Bengaluru: For a day, Bengaluru traded its city pace for the slow, sunlit moods of the countryside as Sankranti celebrations unfurled Karnataka’s agrarian traditions across Jakkur Grounds. Suggi Huggi — a community Sankranti festival organised by revenue minister and Byatarayanapura MLA Krishna Byregowda — turned the urban stretch into a slice of rural life, drawing…
In a city where productivity is often worn as a badge of honour, Aaraaro – The Sleep Concert asks Bengalureans to slow down. Presented as part of BLR Hubba 2026, the immersive experience by musicians Gurupriya Atreya and Vedanth Bharadwaj brings together lullabies from across cultures and languages, inviting audiences into a shared space of…
Bengaluru: Fed up with years of dust, silt and neglected roads, residents of Balagere, Panathur and Varthur in east Bengaluru spent Saturday cleaning a 100-metre stretch between Balagere T-Junction and Varthur police station, removing a full tractor-load of silt within hours.Between 30 and 40 volunteers — many of them IT professionals — gathered early in…
Bengaluru: To eliminate the last traffic signal on the main carriageway of Ballari Road leading to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is building a 750-metre-long, six-lane underpass at Sadahalli junction. Once completed, the underpass will enable seamless movement of airport-bound traffic.As part of the project, traffic will be diverted…
Bengaluru: The kasa kiosk initiative, designed and improvised as a fix for garbage blackspots, has failed to take off on a large scale despite efforts of multiple agencies for over seven years.Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd (BSWML) operates only four kiosks across five city corporations — one in Koramangala and three in Banashankari. Two more…
Police on Saturday arrested self-claimed activist Puneet Kerehalli for barging into houses of immigrants living at Bingipura in Bannerghatta on Friday and demanding their documents. BENGALURU: Police on Saturday arrested self-claimed activist Puneet Kerehalli for barging into houses of ‘immigrants’ living at Bingipura in Bannerghatta on Friday and demanding their documents.Kerehalli was arrested by jurisdictional…
Bengaluru: Three students astride a gearless scooter were crushed to death after accidentally jumping the median and coming under the wheels of a truck near Agalakote village, Devanahalli, Saturday. The victims are N Manikanta, 20, Srinivas R and S Tousif, all PU students from a private college in Hunasamaranahalli, police said.“Around 20 students from the…
ಗದಗ: ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ತಾಣವಾದ ಲಕ್ಕುಂಡಿ ಗ್ರಾಮದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಉತ್ಖನನ ಕಾರ್ಯದ ವೇಳೆ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಶಿಲೆಯೊಂದು ಪತ್ತೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಪ್ರಿಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಕುತೂಹಲ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ. ಗ್ರಾಮದ ಕೋಟೆ ವೀರಭದ್ರೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದ ಮುಂಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿನ್ನೆಯಿಂದ ಆರಂಭವಾಗಿರುವ ಉತ್ಖನನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು (ಭಾನುವಾರ) ಈ ಕುತೂಹಲಕಾರಿ ಸಂಗತಿ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಮಣ್ಣು ಅಗೆಯುವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಪಾಣಿ ಬಟ್ಟಲಿನ’ ಆಕಾರವನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ವಿಶೇಷವಾದ ಕಲ್ಲು ದೊರೆತಿದೆ. ಈ ಶಿಲೆಯು ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಪುರಾತನ ಕಾಲದ ಅವಶೇಷವಿರಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ಪೂಜಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ…
Bengaluru: Ending months of speculation over when competitive cricket would return to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the state govt has given a conditional go-ahead for international and Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be staged at the venue.On Saturday, the additional chief secretary, home department, wrote to the city police commissioner, granting approval subject to…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru district administration extended the electoral roll verification drive by three weeks. The exercise is being carried out by mapping the 2002 electoral roll with the 2025 voters’ list. Bengaluru Urban deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said the exercise is under way across all seven assembly constituencies in the district.As per guidelines issued by the…
