Bengaluru

Urban Ladder co-founder Rajiv Srivatsa steps down

Founded in 2012, Urban Ladder is present in more than 90 cities, with five offline stores in Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR.

Oct 22, 2019

Practice hopscotch to walk through Bengaluru footpaths

The civic authorities have turned a blind eye towards the footpaths that many of them are severely damaged with many missing blocks in between them and several of them are in a wiggly condition.

Oct 21, 2019

Fact check: Was a biker run over by speeding car in Bengaluru?

A website called ViralTab reported that the incident took place on the Santos Dumont (SP-075) motorway in the city of Campinas located in the southern Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.

Oct 21, 2019

21-year-old management student dies while practicing ramp walk in Bengaluru

The incident took place at AIMS in Peenya, where a 21-year-old Shalini, where the 21-year-old Shalini was a first-year MBA student.

Oct 20, 2019

Editor of Kannada tabloid commits suicide in Bengaluru prison

The 56-year-old Anil Raj, who was the owner and publisher of 'Voice of Yelahanka', hanged himself from the ceiling of a temple inside the prison at around 7.30 pm.

Oct 17, 2019

Bengaluru to be remapped as satellite images show variations

Though the civic body drew the maps based on satellite pictures a decade ago, the latest images reveal the fault lines in its property records.

Oct 17, 2019

Bengaluru to get Anti-Terrorist Squad amid reports of growing terror activities

After Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, Bengaluru will be the fourth Indian city to get a dedicated ATS station.

Oct 16, 2019

Former VC of Alliance University Ayyappa Dore hacked to death in Bengaluru

The incident took place at RT Nagar late on October 15.

Oct 16, 2019

#BangaloreTraffic trends on social media with hilarious memes; here's why

The traffic pressure is so severe in some parts of the city that commuters have to wait from minutes to hours just to cross a mild stretch.

Oct 15, 2019

Caught on camera: Bengaluru security agency owner kicks, assaults employees

The accused Salim Khan can be seen brutally thrashing his employees inside his office in HSR Layout.

Oct 15, 2019

Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terrorists trying to expand in South India, reveals NIA

Alok Mittal, Inspector General of NIA, said that JMB has set up 20-22 hideouts in Bangalore from 2014 to 2018 and tried to spread its bases in South India.

Oct 14, 2019

Maladministration of government bodies led to Doddabidarakallu lake breach in Bengaluru

Over 400 houses in the neighbourhood including Annapoorneshwari Nagar, Channanayakanapalya, Bhavani Layout and Rukmini Nagar Layout were destroyed and submerged in water due to the deluge.

Oct 11, 2019

Centre wants to oust Karnataka CM Yediyurappa, claims BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal

Yatnal, a former minister and an MLA from Vijayapura constituency of Bijapur district, alleged that two Union ministers are pressurising the party high command to remove CM Yediyurappa from his post.

Oct 9, 2019

Bengaluru Uber driver leaves passenger with a broken nose over payment issue

The cabbie had demanded extra fare and blew a punch on the passenger's face, breaking his nose after he refused from making advance payment.

Oct 7, 2019

BMRCL ditches false ceiling for Phase 2 construction of metro stations in Bengaluru

The decision comes in the wake of the recent incidents where the false ceilings of the National College metro station at green line collapsed on September 30.

Oct 6, 2019

The notorious Begur road to Bengaluru airport is emerging as cabbies favorite crime spot

The Begur route is a dimly lit area with very fewer street lights which gives a perfect opportunity for the drivers to take advantage of the situation and harm the passengers.

Oct 3, 2019

WATCH | Narrow escape for 4 passengers as false ceiling collapses at Bengaluru metro station

Even though the incident took place on Monday (September 30), it came into light after surveillance footage of the escapade went viral on social media on Wednesday (October 2).

Oct 3, 2019

IAF Mi-17 chopper en route to Mysuru makes emergency landing due to technical snag

The helicopter was en route to Mysuru from Bengaluru to take part in a flypast as a part of the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations when it suffered a loss of oil pressure and hydraulic malfunctioning.

Oct 2, 2019

BJP's Gautam Kumar Jain elected as the new BBMP Mayor

Jain, the BJP corporator from Jogupalya ward, was appointed the new Mayor, defeating Congress candidate RS Sathyanarayana.

Oct 1, 2019

Is BJP targeting DK Shivakumar for refusing to join the saffron party?

Congress MLC CM Lingappa has filed a complaint against ED with the Karnataka Human Rights Commission (KSHRC), claiming that the former minister is being treated like a Pakistani terrorist.

Sep 29, 2019