about the reliability of the initial assessment by Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board.Official data show that while most students recorded changes within a narrow band of one to five marks,…
Bengaluru: The state govt has constituted two committees to investigate the collapse of a compound wall at the govt-run Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital following heavy rain that left seven people dead. Both panels have been asked to submit reports within a week.Chief minister Siddaramaiah had earlier ordered a probe and suspended an executive engineer…
Bengaluru: Home minister G Parameshwara said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has effectively put a “full stop” to speculation over a change in chief minister in the state, asserting that the issue stands closed “for now”. Welcoming Kharge’s statement that Siddaramaiah will continue as CM, Parameshwara said Friday it “carried weight”. “He has expressed an opinion…
11cm in 1 hour: Deluge could have filled 30,000 pools, two-thirds of Bengaluru’s lakes BENGALURU: The squally thundershowers along with hailstorms that lasted a little over an hour Wednesday evening across central Bengaluru — hailed as the wettest April day in the city’s recorded climatological history — poured over 11cm of rain, according to India…
Bengaluru: Karnataka students registered a pass percentage of 99.77% in Class X and 99.96% for Class XII under the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, whose results were announced Thursday morning.In Karnataka, 31,018 students from 454 schools appeared for Class X exam (ICSE), and 2,673 students from 67 schools appeared for Class XII exam…
Bengaluru: For Vaibhav Mahapatra, a student at Primus Public School, exams were not the only war he was waging. He was fighting a bigger battle — one with cancer.Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in Feb 2024, when he had just stepped into Class 9, Vaibhav’s life took an unexpected turn. What followed was months…
