Bengaluru: The dense cloud cover and scattered rainfall that enveloped the city over the past two days are expected to ease by Wednesday, with brighter conditions forecast. However, the wind-chill effect is likely to persist until the end of Jan due to strong easterly winds, meteorologists said.Scientists at India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the wet…
BENGALURU: A visit to a café for tea turned nightmarish for a techie couple after burglars broke into their house in HRBR Layout, northeast Bengaluru, and decamped with gold and silver ornaments worth over Rs 30 lakh.The incident occurred at the third-floor apartment of Balaji G, 34, in HRBR Layout II Block, between 4.30pm and…
Bengaluru: In cheque-bounce cases, a court is not required to issue notice to the accused or hear them before taking cognisance of the offence, the Karnataka high court has observed, holding that Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act prevails over BNSS provisions which require a court to hear the accused before charges are framed.Justice M Nagaprasanna rejected…
Bengaluru: Bones are taking the fall. Doctors say fractures from minor injuries are on the rise, linked to Vitamin D deficiency and post-Covid lifestyles that keep people indoors and out of the sun.Orthopaedic specialists say they are increasingly treating patients — including children, adolescents and young adults — who suffer fractures from low-impact injuries that…
Bengaluru: Line-checking officials of Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) imposed penalties totalling Rs 6.3 lakh on passengers travelling without tickets on city buses in Dec. During the month, inspection squads checked over 18,400 bus trips and detected 2,801 passengers without valid tickets. Cases were also registered against 1,748 conductors for various lapses.Officials additionally fined 250…
Bengaluru: Chikkaballapura police arrested expelled Congress functionary Rajiv Gowda after a 13-day search in connection with allegedly abusing and threatening a woman civic official in Shidlagatta.Gowda, who unsuccessfully contested the last assembly elections on a Congress ticket, is accused of verbally abusing Amrutha Gowda, commissioner of Sidlagatta city municipal council, over the removal of a…
Bengaluru: Defying years of conventional trends, the annual Republic Day flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Garden bloomed into an unprecedented spectacle, drawing record crowds and registering the highest revenue for a Jan edition. The rare confluence of a long Republic Day weekend, cool and pleasant weather and a visually striking theme turned the show into…
Bengaluru is set for a comfortable late-January day on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, featuring partly cloudy skies, warm temperatures ranging from 18°C to 28.5°C, and virtually no chance of rain.Yesterday’s air quality registered as “good” by India’s AQI scale, though the US AQI indicated lingering particle pollution that sensitive individuals might notice.The week ahead, from…
Bengaluru: The state govt has constituted a new empowered panel under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to oversee development works in the city and ensure effective implementation of projects undertaken by the five newly formed municipal corporations. However, the move has raised questions about possible infringement on the autonomy of the new civic bodies.The panel…
Bengaluru: The first independent budgets submitted by four of the five new city corporations of Bengaluru to the state govt see the civic bodies mapping their financial needs and prioritising development.In their budgets submitted to the state’s finance commissioner, the Bengaluru Central city corporation sought a grant of Rs 2,047 crore, followed by East’s Rs…
