Bengaluru: Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO) will soon get an additional 450 beds in a new block that will be constructed on its existing campus to improve patient care and address acute shortage of beds in the state-run cancer hospital.Medical education minister Sharan Prakash Patil, who chaired a review meeting, said while Kidwai currently…
Bengaluru: British semiconductor company Graphcore, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, is launching a new AI engineering campus in Bengaluru, planning to create 500 semiconductor jobs with up to £1 billion invested over the next decade. The engineering centre will be a core part of building advanced AI computing, contributing to SoftBank Group’s goal of being…
Bengaluru: Bangalore University (BU), which had proposed cutting 420 trees on its Jnanabharathi campus to make way for a new administrative and teaching block under the Centre’s flagship PM-Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA), has been forced to roll back its plan following stiff resistance from the public. The university has been allowed to axe only 138…
Bengaluru: Over a year after a temporary tri-weekly Vande Bharat was withdrawn in mid-2024, the railway ministry is set to launch a new Vande Bharat Express between Bengaluru and Ernakulam next month.“We should be able to introduce a new Vande Bharat train between Ernakulam and Bengaluru via Palakkad,” railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a…
Starting with Carnatic music as a child, Mary Ann Alexander evolved her style to write English pop that caught the ear of Grammy-winner Anderson .Paak. In an interview with us, she talks about family, faith, and finding her own rhythm in a world that often expects women artistes to play it safe. Excerpts: ‘WE’VE NEVER…
Across Bengaluru, impromptu jam sessions are transforming how people socialise in the city. Unlike traditional concerts, these gatherings thrive on experimentation, where language barriers are transcended by the shared language of music. Artistes from different linguistic backgrounds — Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, English, and more — come together to create music in the moment. These multilingual…
Bengaluru: The office of the Consulate General of Italy in Bengaluru received a bomb threat Tuesday. Following a search operation, police declared it to be a hoax.An email sent from the ID ‘fayaz_oandian@hotmail.com’ to three official email addresses of the consulate stated that ‘6 RDX IEDs Planted in Italian Consulate in Bengaluru, Richmond Rd, Craig…
Bengaluru: An undertrial accused of raping a minor girl allegedly jumped from the fifth floor of the City Civil Court building Thursday morning when he was being taken to attend the trial.The deceased, Gowtham, a resident of Akash Nagar in KR Pura, was the owner of an electrical shop. He was booked under Protection of…
Bengaluru: The high court Thursday will hear Prajwal Revanna’s criminal appeal on Oct 28. The former JD-S MP from Hassan had moved HC challenging his conviction and sentencing by a special court in Bengaluru.A division bench of Justices KS Mudagal and Venkatesh Naik T directed the govt to specify whether the special investigation team (SIT)…
Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s dinner for Congress MLAs on Oct 13 has triggered a wave of political speculation, with party circles suggesting that a major cabinet reshuffle could follow the Bihar assembly elections.Invitations for the special dinner have also been sent to all ministers, and discussions are expected to cover political developments and the proposed…
