Bengaluru: The city’s favourite community celebration, Happy Streets, is back at MEI Layout near Bagalakunte this Sunday, from 6.30 am to 9.30 am, for residents to reclaim the streets for fun, fitness, and creativity.The day will feature a dynamic mix of fitness workouts, dance, storytelling, and live music, ensuring something for everyone, from early risers…
Bengaluru: A high court division bench in Dharwad Thursday refused to quash the stay on the Oct 18 govt order that restricted unauthorised assembly of more than 10 people in public spaces such as roads, parks and playgrounds, apart from penalizing the same under BNS.Justices SG Pandit and Geetha KB dismissed the writ appeal filed…
Accused Rene Joshilda had sent the mails using multiple IDs under the name of Prabhakar, her ex-lover, in an attempt to implicate him. BENGALURU: A 30-year-old engineering graduate arrested by the Ahmedabad cybercrime branch for sending bomb threat emails to at least 21 schools across different states, including Bengaluru and Mysuru, was taken into police…
Bengaluru: In an effort to make the city cleaner and more livable, Bengaluru North City Corporation will launch a mass cleanliness drive Saturday, covering a total stretch of 93.9km across seven major divisions — Hebbal, Pulikeshinagar, Sarvagnanagar, Yelahanka, Byatarayanapura, Dasarahalli and Rajarajeshwari Nagar.Primarily, pourakarmikas will be leading the initiative along with other departments. Based on…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has called for the establishment of an integrated technology-driven solid waste management (SWM) governance framework in Bengaluru.The city is plagued by blackspots — areas of recurrent unauthorised garbage dumping that pose a significant threat to public health and the urban environment. The court observed that SWM is not merely a statutory…
Bengaluru: A political storm erupted in Karnataka after BJP MP Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri claimed that the national anthem, ‘Jana Gana Mana, was composed to welcome the British. His comments, made during an event in Honnavar to mark 150 years of Vande Mataram, drew sharp criticism from Congress functionaries.Kageri said ‘Vande Mataram’ deserved greater prominence and…
Bengaluru: The lush greens of Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) Thursday echoed with a sound rarely heard there: the cheers of 15 visually impaired golfers taking their first swing at the sport. Some missed, some barely nudged the ball forward. But all of them smiled as they heard the faint thwack of the club meeting the…
Bengaluru: Postal services were affected due to technical issues, leading to long queues and extended waiting periods for customers at registered post, speed post, and parcel counters of post offices across the city. Customers have been complaining of slow service at post offices since Monday. A senior GPO official told TOI the disruption was due…
Bengaluru: South-east cybercrime police booked case of data theft against Ola Electric’s former director Deepesh Rathore based on a complaint filed by Ola Electric Technologies Pvt Ltd. Deepesh was director-strategy in the company from Feb 29, 2020, to Feb 6, 2025.According to the complaint lodged by company executive Balachandra Datta, Deepesh had direct access to…
Bengaluru: The state govt’s resource mobilisation committee, headed by retired IAS officer KP Krishnan, has recommended an increase in user charges for utilities as part of measures to strengthen Karnataka’s non-tax revenue. The committee submitted its report to chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday.Pointing to sluggish growth in non-tax revenue, the panel said there was a…
