Mangaluru: Private bus operators on the Mangaluru-Kundapur-Byndoor and Mangaluru–Manipal routes are gearing up to test electric buses, amid rising diesel prices.Sadanand Chatra, vice-president of the Canara Bus Owners’ Association, said a preliminary meeting of operators will be held on Aug 7 in Udupi, where a private mobility company will showcase electric bus models and hold…
Bengaluru: Two scooter-borne miscreants stole a diesel generator (DG) battery from the basement of a building owned by a senior IPS officer in north Bengaluru. This is the second theft from the building.Kailash VB, an admin staffer with Aereo Unmanned System Pvt Ltd in Jakkur, said the incident occurred at 11.55am on July 15. The…
Captain Shreyas Iyer and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer reserved special praise for teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the 15-year-old produced a breathtaking match-winning knock to power India to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the opening T20I in Harare on Thursday.Sooryavanshi smashed 50 off just 19 balls,…
An NSG commando rappels onto a high rise building in Mangaluru, as part of counter-terrorism mock drill on Wednesday An NSG commando rappels onto a high rise building in Mangaluru, as part of ongoing counter-terrorism mock drill on Wednesday An NSG commando rappels onto a high rise building in Mangaluru, as part of counter-terrorism mock…
Bengaluru: A 21-year-old street vendor, who runs a biryani shop, has been arrested on charges of posting abusive and derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Instagram page in the backdrop of students’ protests in Delhi.The accused is Hudson alias Remo, a resident of Lingarajapuram in east Bengaluru, and a BA undergraduate. Cops…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi creates history (Image: BCCI/X) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi etched his name in the records books after registering the maiden fifty against Zimbabwe in the 1st T20I at Harare. Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi endured a difficult start to his international career during India’s T20I series against England in July 2026. The 15-year-old, who arrived with huge…
Kia India has launched the Syros EV with prices starting at Rs 13.49 lakh, ex-showroom. The Syros EV will go on sale across Kia dealerships in India from July 30.The Syros EV is available with two battery pack options. The entry-level 42 kWh version is priced from Rs 13.49 lakh, while the larger 51.4 kWh…
Nine migrant workers from West Bengal were injured in a suspected LPG cylinder blast BENGALURU: Nine migrant workers from West Bengal were injured, six of them critically, in a suspected LPG cylinder blast at a paying guest (PG) accommodation in Bengaluru’s Bommasandra area on Thursday morning, police said.The workers, employed with an engineering company, were…
India vs Zimbabwe Live Score, 1st T20I: India’s young T20I team will look to put recent disappointments behind them when they take on Zimbabwe in the first match of a three-game series at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. Captain Shreyas Iyer will be under pressure after a difficult start to his T20I captaincy. India…
BENGALURU: A gunrunner from Madhya Pradesh, in his late 30s, was arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on charges of illegally manufacturing and selling country-made pistols. The accused, Janjir alias Dinesh Patidar, is a resident of Singhana in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district. He was arrested after the CCB obtained an arrest warrant from a…
