NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flagged off three new Vande Bharat Express trains from KSR Bengaluru railway station — Ajni (Nagpur)-Pune, KSR Bengaluru-Belgavi, and Shree Mata Vaishnodevi Katra-Amritsar.The Belagavi-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express, numbered 26751/26752, will cover the 611km journey in 8 hours and 20 minutes, making it the fastest service on the…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar inspects the Yellow Line of Namma Metro ahead of its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Aug. 10., in Bengaluru.(PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar has accused the central government of neglecting Bengaluru and failing to provide sufficient funds for the city’s development.In…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the inauguration of Bengaluru Metro’s Yellow Line by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge has accused the BJP of “hijacking” credit for the project.Kharge claimed the metro expansion was launched under the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and that the state government had contributed more to its completion than the…
BENGALURU: After an eight-year delay, BMRCL is set to open the 19km Yellow Line between RV Road and Bommasandra. Part of Phase II of Namma Metro, sanctioned in 2014, the corridor will link south Bengaluru to the Electronics City IT hub via key points such as Jayadeva, BTM Layout, Central Silk Board, and Bommanahalli.Work began…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Namma Metro’s Yellow Line on Sunday, with regular operations commencing Monday at 5 am. He will travel from Ragigudda to Infosys Foundation-Konappana Agrahara station, accompanied by dignitaries. BENGALURU: Namma Metro‘s Yellow Line, which will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday, will commence regular operations at 5am…
Bengaluru: Alerted by an anonymous complaint, police are on the lookout for a man who allegedly ran a medical clinic for years fraudulently at Doddakannahalli.The alleged quack, Munendrachari K, ran a clinic called ‘Health Line Poly Clinic’ for almost a decade while posing as a family physician. The Bengaluru Urban district health officer (DHO) assigned…
Bengaluru: Construction sites on the city’s periphery have a new-found problem: Scrap thieves. The miscreants are not the usual fly-by-night thieves, but a well-organised gang that uses elderly men as scouts to pull off daring and early-morning heists.The operation of the gang is simple: An elderly man will casually survey sites with little or no…
Bengaluru: A day before the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, security has been tightened in the city, turning it into a fortress. More than 50 checkpoints were installed at different places across the city Saturday, particularly near Jayanagar and JP Nagar, where Modi will inaugurate the Yellow Line at Ragigudda Metro station Sunday. “Precautionary…
Bengaluru: For decades, a 75-year-old former CISF officer took pride in living by the rulebook. Having spent his career issuing show-cause notices to errant personnel, he never imagined he would one day receive one himself, and that too from BBMP over a measly car parking area.“I never defaulted in my life,” Ramesh R said, his…
Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences will make yoga mandatory for all colleges under its ambit from this academic year, including medical colleges. The move is part of the university’s effort to counter drug, alcohol, and tobacco abuse among students and to help them battle stress.“We reviewed the data available nationally and internationally and…
