The episode has intensified calls for companies to re-examine the safety standards governing workplace childcare centres. BENGALURU: Alleged abuse of toddlers at a daycare centre operating from Capgemini’s campus in Bengaluru has shocked the working-parent community and citizens. While pointing to a shocking absence of standards of oversight at these centres, the parents’ key demands…
Bengaluru: A district leprosy officer (DLO) attached to the department of health and family welfare was caught by Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a 25-year-old doctor for approving a Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) licence.Unani doctor Muffassir Ahmed Muzammil approached Lokayukta police against DLO Dr Bhujabali D Yalagudri, 54, accusing…
Bengaluru: A district leprosy officer (DLO) attached to the department of health and family welfare was caught by Lokayukta police while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a 25-year-old doctor for approving a Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) licence.Unani doctor Muffassir Ahmed Muzammil approached Lokayukta police against DLO Dr Bhujabali D Yalagudri, 54, accusing…
Bengaluru: A court in Bengaluru sentenced three rowdies to life imprisonment for the murder of an autorickshaw driver over an unreturned loan of Rs 2,000.Venkatesh, Puneet and Nagaraj — rowdies from KP Agrahara area — were found guilty of killing D Nagaraj in March 2016.According to police records, Nagaraj borrowed Rs 2,000 from Venkatesh and…
Bengaluru: Seven workers were killed and five others injured after a massive boulder crashed onto them at a quarry in the outskirts of Bengaluru Thursday.The accident occurred around 7 am at Udayashankar Stone Crushers in Madapattana, Ramanagara district.At adjoining Basaveshwara Stone Crushers, located at a higher level, rocks were being crushed and readied for transport,…
Bengaluru: A man’s decision to let his son learn computer skills during school holidays ended in heartbreak after the 15-year-old was forced into hazardous labour and died in a horrific hydraulic lift accident at a hardware store. The father has accused the shopowners of employing the minor illegally and ignoring basic safety precautions.Ameen Allabaksha Syed,…
Footpaths at and around Jalahalli are in deplorable conditions Bengaluru: Jalahalli Cross moves thousands of vehicles every hour. But for pedestrians, one of the city’s busiest junctions offers little more than a choice between broken footpaths and moving traffic.A TOI walk across all four roads radiating from the junction found a striking pattern: pedestrian infrastructure…
Bengaluru: Arguing that Bengaluru’s planning regulations must keep pace with its rapid urban growth, Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai) Bengaluru urged Karnataka govt to substantially increase the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) proposed under the draft Uniform Zonal Regulations, saying the current limits could constrain housing supply and drive up home prices.In…
Chikkaballapur: An 18-year-old engineering student was assaulted and stabbed inside her home at Chintamani town in Chikkaballapur, hours after she reportedly confronted two men for allegedly harassing her on the street.The victim, S Meghana, a first-year engineering student and part-time dance teacher, is undergoing treatment for stab injuries to her neck and abdomen.On June 30…
Bengaluru: A college student’s dream of pursuing a modelling career has spiralled into a horrifying cybercrime, with her photographs being uploaded across multiple adult websites and social media platforms. The accused, claiming to be a hacker, demanded more intimate photographs in exchange for removing the content and threatened to create and circulate more fake nude…
