BENGALURU: The State Election Commission (SEC) Monday announced that ballot papers – and not EVMs – will be used in upcoming elections to Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), ignoring BJP’s request for EVMs.State Election Commissioner GS Sangreshi told TOI that both EVMs and ballot papers are best practices in their own right, but it was SEC’s…
Bengaluru: Residents of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) say the BDA township is still struggling with basic city infrastructure, flagging missing footpaths, unsafe road design, incomplete utilities and long-pending services like Cauvery water supply.In a Jan 1 letter to the agency, NPKL Open Forum said pedestrian infrastructure violates national standards, that roads and utility ducts are…
Bengaluru: City-based Axiscades Technologies has secured a Rs 100-crore defence electronics order, with its subsidiary Mistral Solutions set to supply critical signal and data processing units over the next two years.The order, placed as part of the low-level transportable radar (LLTR) Ashwini programme being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics…
At Phoenix Marketcity, Whitefield, Piyush Mishra didn’t just perform — he spoke, sang and reflected with Bengaluru. Representing his band Ballimaaraan, the poet-lyricist-actor transformed the venue into an intimate space of memory, humour and quiet introspection. Aarambh 2.0, part of a multi-city tour presented by The Times of India and powered by BTC’s flagship brands,…
Bengaluru: Following question paper leak in the first preparatory exam, the department of school education and literacy has changed the timings of the second SSLC preparatory examination.Scheduled to be held from Jan 27 to Feb 2, the exam will now begin at 11am instead of 10am. However, all students are required to be present in…
Bengaluru: A woman and her eight-year-old son were fatally struck by a college bus near Vivek Nagar bus stop on Srinivagilu Main Road Monday. The accident occurred between 6.45am and 6.50am as Sangeetha, 37, and her son Partha were walking to his school, which begins at 7.20am.Originally from Sangam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh,…
When speakers have to raise their voices because the children outside are having far too much fun, you know you’re in the right place,” says writer, philanthropist and educator Rohini Nilekani, setting the tone for her session at Makkala Habba, part of the ongoing BLR Habba. Her session underscored the importance of childhood, freeplay and…
Bengaluru: Following the backlash over how students are under pressure to pay companies for internships, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has decided to divide the internship period over two semesters.At present, students must complete a four-month internship in the seventh semester. The latest decision allows some colleges to complete it in the seventh semester and the…
Bengaluru: Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport’s Terminal 2 intercepted a consignment from Bangkok on Jan 17 and seized 35 wild animals — many of them exotic and protected species — illegally brought into India without valid permits, in violation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites)…
Bengaluru: Drug traffickers are riding the rails again. South Western Railway, with a total seizure of 919kg of ganja in 2025— up 269% from the previous year — delivered its biggest haul and highest arrest tally in three years, with Bengaluru division alone contributing nearly two-thirds of the cases.Data from SWR, which covers most of…
