A 72-year-old Bengaluru auto driver built a unique vehicle with car-like features. His customized auto boasts comfortable seating and essential air conditioning for passengers. BENGALURU: For years, whenever his workday ended, 72-year-old Manjunath CH would scroll through YouTube videos of flashy, customised autorickshaws from Mumbai.He admired their sleek interiors, car-like doors, and the attention they…
BENGALURU: A member of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Legal Cell has lodged a police complaint with the Cyber Crime Police stating that an Instagram page posted a defamatory and objectionable video targeting the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and that several users posted abusive and sexually explicit comments…
Bengaluru: A city hospital has become the fastest in the country to complete 3,000 robot-assisted surgeries using the Da Vinci Xi surgical system. The milestone was achieved by Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, eight years after it launched the programme in 2018, the hospital said Saturday.The hospital said it has performed robotic surgeries across 12 specialties,…
Bengaluru: Police have arrested 12 people for allegedly leading a violent mob attack on a private factory in Doddaballapur, where 30 to 40 armed men stormed the premises, assaulted employees with knives, longs, maces and wooden sticks, vandalised property, and allegedly threatened workers in what police are investigating as a case of moral policing. The…
Bengaluru: A food delivery executive was allegedly robbed and forced to reveal his UPI PIN by a gang of four unidentified men in Kaggadasapura in the early hours of Thursday.According to a complaint filed by Jiban Miah, 29, a Murugeshpalya resident, he was returning home on his two-wheeler after completing a delivery in Kaggadasapura from…
Bengaluru: The National Federation of Girls Islamic Organisation (NFGIO) Saturday launched its month-long nationwide campaign, ‘Embracing Femininity,” which will run from Aug 1 to 31.Drawing on the Islamic concept of fitrah—the innate nature of human beings—the campaign advocates what it describes as a “third space” between two perceived extremes: cultural confinement on one hand and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called on India’s youth to build on the country’s achievements in science, technology and sports, while leading efforts to conserve water, protect natural resources, keep the nation clean and promote Indian handicrafts.Inaugurating the Viveka Smaraka — the Vivekananda cultural youth centre — in Mysuru, Modi said Swami Vivekananda believed that…
Bengaluru: The goal of haemophilia treatment is no longer just to prevent life-threatening bleeds, but to help people with the inherited bleeding disorder live lives as close to normal as possible, experts said at National Haemostasis Update 2026, an annual scientific meet organised by Indian Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (IAHAD) Saturday.Clinicians said advances…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take over probe into a 2022 case involving allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape, holding that the police investigation was incomplete and had failed to examine the full scope of allegations.Allowing a petition filed by the survivor, Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that…
Around 70 trucks have been deployed to transport construction waste to designated locations in the first phase, with another 200 expected to join later Bengaluru: Mounds of construction debris and years of accumulated waste have become a familiar sight across the city, blighting public spaces and creating a persistent civic problem. After years of unchecked…
