Bangalore

Bengaluru: Rejoicing over the Centre’s GST revision, industries and commercial entities across Karnataka are bracing for a major power shock. Electricity supply companies (Escoms) have petitioned the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), seeking a tariff readjustment that would reduce charges on irrigation pump (IP) sets while transferring the subsidy burden to industrial and commercial consumers.In…

BENGALURU: Weeks after National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), while investigating the death of five tigers at MM Hills, flagged delays in payment of salaries to frontline staff, a similar issue has surfaced at adjoining Biligiri Ranga Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Chamarajanagar.Some 125 outsourced frontline staff in Chamarajanagar complained to Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) Organisation…

A permanent solution to craters? Not really. Temporary barricades, hastily stuffed cement and a resigned attitude seem to be the city’s approach to potholes and drainage gaps – known to commuters as “death traps.”A visit by TOI across five stretches in Bengaluru revealed the same troubling pattern. Deep craters are either cordoned off with barricades…

The information presented is based on data from AQI.in, providing comprehensive weather and air quality measurements for Bangalore.Bengaluru’s weather forecast for September 10, 2025, indicates moderate rainfall with temperatures between 21.9°C and 28°C, accompanied by 68% humidity and wind speeds up to 13.7 km/h. The city’s air quality index stood at 55 yesterday, categorized as…

BENGALURU: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Karwar’s Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail on money-laundering charges in the 2010 illegal iron ore export case.Sail was brought to Bengaluru late Tuesday night and subjected to tests at Bowring Hospital before being produced before the magistrate. According to sources, ED will seek Sail’s custody for further probe….

Darshan to get basic jail facilities, court raps him for ‘poison’ drama BENGALURU: Sandalwood actor Darshan, who was sent back to prison recently in connection with the Renukaswamy murder case, Tuesday made a dire appeal to the court: “Provide basic facilities or feed me poison.“Following the actor’s dramatic appeal, the judge told Darshan that he…

Bengaluru: What was meant to be a spiritual journey to the Himalayas turned into a nightmare for 38-year-old Rajani Maski and her husband Raghuveer Yavagal from Bengaluru. Maski, who travelled with a group of 130 devotees from Isha Foundation to Mansarovar, is now stranded at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport for over 24 hours, caught in…

Bengaluru: A local court Tuesday sentenced a 58-year-old former gram panchayat member and her three children to life imprisonment. They were found guilty of pouring kerosene on their neighbour in Oct 2013 before setting her ablaze and attempting to murder her brother when he tried to rescue her.Judge Siddalinga Prabhu from the Ist Additional District…

Bengaluru: Commuters on Namma Metro‘s Yellow Line can finally breathe a little easy during rush hour. Starting Wednesday, with the addition of a fourth rake to the route, trains will be available at 19-minute intervals, instead of the current 25 minutes.BMRCL had started operations on the Yellow Line with just three rakes on August 11….