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…
Bengaluru: Nearly three years after a software engineer lost her life in a flooding incident, the underpass at KR Circle was submerged once again Wednesday.The underpass, which witnessed the tragic drowning during pre-monsoon rain in May 2023, was inundated with over 12ft of rainwater, following downpour in the central parts of the city. As of…
Bengaluru: Terming the wall collapse tragedy that claimed seven lives at Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital (rechristened as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hospital) as a fallout of “maladministration”, Karnataka Lokayukta Justice BS Patil Thursday announced that action would be taken against those responsible.Accompanied by Upa Lokayuktas Justice B Veerappa and Justice KN Phaneendra, Justice Patil…
Bengaluru: Following an energetic debut, Happy Streets by The Times of India will return to Nandini Layout for its second edition Sunday, May 3. The stretch near Oxford Secondary School will once again be transformed into a vibrant, vehicle-free zone, offering residents a space for fitness, recreation and community interaction.The morning’s line-up promises a blend…
Bengaluru: After rainwater flooded The Bookworm on Church Street on Wednesday evening, it was love and warmth wrapped in concern that flooded the store 24 hours on.Hours after heavy rain damaged more than 5,000 books, the next morning saw voluntary efforts being made to save books from further ruin. Students, regular customers, publishers and even…
Bengaluru: Commuters have flagged an acute shortage of state-run buses on routes connecting Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, forcing them to rely heavily on private operators. They complain of frequent overcrowding, especially during weekends and festive seasons, on key routes including Kadapa, Madanapalle, Tirupati and Srikalahasti via Chintamani-Madanapalle, and Bengaluru-Ramasamudram via Punganur. Sri Sai, 30, from…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only BENGALURU: Erratic pre-monsoon rains may have cooled districts surrounding Bengaluru. The city’s temperature dropped by a degree in a day. But the northern and central parts of the state continue to blaze in the summer heat, even recording a one-degree increase in 24 hours on Thursday.After the hail and…
Koppal: A first additional district and sessions court in Gangavathi Thursday sentenced six persons to death and fined them Rs 3 lakh each for the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha city unit president Venkatesh Kurubar alias JNN Venki last Oct. Six others were acquitted for lack of evidence. The court directed that the fine be…
Bengaluru: A day after seven persons died after a compound wall of Bowring Hospital crashed on them in heavy rain on Wednesday evening, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has ordered suspension of an executive engineer, tightened safety measures and ordered eviction of vendors from near unsteady and dangerous structures.The action follows a high-level review meeting at…
Bengaluru: In what is being perceived as an intent of “minority appeasement” after the Davangere South fiasco, where the government decided to not give a ticket to a minority candidate for the by-election, the cabinet on Thursday approved a Rs 600-crore plan for the community colonies across the state.The grant for development of minority colonies…
