Karnataka

Bengaluru: A 15-year-old girl died was found hanging in her house near Nelamangala Friday night. R Kusuma was a class 10 student. Police said the incident came to light Saturday morning when Kusuma’s mother, Shobha, found her body. Kusuma’s father, Ramu, is a civil contractor. Police said no death note was found in the room….

Bengaluru: Ten-year-old Tanvi Krishna should have been blowing out candles and cutting a birthday cake this weekend. Instead, her family is grieving a child who died in front of her mother and sister, after being thrown off a scooter and crushed under a BMTC bus, all because a heap of mud was left carelessly on…

Bengaluru: What happens when you step out without your mobile phone? If you feel restless, anxious, or even panicky, chances are you may be suffering from Nomophobia — short for “no mobile phone phobia”.In the second Community Connect session held at Lalbagh Botanical Garden on Saturday, Manoj Kumar Sharma, professor of clinical psychology and coordinator…

Bengaluru: The high court’s Dharwad Bench directed Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation to reconsider the compassionate employment plea of Sanganna Lolasar, brother of a KSRTC driver who died on Sept 21, 2023.The driver was Veeresh Mantappa Lolasar from Ballari.Sanganna had applied for a job on compassionate grounds, but KSRTC rejected his request on Nov 4,…

Bengaluru: A Tumakuru court recently found a 29-year-old man guilty of robbing a student of his mobile phone after placing a knife to his throat in Dec 2020. He has been sentenced to seven years of simple imprisonment.The convict is BS Puneet, a resident of Banavara in Bellavi hobli, Tumakuru. According to the charge-sheet, Puneet…

Bengaluru: From how Indian herbs boost gut health to strategies for rejuvenating rivers, schoolstudents are tackling real-world challenges with scientific rigour.The Anveshana Project Showcase 2025, hosted by Prayoga Research Institute on Friday marked the end of Prayoga’s fully-funded eight-week national research programme. TOI spoke to some of the student researchers about their subjects and research….

Bengaluru: Anekal police in Bengaluru Urban district arrested three people on charges of abetting the suicide of a 41-year-old manager of a cooperative society.Prakash, who worked at Haragadde Agricultural Cooperative Society in Anekal, was found hanging inside the bedroom of his Jigani residence late Wednesday night.With a relative’s help, his wife P Hemavati shifted him…

Bengaluru: A 22-year-old woman, who was allegedly experiencing post-partum depression after giving birth to a boy, walked over 2km from Vani Vilas Hospital to Lalbagh Botanical Garden early Saturday morning and ended her life by jumping into a lake there.The deceased is N Jenisha Nath, a resident of Sarjapur and originally from Nepal. The incident…