O Dhruva, an 87-year-old resident of Dattaprasad fears redevelopment. He feels it could be cumbersome and stressful. He wishes to spend the rest of his life in the 47-year-old apartment. STUCK IN A BYGONE ERA:Dattaprasad, a 47-year-old society in Malleswaram has no elevator. O Dhruva, a resident fears redevelopment could be cumbersome and stressful. The…
Bengaluru: For residents of Kaniminike village and students, crossing the Bengaluru-Mysuru access-controlled expressway is a daily — and potentially fatal — gamble. Despite being a hotspot for weekly accidents, the stretch lacks a foot overbridge (FOB) or underpass, forcing pedestrians to dart past high-speed vehicles.A local shopkeeper, Mariamma (name changed), said, “We often see near-misses…
Bengaluru: Following the recent Supreme Court order on implementing 25% quota for students from economically weaker sections (EWS) under Right to Education (RTE), the govt said it will study the issue to decide whether the rules need to be amended. Senior officials said the matter needs to be discussed with the chief minister as financial…
BENGALURU : Karnataka, holding roadshows within India and overseas to attract investments, has a 15% strike rate when it comes to converting memorandums of understanding into projects for the period June 2023 to Oct 2025.According to the industries department, as many as 117 MoUs worth Rs 6.7 lakh crore were signed, with the potential to…
Bengaluru: After linking the eastern parts of the city with the Bengaluru-Chennai expressway at Hoskote, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to connect the northern parts with the Vijayawada expressway.As part of the project, the existing NH-44 (Bengaluru-Hyderabad) will be upgraded to a 10-lane road over a…
BENGALURU: A former senior executive of Amadeus Software Labs India (P) Ltd has been booked by Whitefield CEN Crime police for allegedly stealing proprietary source code and confidential data worth nearly €8 million. An FIR was filed on Jan 23.The accused, Ashutosh Nigam, served as senior manager–research scientist at the company, located in Prestige Tech…
BENGALURU: In one of the city’s biggest heists, domestic staff allegedly decamped with gold, diamond and silver jewellery worth an estimated Rs 18 crore from a builder’s residence at ASK Lake Garden on Kempapura Main Road in Yamaluru recently. The accused are a Nepalese couple identified as Dinesh (32) and his wife Kamala (25). According…
Bengaluru: A routine forex transaction after a Bangkok trip landed three Electronics City residents in a consumer dispute, with a Bengaluru consumer dispute redressal commission holding a KIA airport money exchange outlet guilty of unfair trade practices for charging differential currency conversion fees and ordering compensation for the complainants.The commission bench, comprising president Shivarama K…
Bengaluru: The high court quashed proceedings under Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against techie Junaid Hussain Haveri, ruling that the case was registered only on the confession statement of a co-accused and allowing it to continue will amount to abuse of law.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Junaid,…
Bengaluru: A 42-year-old milk booth owner was attacked with a knife by a rowdy-sheeter and his associates after he objected to them creating a public nuisance in Avalahalli on Mysuru Road.The accused, Seena alias Havali Seena, 24, a resident of Avalahalli, was arrested Monday evening for the attack. The injured milk booth owner, identified as…
