BENGALURU: The Income Tax (IT) department conducted a raid on Wednesday at Bastian Pub, a popular nightlife spot owned by Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.Income Tax officials were spotted at the pub premises carrying out the operation.The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has invoked the more serious charge of cheating under Section 420…
BENGALURU: Telecom major BSNL on Friday announced the nationwide rollout of its in-house developed customer registration mobile application, ‘Sanchar Mitra’, marking a key step in restoring and streamlining new customer onboarding services.Developed by BSNL engineers from across the country, the new application replaces the previous Sanchar Aadhaar app, which was earlier used for Aadhaar-based e-KYC…
Bengaluru, on December 17, 2025, is experiencing a refreshing start with partly cloudy skies and a pleasant morning temperature of 17.3°C, leading to a comfortable high of 26.8°C with light winds and minimal rain chances, following yesterday’s ‘poor’ air quality which registered an AQI of 147 and may still necessitate caution for sensitive groups and…
Bengaluru: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in coordination with state officials, busted a racket involving illegal diversion and black-market sale of subsidised urea meant exclusively for farmers. They seized nearly 1.9 lakh kg (190MT) of fertiliser from godowns at Gejjagadahalli hamlet in Nelamangala taluk on Bengaluru outskirts.According to officials, the seized stock of 1.9kg…
BENGALURU: A 34-year-old mechanic from South Bengaluru has died after a nightmarish series of events that exposed gaps in both emergency healthcare and public empathy. Venkataramanan, who lived in Balaji Nagar, began experiencing severe chest pain. With no immediate help available, his wife took him on a motorcycle to seek medical attention. According to multiple…
Bengaluru: After decades of choking on the polluted waters of Vrushabhavathi, the time has come for Byramangala lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru to begin cleansing itself.In a long-awaited move, the govt has approved a Rs 391-crore revival plan that promises to transform the long-contaminated waterbody into a clean and dependable resource over the next…
Bengaluru: In an age when silence is still mistaken for consent and endurance for virtue, a 67-year-old retired govt professor has broken a 42-year silence to confront an uncomfortable truth: sexual harassment and domestic violence do not retire with age.Veena (name changed), a former college principal who devoted her life to shaping young minds, has…
Bengaluru: After protests stalled plans of turf transformation at Nandan Ground, residents of yet another locality are up in arms against a move to install artificial turf at a football ground. Users of Sir Ground in Jeevanahalli, east Bengaluru, have written to Sarvagnanagar MLA and minister KJ George and Bangalore Central MP PC Mohan to…
Bengaluru: Pushed into a Catch-22 situation, thousands of street vendors in Bengaluru stand on unsteady ground. Though they cannot be evicted until a proper survey is conducted, and vending certificates are issued and zones are officially marked, the reality on the tech city’s busy streets is starkly different. Many vendors are being shooed away —…
Bengaluru: For more than two decades, life for Sharath Kamal was tightly wound around a clock — early mornings, gym sessions, training halls and tournaments across the world. When the table tennis player finally decided to hang his rackets for good this March, the vacuity that followed was almost surreal.A family wedding in the US…
