Bengaluru: Two employees of a private digital service provider entered M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 24 and disabled more than 240 CCTV cameras. They allegedly damaged network video recorder (NVR) units and optical fibre connections, disrupting surveillance across entry gates, concourses and other key areas.Soon after the disruption was noticed, services were restored and a…
New to Bengaluru, Kasturee Chakravarty from Guwahati hoped to meet people with similar interests by attending events and joining clubs. That search led her to Cinema Next Door this January. She discovered it through an Instagram post about the screening of ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ — a film that was on her watchlist for years — and…
BENGALURU: What could have turned into a major tragedy was narrowly averted in Bengaluru’s Nandini Layout, where around 50 young women escaped a raging fire by jumping from their building to safety.The incident occurred on Sunday night.A major fire broke out in an LED banner godown. The flames quickly started spreading to adjacent buildings, including…
Bengaluru: Traffic-choked Bengaluru is now taking a toll on the hearing health of its residents, with constant exposure to high noise levels increasingly linked to hearing-related ailments.Doctors say daily exposure to traffic noise — often ranging between 70 and 100 decibels (dB) — is contributing to a gradual but significant rise in hearing problems across…
Bengaluru: A property row escalated into alleged vandalism and an attempt by a woman and her family to torch the house of her brother at Byrasandra in south Bengaluru, police said Monday.Ashwini S, 35, a resident of 9th Cross, stated in a complaint to police that she and her husband, Umesh, stay with their children…
Private company employee, Puja Dutta, was found dead in her Adugodi rented house under disturbing circumstances. BENGALURU: A chilling incident has surfaced in Adugodi, where a 34-year-old private company employee, identified as Puja Dutta, was found dead in a disturbing condition inside her rented house on Monday night.Puja, originally from Hirapur in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, had…
Bengaluru: Four persons, including a mother-daughter duo, drowned in agricultural ponds in Tumakuru and Anekal since Sunday.In the first incident, M Suchitra (11) and her brother M Ravindra (9) drowned in the agricultural pond at Benakanahalli in Madhugiri, Tumakuru district, Sunday evening. The two were grazing sheep in a field and waded into the pond…
Bengaluru: Critical tests by Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) of Namma Metro’s Pink Line will begin Tuesday, with inspections scheduled till May 12.According to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) officials, after the inspection, RDSO will analyse test data and issue an interim speed certification. This will be followed by inspection by the commissioner…
Bengaluru: “What kind of man are you? You won’t leave women to be safe anywhere?” Karnataka high court said Monday while coming down heavily on a social media content creator accused of secretly filming women passengers on Namma Metro trains in the city.While delivering the sharp rebuke, the court also refused to quash criminal proceedings…
Bengaluru: How badly Bengaluru’s once cool climate has been mangled in recent decades is now evident in what scientists describe as the rise of “heat archipelagos” across the city — clusters of extreme heat pockets scattered through the landscape and increasingly merging with each other.Borrowed from geography, where it refers to chains of islands, the…
