Infosys appointed IIT Kharagpur alumnus Ashiss Kumar Dash as CEO-designate, choosing the 31-year company veteran to succeed Salil Parek Bengaluru: Staying true to Infosys’ long-standing tradition of having one of its founders announce CEO successions, chairman Nandan Nilekani used a brief two-minute keynote at the company’s press conference in Bengaluru on Thursday to unveil the…
For the June quarter, Infosys posted 1% sequential and 2.4% year-on-year revenue growth in constant currency Bengaluru: Infosys shares fell nearly 5% in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the company reported weaker-than-expected June quarter results and trimmed its FY27 revenue growth guidance, signalling a cautious demand environment amid persistent…
Bengaluru: In good news for apartment dwellers, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has effectively imposed curbs on approving revised building plans after occupancy certificates (OC) are issued.A circular issued by BDA on July 15 mandates consent from at least two-thirds of apartment owners before any modification is approved where third-party rights have been created and bars…
Bengaluru: Two scooter-borne miscreants stole a diesel generator (DG) battery from the basement of a building owned by a senior IPS officer in north Bengaluru. This is the second theft from the building.Kailash VB, an admin staffer with Aereo Unmanned System Pvt Ltd in Jakkur, said the incident occurred at 11.55am on July 15. The…
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old street vendor, who runs a biryani shop, has been arrested on charges of posting abusive and derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Instagram page in the backdrop of students’ protests in Delhi.The accused is Hudson alias Remo, a resident of Lingarajapuram in east Bengaluru, and a BA undergraduate. Cops…
Nine migrant workers from West Bengal were injured in a suspected LPG cylinder blast BENGALURU: Nine migrant workers from West Bengal were injured, six of them critically, in a suspected LPG cylinder blast at a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Bengaluru’s Bommasandra area on Thursday morning, police said.The workers, employed with an engineering company, were…
BENGALURU: A gunrunner from Madhya Pradesh, in his late 30s, was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on charges of illegally manufacturing and selling country-made pistols. The accused, Janjir alias Dinesh Patidar, is a resident of Singhana in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. He was arrested after the CCB obtained an arrest warrant from a…
South Western Railway (SWR) will operate four special trains between Mysuru, Kannur and Bengaluru Cantonment to clear extra rush of passengers during Onam festival.Train No 06227 will leave Mysuru at 10.30pm on Aug 25 and reach Kannur at 2pm the next day. The return service (06228) will leave Kannur at 6.25pm on Aug 26 and…
Bengaluru: A day after Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials were assaulted during a footpath encroachment-clearance drive on Commercial Street, police said the prime accused, Basavaraj Padukote, is a rowdy from Varthur with a criminal record.Padukote, a resident of Siddhapura and state president of Namma Karnataka Sene, was among 12 people arrested in connection with Tuesday’s…
Bengaluru: Manufacturing platform Zetwerk and US power equipment maker Ayr Energy are locked in a legal battle over alleged theft of confidential information.Zetwerk first sued Ayr and its co-founder Anirudh Reddy in Texas in October 2025, alleging that Reddy incorporated Ayr while serving as a senior Zetwerk executive and left with confidential documents. Zetwerk sought…
