Bengaluru: A day after a private school bus carrying children partially toppled into a drain on Panathur–Balagere Road, DS Ramesh, east city commissioner, conducted an inspection of the area Saturday. He has directed officials to expedite the long-delayed road widening and culvert works.Commissioner Ramesh highlighted that the 18-metre road widening proposal for this busy stretch…
Moviegoers in Karnataka can now breathe a little easier: the state government has capped cinema ticket prices at ₹200 across all theatres, including multiplexes. Issued under the Karnataka Cinemas (Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2025, the order sets ₹200 as the maximum base price for a ticket, exclusive of taxes. That said, the movie-going experience still comes…
Bengaluru: Karnataka will celebrate International Day of Democracy Monday with the slogan “My Vote, My Right.” Chief minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the event at the banquet hall of Vidhana Soudha.Social welfare minister HC Mahadevappa said the campaign aims to create awareness on voting among youth, encourage civic participation, and strengthen constitutional values. “The country’s fate,…
Mysuru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah has dismissed BJP’s allegations that caste categorisation within the Christian community is aimed at encouraging conversions. He said conversions happen due to inequality in society, not govt action.“If there is equality and equal opportunities, would conversions happen?” he asked at Mysuru airport Saturday.Siddaramaiah clarified that only a person’s current caste is…
BENGALURU: The state govt Friday promoted two IPS officers of the 1995 batch to the director general of police (DGP) rank.Umesh Kumar, currently serving as additional director general of police (ADGP) in the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP), has been promoted and posted as DGP (recruitment). Arun Chakravarthy J, ADGP and CMD of the Karnataka…
Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah, a motel manager originally from Andhra Pradesh and a Bengaluru resident, was tragically beheaded in Dallas following an argument with a co-worker NEW DELHI: Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah, a 50-year-old motel manager who was beheaded in Dallas, US, was originally from Dharmavaram in Andhra Pradesh but spent most of his life in Bengaluru.He…
The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Bengaluruis experiencing moderate rainfall on September 13, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 20.1°C and 25.6°C. The city’s air quality index measured 61 yesterday, falling in the moderate category, while today’s forecast…
Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Friday said his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis should take up with the Centre his objections to Karnataka’s proposal to rename an upcoming Metro station near Shivajinagar in the city.“Let him (Fadnavis) speak to the Union govt. We will send (recommendation on renaming) to them (Centre); let him speak to them,” Siddaramaiah…
Bengaluru: The high court imposed a cost of Rs 2 lakh on a Bengaluru woman for abusing the process of law and suppressing facts in a habeas corpus petition.A division bench of Justices Anu Sivaraman and Rajesh Rai K allocated Rs 1 lakh from the amount to Karnataka Legal Services Authority and the rest to…
Bengaluru: Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah — who was brutally beheaded over a fight at Dallas motel where he was a manager — studied, worked and nurtured his entrepreneurial ambitions in his hometown, Bengaluru.According to his Facebook profile, Mouli studied in Indiranagar Cambridge School and later at National College, Basavanagudi, south Bengaluru. Mouli’s brother and mother are…
