Bengaluru: Home minister G Parameshwara Thursday said New Year celebrations across the state, including Bengaluru, were peaceful, with no major untoward incidents reported. An estimated 7–8 lakh people took part in the festivities in the city.He added that around 20,000 police personnel were deployed in the city—the highest ever for New Year celebrations—and there were…
Bengaluru: Brand Bengaluru is under strain. Years of stalled municipal elections, mounting infrastructure failures and everyday civic neglect have left visible cracks in the city’s image. While recent reforms promise renewal, the absence of sustained political will — decentralisation remains only on paper without municipal elections for five years — risks pushing Bengaluru towards damage…
BENGALURU: The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and CrisprBits Private Limited have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to jointly establish a Centre of Excellence for CRISPR Innovation and Translation.The proposed centre, to be known as CoE-CIT, will focus on translating cutting-edge CRISPR-based research from the lab to real-world clinical and societal…
Bengaluru did not wait for the clock to strike 12 to announce its intentions. Long before midnight, the city’s streets were crowded, its pubs packed, and its neighbourhoods humming with movement. As the last hours of the year slipped away, revellers took over roads and pavements alike, setting the tone for a loud, crowded and…
Bengaluru: With the tech capital ushering in NY-2026, youngsters are quietly rewriting the rulebook on resolutions. While the thumping party plans and dramatic “New year, new me” declarations stay, what is surprising is the new resolve: Renewed love for reading!When TOI caught up with youth on Church Street-Brigade Road-MG Road, the epicentre of New Year…
Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle of police officers, the state govt Wednesday promoted and transferred around 68 IPS officers. Bengaluru got five new deputy commissioners of police (DCPs), while Bengaluru Rural district got a new superintendent of police (SP).The new DCPs in Bengaluru are as follows: Mohammad Sujeetha MS for South-East division, GK Mithun Kumar…
Bengaluru: Home minister G Parameshwara Wednesday said the Karnataka govt will not provide alternative housing or any other facilities to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants if they are identified during police verification, and that such people will be deported.He was responding to BJP’s allegations that the people displaced during the Kogilu Layout demolition drive were illegal Bangladeshi…
Bengaluru: A 31-year-old painter accidentally hanged himself at his Nelamangala home Tuesday after threatening suicide during a quarrel with his mother over money for alcohol, police said.The deceased, Vijay Kumar, was a painter and a daily-wage worker known to be a chronic alcoholic and irregular at work. He lived with his mother, Ambuja, a single…
Bengaluru: As the MG Road-Church Street-Brigade Road trifecta prepared for the New Year rush, hundreds of police personnel, home guards and civil defence volunteers paused Wednesday evening briefly for an early meal before returning to duty by 8pm.Clad in khaki and fluorescent green vests, the personnel queued up for dinner even as murmurs spread over…
Roopa Iyer in a scene from Azad Bharath Bengaluru-based actor-director Roopa Iyer is set to make her Hindi cinema debut with Azad Bharath, a film that is set to highlight the lesser-known chapters of India’s freedom struggle. Roopa says the project emerged from an inner calling rather than a calculated decision. “I have been patriotic…
