Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority’s ‘Safe Footpath’ drive continued Tuesday across all five city corporations, covering nearly 55km of roads in an effort to clear encroachments and improve pedestrian infrastructure.Meanwhile, the Joint Action Committee of Street Vendors, comprising five associations, has announced a protest at Freedom Park Wednesday against the eviction drive, alleging that vendors…

Bengaluru: The high court Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of Dr Mahendra Reddy, who is facing charges of murdering his wife Dr Kruthika Reddy by administering an overdose of anaesthesia.The case came to light in Oct last year, nearly six months after Kruthika’s death. A forensic report detected traces of an overdose of anaesthesia in…

VC, PE funds Use IPOs, post-listing deals to return capital after backing private companies for years Bengaluru: Early investors in India’s listed startups have sold shares worth nearly Rs 97,252 crore since 2021, underscoring how public markets have emerged as the primary exit route for venture capital, private equity and other private-market investors after years…

Bengaluru: More than a week after the alleged abuse at a daycare centre on its Bengaluru campus came to light, Capgemini Tuesday filed a complaint with HAL police, accusing daycare employees and others of acting in an unlawful manner, committing grave cognisable offences, and endangering the safety, privacy and dignity of minor children.In the complaint,…

Bengaluru: Lokayukta police Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches at seven locations across Bengaluru as part of an investigation into alleged criminal misconduct by senior govt officials accused of illegally allotting valuable land to private individuals.The searches were carried out in connection with a case registered by Lokayukta police in which then special deputy commissioner, Bengaluru, MK…

Bengaluru: A high court division bench ruled that about five acres of land abutting Cantonment Railway Station in Vasanthnagar area belongs to the railways.The bench noted that in Sept 1997 itself, the city civil court held that railways was the lawful owner of the land, which is part of the 600 acres acquired during British…