Bengaluru: A test drive went awry for a woman as she pressed the accelerator mistaking it for clutch, knocked down a pedestrian and then rammed an electric pole in KR Pura Monday evening.The injured pedestrian, identified as Shantamma, filed a complaint against the driver, Supriya, accusing her of causing injuries by driving in a rash…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old cricketer from Maharashtra participating in a tournament here unwittingly walked into a cyber honeytrap, with the woman recording their private call and trying to extort money from the budding player.According to a complaint from the cricketer, he was lodged in a five-star hotel in north Bengaluru during the tournament organised by BCCI….
Bengaluru: Private engineering colleges surrendered over 10,000 engineering seats to Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) ahead of the announcement of the first round of counselling.Colleges feel these management seats might not find any takers. So instead of letting the seats go waste, colleges gave them to KEA so that the seats enter the pool that students…
File photo of mobile towers operated by various telecom service providers Bengaluru: From mobile phone bills to the cost of building a home, the growing dominance of a few companies in critical sectors could eventually pinch citizens’ pockets and limit their choices. Raichur MP G Kumar Naik has flagged increasing market concentration in the telecom…
Bengaluru: The high court stayed investigation in two criminal cases against a law student from Bengaluru, registered following his tweet over the daylight killing of a woman recently.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order after hearing Tejaswi Surya, Bengaluru South MP who appeared for petitioner K Kiran in one of the cases, and Girish Bharadwaj, another…
Gagan (left) allegedly stuffed Jayamma’s body into a trolley suitcase, transported it on his motorcycle and dumped it in Ramohalli Lake. BENGALURU: A missing person case involving a 61-year-old woman took a chilling turn after police arrested a 21-year-old youth for allegedly killing his neighbour to rob her jewellery and repay debts incurred through online…
Bengaluru faces a severe public toilet shortage BENGALURU: Bengaluru city, with 1.4 crore people, has only about 900 public toilets, making it one public toilet for every 25,000 to 30,000 citizens, revealed a public toilet audit report released by a voluntary organisation on Wednesday.Bengaluru, home to more than 1.4 crore people, has only around 900…
Bengaluru: What promised to be a lucrative corporate overseas job opportunity turned into an ordeal of forced labour, brutal beatings and electric shocks for two men from Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) as they were trafficked by a cyber-slavery cartel operating in Thailand-Myanmar border area. The duo was fortunately rescued in a well-coordinated action by multiple…
A newly constructed building at Yeshwantpur Railway Station Bengaluru: With a significant amount of additional space opening up at several railway stations in the city due to redevelopment, the South Western Railway (SWR) has kicked off work on its commercial utilisation.SWR’s Bengaluru division has invited consultants for the utilisation of newly developed spaces at KSR…
Bengaluru: Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya, Tuesday, alleged officials involved in the SIR process prepared a false report, tagging more than 13,000 voters in HSR layout as ‘permanently shifted’ without door-to-door verification. He demanded re-verification and a high level probe, while acting against officials responsible for false reports.Highlighting an incident in ward 174, HSR layout,…
