Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority’s (BDA) Open House Meeting (OHM) initiative, launched to resolve long-pending citizen grievances, has made a promising start, though official data suggests there is still considerable ground to cover.Launched in Aug 2025 and conducted by BDA’s Citizen Action Cell (CAC), the initiative had heard 3,092 of the 5,829 grievances registered across the…
After the Supreme Court’s ruling, CM DK Shivakumar said his govt was committed to completing GBA polls by the year-end Bengaluru: More than 11 years after Bengaluru last elected its civic representatives, uncertainty continues to surround elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority despite the Supreme Court extending the deadline till…
Bengaluru: Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting has acquired Philippines-based S Brands Consumer Care, a move that will take its business in the country past the Rs 1,000-crore revenue milestone and strengthen its position in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing personal care markets.The acquisition, Wipro Consumer Care’s 16th globally and its second in the Philippines after…
Bengaluru: A wedding shopping trip turned into a heartbreaking loss after a woman lost gold jewellery worth nearly Rs 9 lakh to pickpockets in the bustling Nagarathpet Main Road area recently.Shruthi S, 52, told police the incident happened Sunday between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. The Kodigehalli resident had travelled to her village in Doddaballapur a day…
Bengaluru: In a move aimed at preventing disruption to classroom teaching, the department of school education and literacy is proposing a framework to insulate a section of teachers from mandatory deployment for election-related duties and surveys.The proposal, which is being prepared, seeks to ensure that teachers are deployed for non-academic duties only after exhausting personnel…
Sandalwood seized by CCB police Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) recently busted an interstate sandalwood smuggling racket by arresting four men and seizing over 82.6 kg of sandalwood, two cars, and five mobile phones.The arrested have been identified as Andul Rehman, Vinu Anthony, Jaffar, and Mohammad Shan, all natives of Kerala.The police, on July…
Bengaluru: Actor and former Kannada reality show contestant Aishwarya Sindhogi has approached police complaining of sustained online harassment by an unidentified person who has been posting defamatory comments and sending offensive messages that has damaged her reputation.Aishwarya said she suspects the targeted campaign is being carried out by a family friend. She alleged the suspect…
The accussed woman M Shwetha (extreme left), her partner J Kenneth; the victimes: Supriya (19) sister, Muthulakshmi (48) mother and Somasundar (52) father) BENGALURU: Investigators probing the sensational triple murder in Bengaluru have approached an artificial intelligence company for access to the accused’s chat history after discovering that he allegedly relied on an AI chatbot…
The accused raised funds from individuals, trusts and their own savings to facilitate the illegal travel of Muslim youths to fight for ISIS. BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at eight locations across Bengaluru in connection with an ISIS recruitment case, officials said.The searches, which began early in the morning, are still…
All-India student-youth protest at Freedom park in Bengaluru! Demand resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan,demand Scrap National Testing Agency, supporters of activist Sonam Wangchuk and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) launched massive solidarity protests at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, drawing thousands of students, professionals, and civil society members. The demonstrations were triggered by the Delhi Police forcibly…
