Bengaluru: A Good Samaritan act turned out to be an abominable fraud when a man, pretending to help a 36-year-old private firm employee injured in a road accident, stole the latter’s iPhone and then used it to siphon off over Rs 3.5 lakh from his bank account.According to a complaint filed by Sachin Prasad, a…
Pride Month may have ended, but for Bengaluru’s queer community, the conversations, challenges and fight for visibility continue every day. Bengaluru-based drag performer Alex Mathew, popularly known as Maya the Drag Queen, reflects on why the momentum often fades after June, how the city’s queer culture has evolved beyond Pride marches, and why drag performers…
Kannada singer-rapper All Ok believes the way people consume music has changed dramatically — and not necessarily for the better. “Social media and short-video formats have shortened attention spans to an alarming level. Audiences no longer have the patience to sit through complete albums,” says the artiste, who recently released the single Ninna Bitre featuring…
Bhoopendra V with his wife Sujatha Bengaluru: When Bhoopendran V walks into a blood bank on Wednesday, it will not be just another donation. The 59-year-old Bengalurean is set to donate blood for the 300th time, a rare milestone achieved after nearly four decades of quietly responding to the needs of strangers.The journey began in…
The state of footpaths in Dinnur Main Road Bengaluru: Imagine a footpath so unusable that almost everyone chooses to walk beside speeding buses instead.Welcome to Dinnur Main Road, one of RT Nagar’s busiest neighbourhood connectors. TOI found nearly 90% of pedestrians walking on the busy carriageway despite the presence of footpaths. Encroachments, garbage, parked vehicles,…
The video clipping shows men engaged in a street brawl in front of the Vidhana Soudha on June 28 Bengaluru: A street brawl in front of the Vidhana Soudha has led to the arrest of four Nepalese men, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred between 5.45pm and 6pm on June 28 near Vidhana Soudha Metro…
Bengaluru: Obtaining an interim order by way of suppression/non-disclosure of material facts proved costly for a woman sub-inspector in Bengaluru.The high court not only dismissed her petition paving the way for continuation of investigation, but also imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on SI TB Padmavathi, which has to be paid within eight weeks. It all…
File photo of the proposed Mekedatu balancing reservoir site across the River Cauvery near Sangama in Kanakapura taluk, about 100 km from Bengaluru. Mekedatu-Location of Cauvery river at Kanakpura taluq, Sangama, 100 km from Bengaluru Bengaluru: Signalling an aggressive push to safeguard Karnataka’s case on the contentious Mekedatu balancing reservoir project across river Cauvery, Chief…
How is the Bellandur lake revival going? Bengaluru: Nearly a decade after Bellandur Lake grabbed national attention for spewing toxic foam and catching fire, new research has found that the lake remains ecologically degraded because the Rs 179-crore restoration efforts have largely focused on engineering interventions while not adequately looking into its hydrology and ecological…
Bengaluru: The high court Monday ordered notices to state and central govts in response to a public interest litigation challenging the proposed shifting of Bengaluru Turf Club (BTC) to the sprawling 457-acre Kunigal Stud Farm.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice KS Hemalekha also ordered notices to National Biodiversity Board, Karnataka State…
