Karnataka

Bengaluru: Despite the fanfare surrounding the launch of the much-anticipated Yellow Line, a key concern continues to plague commuters — that of inadequate seating arrangements at Metro stations. Commuters say with long wait times between trains and swelling crowds during peak hours, lack of proper seating arrangement poses significant discomfort, especially for elderly passengers and…

It started with a melody that “stuck with her”. “Something about Tango kept pulling me back,” she says. Now, that fascination helped her bag the third place in the social competition category at the Indonesia Tango Championship Preliminaries 2025. ‘WHEN I STARTED, TANGO WAS THE NICHE OF NICHES’Back then, no one knew tango. “It wasn’t…

Bengaluru: BMTC bus driver Jayaramaiah (depot number 28) was arrested after he ran over and killed a mechanic on Hosur Road in Roopena Agrahara Wednesday evening.The victim, Syed Jaffer Hussain, 33, a resident of Bommanahalli, was riding on his two-wheeler towards Silk Board at 5pm when he was run over by the bus. Police said…

Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided premises linked to Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail and others in connection with an alleged illegal iron ore export and money-laundering case.Sources said searches were conducted at about 15 locations in Karnataka, Goa, and Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Sail, who represents Karwar…

BV Acharya, who is part of a three-member committee announced by the Lok Sabha speaker Tuesday to inquire into the “grounds for the request for removal” of Allahabad HC judge Justice Yashwant Varma in the alleged cash-at-home scandal, is no stranger to high-profile legal cases.A leading legal luminary from Karnataka, Acharya, 91, has been practising…

Bengaluru: The decision to remove KN Rajanna from Siddaramaiah’s council of ministers triggered an uproar in the legislative assembly Tuesday, with the opposition BJP demanding reasons for his dismissal. The cooperation minister was dropped following directions from Congress’ high command, reportedly over his remarks questioning Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s votes theft allegations during the 2024…

BENGALURU: Two regular walkers at Bangalore University were bitten by dogs on the institute’s campus on Tuesday morning. This incident occurred just a day after the Supreme Court’s relocation of dogs order in Delhi, spurring debates on dog menace and dog safety. Suralkar Vikas Kishor, Special Commissioner, Health and Sanitation Department, BBMP, told TOI: “In…

BENGALURU: In a first for India’s space ecosystem, Bengalurubased space startup Pixxel and its partners Piersight Space, Satsure Analytics, and Dhruva Space have won the bid to design, build, and operate the country’s first fully indigenous commercial Earth Observation (EO) satellite constellation under the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre’s (IN-SPACe) Public-Private Partnership (EO-PPP)…

Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has ruled that Nirmiti Kendra, established by the state govt and controlled by govt officers, qualifies as a public authority under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act. Additionally, it imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the petitioner, Nirmiti Kendra at Medahalli in Chitradurga, for its refusal to…