Bengaluru: Ulsoor police have cracked a silver shop burglary in which a thief drilled through a wall and stole around 10kg of silver ornaments from a shop on Car Street on April 29. Police arrested the accused from Shankarpuram, Tamil Nadu. During interrogation, he confessed that he had sold the stolen ornaments in Madanur. Police…
Bengaluru police apprehended 12 individuals for allegedly robbing a trader of Rs 17 lakh. BENGALURU: City police have arrested 12 men for allegedly robbing a trader of Rs 17 lakh after luring him with the promise of converting the cash into cryptocurrency.The arrests were made following a complaint by Vishwas Y, 31, a resident of…
Davangere/Bengaluru: A 20-year-old man accused of plotting an attack on the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya was arrested in Harihar in Davangere district, making him the third terror suspect to be held in the state in little over a fortnight.Davangere district police Tuesday arrested Suhail, a native of Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, from Harihar, where he…
Bengaluru: A special court for corruption cases registered and investigated by Lokayukta in Tumakuru held a former assistant executive engineer with Bescom-Kunigal and an electrical contractor guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 to install a transformer in 2014 and sentenced them to five years’ simple imprisonment with fine.The convicted are then AEE PN…
Breakdown Sparks Demand for Better Emergency Transport Plan Bangalore metro disruption Bangalore metro disruption Bengaluru: The disruption of Namma Metro services Tuesday evening left thousands of commuters stranded and scrambling for transport home, with one of the most striking visuals being tech professionals squeezing into old, dust-covered trucks after failing to find other options. The…
Anand Mahindra, chairman, Tech Mahindra Bengaluru: Tech Mahindra chairman Anand Mahindra said the role of IT services would “not diminish” but fundamentally change as AI moves to the centre of enterprise operations.“My answer is clear: the role of IT services will not diminish. It will change. And in many ways, it will become more important,”…
Bengaluru: Customer engagement platform MoEngage has acquired US-based AI startup Aampe, bringing agentic decision-making capabilities into its platform to deliver one-to-one personalised marketing at scale. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. MoEngage has raised $280 million in funding so far.Aampe builds autonomous AI agents that make decisions for individual consumers, determining what message…
By Evelyn Ann AbrahamAs Pride Month draws to a close, Bengaluru’s drag culture shows that ‘queer joy’ for the LGBTQ+ community is not limited to a month. Once a niche art form, drag has grown into a vibrant movement across clubs, cafés, festivals and community events all year. In Bengaluru, drag is not just entertainment;…
For too long, motherhood in women’s sport has been framed as a pause, a sacrifice or a difficult detour. But amid the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England, the biggest conversation in the sport is not about title contenders or match-winning knocks. Instead, it centres on something far more personal and significant – whether…
Rakesh (L), Don Brite Son (C) and Owner Madhav Metli (R) BENGALURU: Before he succumbed to injuries sustained in a brutal assault by two youths over the use of a water tap, the paying guest (PG) owner told his son that he would return after getting stitches for his head injuries and they would file…
