Offenders Face Steep Fines As Penalties Upped Across Nation Bengaluru: Playing music on speaker mode, watching videos without earphones, and creating disturbance inside Namma Metro coaches could now cost commuters up to Rs 2,500 — five times higher than the earlier fine of Rs 500. The revised penalties took effect on June 19 following amendments…
Blackspot at Pottery Town — Before Cleanup Bengaluru: Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) is close to achieving its target of clearing 100 garbage blackspots in 45 days, with 86 of the identified locations already reclaimed as of Friday.The initiative, named UB 100 (Uttara Bengaluru 100), was launched on June 15 to eliminate chronic garbage dumping…
Bengaluru: A three-year-old boy playing outside his grandmother’s residence at Bukkapatna in Tumakuru’s Sira died when a car ran over him Thursday evening.The victim is Syed Huzaifa, second child of Syed Umar and Zakia Banu from Hosakere in Madhugiri. Umar had left Huzaifa with Banu’s parents for a few days. On Thursday evening, Huzaifa was…
One of Kannada stand-up comedy’s most recognisable voices, Sonu Venugopal has built her career by telling deeply personal stories rooted in everyday life, language and culture. From leaving behind a career in radio to finding her place on stage, she has carved out a niche that is both distinctly regional and universally relatable. In a…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old car wash service centre owner was assaulted twice by a gang after he raised objections to them smoking in a public place near his shop in Andrahalli, west Bengaluru.Prashanth HB told police the incident happened at 8.45am on July 14 when he visited a condiments shop in Kalikanagar, adjacent to his service…
Hoax call to Indigo flight at KIA Bengaluru: A handwritten note found tucked inside an aircraft’s lavatory triggered a major security scare and a five-hour delay for passengers aboard an Ahmedabad-bound IndiGo flight at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) Thursday night.The incident unfolded aboard flight 6E-6423, which was scheduled to depart for Ahmedabad at 8pm….
Bengaluru: The quick commerce race is no longer mainly about reaching new neighbourhoods. It is becoming a fight over the same pincodes. India’s five largest operators added close to 900 dark stores between April and July this year, with Blinkit, Flipkart Minutes and Amazon Now leading the expansion, according to estimates by equity research firm…
Bengaluru: Classes were disrupted as students of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, launched a protest alleging that govt illegally expanded eligibility criteria for recruitment to the posts of agricultural officer (AO) and assistant agricultural officer (AAO).They maintained that AO and AAO are specialised technical posts responsible for providing scientific advice to farmers on crop…
The century-old well, believed to have been constructed during the 1920s under the British administration, was rejuvenated over the past one-and-a-half months Bengaluru: What was once a neglected, silt-filled well hidden inside NC Colony in Cox Town is now full of clean water again, thanks to the efforts of nearly 50-60 residents who came together…
Police arrested five rowdy sheeters for extorting a gym trainer by posing as CCB police officers BENGALURU: Sleuths from Central Crime Branch arrested five rowdy sheeters on charges of extorting Rs 40,000 from a gym trainer, by posing as CCB cops and threatening the trainer to fix in a drug case.The trainer had lodged a…
