Bengaluru: It was a familiar slice of evening chaos until sudden rain tore through its monotonous rhythm. Vendors shouting at high pitch to attract shoppers, bikers impatiently honking to race ahead, office-goers rushing towards bus station and people walking towards Bowring Hospital. When the skies opened up in the evening, everything turned topsy turvy, edged…
Bengaluru: After weeks of relentless heat, Bengaluru was slammed by a burst of squally thundershowers for over an hour Wednesday. The Central Business District — the city’s glitzy hub — bore its fury in full force. Much-needed relief quickly spiralled into chaos, again exposing the city’s deep vulnerability to extreme weather swings.Barely minutes after India…
Bengaluru: The state govt has intensified its crackdown on illegal homestays and tightened monitoring of foreign tourists staying in private accommodations, following the alleged rape of a US tourist in Kodagu district, in which two people including a cook and owner were arrested. Acting on directives from Karnataka’s director general and inspector general of police…
Bengaluru: The Directorate of Medical Education has proposed to the govt to introduce a 15% non-resident Indian (NRI) quota in all state-run medical colleges.Last year, the NRI quota was introduced for the increased seats – for the seats added after the first round of counselling. As many as 67 seats were available under the NRI…
Bengaluru: The act of following women, monitoring them and recording their images without consent falls squarely within the mischief sought to be curbed by Section 78(1) of BNS, ie, stalking, observed the high court while dismissing a petition filed by a Bengaluru resident. The order copy was released on Wednesday.A criminal case was registered last…
Bengaluru: Over 1.7 lakh students have registered for the II PU examination-2, scheduled to be held from Thursday.According to official data, 92,554 boys and 79,597 girls have enrolled for the second exam. A large portion of these candidates — 82,746 students — are those who could not clear their exam in the first attempt.The figures…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has upheld a family court’s order that an unmarried woman is entitled to receive Rs 20,000 per month as maintenance as well as expenses for her marriage from her mother and elder sister.However, the judge quashed the family court’s order for similar maintenance to her brother, saying that as he had…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah At Site BENGALURU: At least seven people, including three children, have been killed after a compound wall collapsed near the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday.Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah visited the site after the collapse. “Seven deaths have been confirmed by the CMO following the tragic wall collapse near…
Bengaluru: An RTI reply has pointed to a Rs 1.7 crore difference in expenditure figures for the 11th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference hosted by the Karnataka legislature in Sept last year, with some details not reflected in official budget documents.Participants included Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, presiding officers…
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) said it has not sought any extension or postponement of elections to five city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority despite a request from state govt to defer the timeline.As per a Supreme Court directive, the election process must be completed by June 30. SEC said it has already completed…
