Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority’s (BDA) Open House Meeting (OHM) initiative, launched to resolve long-pending citizen grievances, has made a promising start, though official data suggests there is still considerable ground to cover.Launched in Aug 2025 and conducted by BDA’s Citizen Action Cell (CAC), the initiative had heard 3,092 of the 5,829 grievances registered across the…
India’s Washington Sundar. (Photo by AP/PTI) NEW DELHI: The men’s senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to pick the squad for the upcoming two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, starting August 15 in Galle. Informal discussions took place on the sidelines of the white-ball tour in England, and a formal meeting will convene…
India fast bowler Ashok Sharma has described receiving his maiden senior national team call-up as the fulfilment of a long-standing dream, with the youngster now hoping to make his international debut during the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe. India will take on Zimbabwe in a three-match T20I series in Harare from July 23 to 26,…
Mangaluru: City police arrested a labourer within 24 hours for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and a gold-coated watch worth Rs 6.4 lakh from a house where he had been engaged in renovation work. The accused has been identified as Zaheeruddin,24, a native of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH stated that repair…
After the Supreme Court’s ruling, CM DK Shivakumar said his govt was committed to completing GBA polls by the year-end Bengaluru: More than 11 years after Bengaluru last elected its civic representatives, uncertainty continues to surround elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority despite the Supreme Court extending the deadline till…
India’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has backed teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to emerge as a “generational talent”, urging people not to judge the 15-year-old after a difficult start to his international career. Sooryavanshi endured a challenging debut T20I series in England, scoring 14, 13 and 15 in three appearances as India…
Udupi: Padubidri police have arrested a truck driver from Pune, Maharashtra, who had been absconding for 23 years after being convicted in a fatal road accident case in which a schoolboy was killed. The accused is Vilas Shinde.According to police, on Sept 7, 2002, at 8.30 am, near Muloor Masjid in Bada village on NH-66,…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethell (ANI Photo) England youngster Jacob Bethell has opened up about the unforgettable experience of opening the batting alongside Virat Kohli at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during his stint with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), describing the atmosphere as unlike anything he had experienced before.Bethell, who joined RCB after…
MAHE students as Team Agniya developed Project Aabroo, a climate-responsive redevelopment proposal for Haji Public School in Breswana, Doda, Jammu & Kashmir Udupi: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has won the Grand Jury Award at the Solar Decathlon India (SDI) finals 2025-26, with its multidisciplinary student team emerging as the overall winner among 233…
Bengaluru: Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting has acquired Philippines-based S Brands Consumer Care, a move that will take its business in the country past the Rs 1,000-crore revenue milestone and strengthen its position in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing personal care markets.The acquisition, Wipro Consumer Care’s 16th globally and its second in the Philippines after…
