NEW DELHI: Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is part of India’s plan to develop four airport hubs to enable seamless transfers mirroring those in Dubai, Doha, Singapore and Frankfurt. While the hub-and-spoke model will roll out first at Delhi IGIA from June 1, the aviation ministry has begun work on the other three: KIA, Mumbai…
Shivamogga: The growing threat of poachers stealing surveillance equipment used for wildlife monitoring has come into sharp focus after a 58-year-old man was arrested in Kargal, a town in Shivamogga district.Police said Roichan of Banukuli village was caught after he allegedly stole a high-tech camera trap installed by the forest department for the National Tiger…
Bengaluru: The department-wise grievance data from Bengaluru North City Corporation (BNCC) phone-in programme offers a revealing snapshot of the city’s civic stress points, administrative responsiveness, and structural bottlenecks across sectors.According to BNCC data accessed by TOI, a total of 1,626 complaints were recorded till early April, with the majority relating to road infrastructure, solid waste…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has quashed a family court order awarding Rs 10,000 a month as interim maintenance to a woman, holding that once a court passes a maintenance order under Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), an interim maintenance order in a pending matrimonial case cannot continue in parallel.Partly allowing a petition filed…
Bengaluru: A day after staff at Krupanidhi PU College allegedly asked Common Entrance Test (CET) aspirants to remove their ‘janivara’ (sacred thread) before entering the exam hall, the college has suspended three employees pending inquiry.Following the controversy, which took a political turn and led to the filing of a formal police complaint, the institution suspended…
Bengaluru: Nandini Layout is set to welcome Happy Streets by The Times of India for the very first time this Sunday, as the neighbourhood prepares for a lively, traffic-free morning. The initiative aims to bring residents together through a vibrant blend of fitness, music, and community engagement, turning familiar streets into buzzing hubs of activity…
Bengaluru: With conventional revenue streams nearing saturation and expenditure pressures mounting, the state resource mobilisation committee has advised the govt to explore alcohol tourism. Constituted to identify new revenue avenues, the committee has recommended that the govt encourage wine tourism as a niche but growing segment within India’s travel industry. The panel has proposed developing…
Bengaluru: The govt submitted a memorandum to defence minister Rajnath Singh seeking a reduction in the height restriction radius around defence airports in Bengaluru from 20km to 15km. It has also written to the defence secretary and civil aviation ministry on the issue. On Friday, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar met Singh in Delhi to…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet, at a special meeting Friday, not only redistributed the existing 15% reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) among three internal categories — A, B, and C — but also addressed the contentious issue of allocation when only a single post is available. In such cases, it decided to treat the post as…
