Bengaluru: A 31-year-old homemaker died due to electric shock, suspected to have been caused from a washing machine.The tragedy happened near Nelamangala, on the city outskirts, a day after C Sujatha, the victim, celebrated her 11th wedding anniversary. Police said Sujatha tried to switch on the machine around 8am when she allegedly suffered electric shock…
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s push to strengthen its renewable energy evacuation network has hit delays, with the govt missing the March 31 deadline to complete phase II of the Green Energy Corridor project. It has now sought an extension to July 31 next year. Sanctioned by the Centre to support states with high renewable energy generation, the…
On any given weekend in Bengaluru, a quiet shift is playing out. At one table, strangers laugh over icebreakers, share a meal, no labels attached. And elsewhere, behind screens, users log into discreet dating platforms, looking for connections they don’t want to name. What ties all of this together is not just curiosity, but a…
Bengaluru: Police are looking for a tender coconut seller who allegedly attacked a barking street dog with his sickle in KR Pura.An FIR has been registered against the unidentified trader under BNS Section 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace) and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.Police said the incident took…
Bengaluru: Two employees of a private digital service provider entered M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 24 and disabled more than 240 CCTV cameras. They allegedly damaged network video recorder (NVR) units and optical fibre connections, disrupting surveillance across entry gates, concourses and other key areas.Soon after the disruption was noticed, services were restored and a…
New to Bengaluru, Kasturee Chakravarty from Guwahati hoped to meet people with similar interests by attending events and joining clubs. That search led her to Cinema Next Door this January. She discovered it through an Instagram post about the screening of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ — a film that was on her watchlist for years — and…
BENGALURU: What could have turned into a major tragedy was narrowly averted in Bengaluru’s Nandini Layout, where around 50 young women escaped a raging fire by jumping from their building to safety.The incident occurred on Sunday night.A major fire broke out in an LED banner godown. The flames quickly started spreading to adjacent buildings, including…
Bengaluru: Traffic-choked Bengaluru is now taking a toll on the hearing health of its residents, with constant exposure to high noise levels increasingly linked to hearing-related ailments.Doctors say daily exposure to traffic noise — often ranging between 70 and 100 decibels (dB) — is contributing to a gradual but significant rise in hearing problems across…
Bengaluru: A property row escalated into alleged vandalism and an attempt by a woman and her family to torch the house of her brother at Byrasandra in south Bengaluru, police said Monday.Ashwini S, 35, a resident of 9th Cross, stated in a complaint to police that she and her husband, Umesh, stay with their children…
Private company employee, Puja Dutta, was found dead in her Adugodi rented house under disturbing circumstances. BENGALURU: A chilling incident has surfaced in Adugodi, where a 34-year-old private company employee, identified as Puja Dutta, was found dead in a disturbing condition inside her rented house on Monday night.Puja, originally from Hirapur in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, had…
