Bengaluru: In the wake of multiple security lapses, including a terror suspect using a mobile phone and videos of inmates partying inside Bengaluru central prison, the govt has approved a prison department proposal to appoint 550 former military personnel as security guards at an annual cost of Rs 20 crore. Alok Kumar, director general of…
Bengaluru: India’s astronaut cadre is expected to open to civilians for the first time, marking a shift in how Isro is preparing for the future of human spaceflight beyond the first few Gaganyaan missions.Isro’s committee on astronaut selection and management, after deliberation, has recommended that the second batch of Indian astronauts include four civilian specialists…
Bengaluru: A Mysuru-based restaurateur has filed a complaint alleging he and other entities were duped of more than Rs 3 crore in a land deal scam involving a man who allegedly posed as an Infosys executive and lured him into a purported bid for 53 acres of land in Attibele.The complainant, Bharath CS, 32, told…
Bengaluru: A 20-year-old air hostess student has alleged repeated harassment by three scooter-borne men, who regularly followed her, teased and intimidated her during her daily commute from home to bus stop. Recently, while she was walking home, the accused allegedly hit her on the back.Distressed, she informed her family and approached police. She told police…
Bengaluru: A 41-year-old woman has filed a complaint with Ashok Nagar police that her HP laptop worth Rs 59,000 was stolen from her locked house on Anthony Nichols Street.According to the woman, the theft took place on the morning of April 24 after all family members left home and she locked the door with a…
Bengaluru: Six young men from Tamil Nadu have been arrested by Konanakunte police on charges of dacoity on April 17 at a house where a few students from Kerala lived.The arrested men — Abhinesh, Kalaivendan, Prem Kumar, Kumaran, Naveen Kumar, and Vimal Raj — had barged into the house claiming the students possessed ganja. According…
Bengaluru: In Kambipura, on the city’s southwestern edge near Kumbalgodu, residents say mornings often begin not with fresh air but with the smell of burning waste and thick black smoke drifting into homes.What was once seen as a quieter, greener fringe of the city is now, according to residents, facing chronic pollution. Complaints have now…
Bengaluru: With an eye on the 2028 assembly polls, public works minister Satish Jarkiholi has intensified his political engagements over the past year, increasingly positioning himself as an internal troubleshooter during moments of crisis within Congress. He has frequently held consultations with ministers and senior functionaries, signalling a more interventionist role in party affairs. In…
Bengaluru: The Pan IIT Alumni India Association, in collaboration with Karnataka govt, will organise the Pan-IIT Bengaluru Summit 2026 in the city on May 16. The summit will be held on the theme ‘technology sovereignty’, principal secretary, e-governance department, Pankaj Kumar Pandey said.Pan IIT president Prabhat Kumar said the summit will feature high-level plenary sessions,…
Bengaluru: As chief minister Siddaramaiah nears three years in office on May 10, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh have stepped up lobbying in New Delhi, meeting senior Congress functionaries and fuelling speculation over a possible CM change in Karnataka.The two met AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, senior functionaries KC Venugopal and…
