Bengaluru: A decade ago, Persistent Systems founder Anand Deshpande’s net worth was under $200 million. Quietly riding the company’s steady rise, his fortune has since surged to about $3.4 billion. The unassuming billionaire built Persistent into a brand that clients now reckon with. The promoter group holds a 30% stake in the company, of which…
Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will soon begin levying a one-time 10% non-construction fine on allottees who fail to build houses within three years of receiving their sites. Officials said the rule will be strictly enforced and sale deeds will not be issued unless construction is completed.This targets beneficiaries, who failed to construct homes or…
Bengaluru: A 30-year-old man was assaulted and robbed after six masked intruders broke into his house in the early hours of Saturday. They attacked him with a dagger and a wooden log before escaping with valuables, including money moved through an online transfer.The victim, Tajuddin, runs a car garage and lives with his parents in…
Bengaluru’s cultural calendar peaked this weekend with the Bengaluru Theatre Festival, the Bangalore Literature Festival and Bangalore Times Fashion Week unfolding across the city. But the nationwide spate of flight cancellations and delays cast a long shadow over the festivities. Even as events proceeded as planned, organisers say the disruptions triggered frantic reshuffling, soaring travel…
Bengaluru: Day two of Bangalore Literature Festival (BLF) opened with a blend of memory, craft, and climate urgency. Writer Krishnamurthy Hanuru recalled his three-decade friendship with the late SL Bhyrappa, describing a storyteller who immersed himself in the worlds he wrote about, travelling for weeks, meeting folk artists such as Siriajji, speaking to political leaders,…
Bengaluru: Builders must insure common areas or risk footing the bill for disaster repairs — that is the message from Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-Rera).In a recent order, the authority directed the developers of an apartment complex on Kanakapura Road to furnish all insurance documents for the project within 30 days, while partly allowing…
Bengaluru: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said Sunday that future IPL matches will continue to be held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, dismissing concerns about shifting the venue in the wake of the stampede during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s victory celebrations on June 4.After casting his vote in the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) presidential election,…
Bengaluru: With Election Commission of India‘s (ECI) guidelines for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls already in place, legal experts and citizen-rights activists Sunday urged authorities to take up house-to-house enumeration since documentation was a difficult exercise, particularly for migrant workers and women who shift place of residence after marriage.Speaking at a state-level…
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.Bengaluru is experiencing partly cloudy skies and comfortable temperatures on December 7, 2025, with the day warming to 25.6°C and cooling to 16.9°C at night. Yesterday’s air quality was categorized as…
CHIKKAMAGALURU: Congress workers held a flash protest here Saturday following the murder of party worker and panchayat member Ganesh Gowda.Gowda, 38, was hacked to death on Kalmaradi Mutt Road while he was travelling alone in a car late Friday. Police have detained four accused. Two of them, Mithun and Sanjay, have been hospitalised with injuries,…
