Bengaluru’s design community is coming together for a four-day celebration this week at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath. Designu ru 5.0 is organised by the Indian Institute of Interior Designers (IIID), with a theme, ‘Design for Everyday Life’, which explores how thoughtful design shapes homes, neighbourhoods, and the rhythms of daily living. V Vishwanath, architect and…
Bengaluru/Belagavi: The state govt, which almost decided to shelve the proposed international flower market inside the Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK) campus, made a U-turn and is now preparing to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the horticulture department and University of Horticultural Sciences (UHS), Bagalkot.Just weeks after the agricultural marketing department indicated it…
Bengaluru: A fast-track Pocso court in Shivamogga Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old rowdy sheeter to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for rape and assault of a 17-year-old girl in Bhadravathi in 2023. The convict was also fined Rs 1.8 lakh.The convict, K Srinivas, alias Bhoota alias Pravin, is a resident of Bhadravathi New Town. Srinivas has…
Bengaluru: Talk about the hunter becoming the hunted — twice over. A thief returning from a break-in was robbed of his loot of cash and gold by four youths beside a cemetery. He refused to leave empty-handed and committed two more burglaries to “fix” his luck before police nabbed all five.The chain of events began…
Bengaluru: A 36-year-old patient, who recently visited the outpatient department of a city hospital with kidney dysfunction had an alarming creatinine score of 4.5 (the normal range is around 1). When doctors investigated further, they found the individual was following a detox therapy promoted by a social media influencer — a regimen being recommended for…
Belagavi: The govt, on Wednesday, tabled the Drugs and Cosmetics (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2025, proposing life imprisonment for those convicted of manufacturing or selling fake, adulterated or misbranded drugs and cosmetics. The offence has been made cognisable and non-bailable, and the burden of proof will now be on the accused, who has to establish that…
Bengaluru: Medical officers of the health department planning to pursue higher education under in-service quota are up in arms about the branch restrictions imposed by the govt. For this year’s PG NEET seat allotment, the govt mandated that medical officers of the department should only be allowed to pursue six branches if they are choosing…
Bengaluru: The state govt Thursday promoted senior IPS officer Alok Kumar as the director-general of police (DGP) and posted him as the DGP (prisons and correctional services). Senior IPS officer, B Dayananda, who was ADGP (prisons and correctional services), was transferred to police training.A 1994 batch IPS officer, Kumar, during his tenure as commissioner of…
Bengaluru: The demand for hydroponic cannabis is growing in the city — at least 220kg of hydro ganja was seized from peddlers in the past 23 months.Cops seized 20kg and the remaining was recovered by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Nearly 100 peddlers have been arrested so far.“The question of whether hydroponic cannabis is more potent…
Bengaluru: A Bengaluru gifting firm dragged its supplier to the consumer court after a delayed bulk order of copper gift sets arrived with wrong branding, shoddy workmanship, and transit damage, derailing festival-season deliveries. The Bengaluru Urban II additional district consumer disputes redressal commission ruled in the firm’s favour, holding the manufacturer guilty of service deficiency.This…
