HANDS-ON TRAINING-Women learning how to ride a motorcycle at a two-day workshop in Tumakuru Ranjitha Prabhakar decided to change gears after turning 40, moving from the pillion seat to riding a rugged adventure motorcycle. Her journey underlines a larger movement playing out on Bengaluru’s roads. Heavy bobbers, tourers and cruisers, weighing anywhere between 175 and…
Bengaluru: Two alleged two-wheeler thieves were arrested by Talaghattapura police for targeting parked motorcycles across various parts of the city. The accused, Mohammed Khasif, 22, and Usman Khan, 21, residents of Talaghattapura, are suspected of carrying out a series of thefts using a similar method.According to police, the duo would identify unattended scooters, break the…
Bengaluru: Dug-up roads across Banashankari 1st Stage, including in Srinivasa Nagar, Ashokanagar, Vidyapeetha and Hanumanthanagar, have disrupted traffic and left residents coping with dust, even as civic agencies say the works are necessary and nearing completion.The affected stretches, under Bengaluru West City Corporation, are seeing multiple infrastructure works carried out at once. While Gas Authority…
Bengaluru: What began as a resignation over health concerns turned into a legal battle over exit norms at a tech firm in Marathahalli. A city civil court restrained a senior employee from interfering with the company’s operations and from joining another organisation without completing exit formalities.The dispute involves a software company, based in Kundalahalli Gate,…
A US-based doctor, Siruvella Sridevi, experienced a shocking loss of 725 grams of gold ornaments, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, during a wedding reception in Bengaluru. (AI image) BENGALURU: A 52-year-old doctor practising in the US lost 725 grams of gold ornaments worth around Rs 1 crore from a convention hall in east Bengaluru…
BENGALURU: A 15-year-old girl from Bengaluru has survived a life-threatening vascular emergency after undergoing a rare and complex surgery for a rupturing aortic aneurysm caused by Behçet’s Disease. The teenager, who had been living with the chronic inflammatory condition since 2018, developed a rapidly expanding 5 cm aneurysm in the abdominal aorta—the main artery supplying…
Bengaluru: Sathish KR, also known as Sathish Kadatanamale, a political party functionary from Yelahanka constituency, has been accused of storming a govt office and assaulting staff.According to a complaint filed by R Prakash Rao, 55, an officer at Sahakara Soudha in Malleswaram, Sathish—who is a disqualified director of the Kadanamale Milk Producers Cooperative Society—allegedly entered…
BENGALURU: Indian Army has raised 16th Bhairav Battalion of the Maratha Light Infantry (Maratha LI) at the Maratha Light Infantry Regimental Centre (MLIRC) in Belagavi, Karnataka, adding a new specialised infantry unit focused on mobility and operations in difficult terrain.According to a defence ministry statement, the battalion has been designed for “high-mobility missions, adaptive manoeuvres…
2 firm staff sabotage 240+ CCTVs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium (File Photo) BENGALURU: In a strange case, two employees of a digital service–providing private firm entered M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 24 and disabled around 240 CCTV cameras. They reportedly damaged NVR units and optical fiber connections, disrupting surveillance across entry gates, concourses, and other…
Sandur (Ballari): Karnataka labour minister Santosh S Lad Sunday said efforts will be made to implement a new minimum wage in the state in the coming days, in line with Supreme Court guidelines that factor in workers’ needs for food, clothing and housing.The minimum monthly wage averages about Rs 19,000.Lad said the state govt is…
