Bengaluru: News

01 Jan 2023

India

New Year: People throng iconic spots to ring in 2023

People in Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and other major cities turned up in big numbers as India welcomed the New Year 2023 in style at midnight.

30 Nov 2022

Toyota

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairman Vikram Kirloskar dies at 64

Vikram Kirloskar, a well-known industrialist and Vice Chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor passed away on Tuesday. He was 64.

27 Nov 2022

Gujarat

Debt-ridden father kills 2-year-old daughter crying of hunger, attempts suicide

A shocking incident came to the fore in Bengaluru after a debt-ridden techie allegedly killed his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter before attempting suicide.

25 Nov 2022

Karnataka

Bengaluru: 67-year-old dies during sex, paramour's husband helps dump body

A 67-year-old Bengaluru man, whose body was found inside a plastic bag a week ago, died of cardiac arrest while having sex with his paramour, revealed preliminary police investigation.

11 Nov 2022

Bengaluru Airport

Walk in the garden! PM inaugurates Bengaluru airport's new terminal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated first of its kind terminal at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.

11 Nov 2022

Chennai

PM flags off South India's 1st Mysuru-Chennai Vande Bharat train

Southern India got its first and country's fifth semi-high-speed Vande Bharat train.

08 Nov 2022

Congress Party

#NewsBytesExplainer: About Copyright Act, which puts Congress in a bind

The Congress has been in a fix after a Bengaluru court on Monday directed Twitter to temporarily block the official accounts of the party and its Bharat Jodo Yatra over copyright infringement.

08 Nov 2022

Congress Party

Block Congress Twitter account for unlawfully using 'KGF' music: Court

A Bengaluru civil court on Monday directed micro-blogging platform Twitter to temporarily block the official accounts of the Congress and its Bharat Jodo Yatra for unauthorized use of music from the superhit film KGF 2.

Engineering student sentenced to 5-year imprisonment for celebrating Pulwama attack

A special Bengaluru court sentenced an engineering student to a five-year jail term for making disparaging Facebook posts about the Pulwama attack, ANI reported.

25 Oct 2022

Rishi Sunak

Akshata Murty: From humble Bengaluru girl to UK's first lady

Rishi Sunak scripted history on Monday after winning the race to lead the Conservative Party and became the prime minister of the United Kingdom.

24 Oct 2022

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

John Shaw, husband of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, passes away at 73

John Shaw, Biocon founder and executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's husband, passed away on Monday morning. He was 73.

20 Oct 2022

India

Heavy rains lash Bengaluru, leave trail of damaged vehicles, roads

Heavy rains in Bengaluru, the IT capital of India, on Wednesday disrupted normal life as several areas witnessed severe waterlogging.

10 Oct 2022

Congress Party

Bengaluru: 4-month-old road caves in partially, Congress corners BJP government

A portion of a service road built as part of the busy Kundalahalli underpass—inaugurated merely four months ago—in East Bengaluru caved in on Sunday, creating a sinkhole a few meters wide.

25 Sep 2022

Air Force

Bengaluru: 27-year-old Air Force cadet found dead; six officers booked

Six Air Force officers have been charged with murder in Bengaluru, police said, after a 27-year-old cadet trainee was found dead on the college campus, NDTV reported.

22 Sep 2022

Relationships

Love in the middle of traffic: Bengaluru couple's epic story

An unconventional love story that unfolded amid Bengaluru's traffic jam is winning millions of hearts on social media.

16 Sep 2022

Kolkata

8 years into marriage, woman learns husband underwent sex-change operation

A woman (40) from Vadodara in Gujarat filed a case against her husband for cheating and unnatural sex when, eight years into the marriage, she found that her husband had undergone a sex reassignment surgery (SRS) and was previously a woman.

Rain waterlogs Bengaluru yet again as anti-encroachment drive continues

Rainfall lashed Bengaluru once again this week leading to waterlogging in certain areas of the tech capital.

14 Sep 2022

Karnataka

Bengaluru floods: Wipro, Prestige, Eco Space among high-profile encroachers' list

The Karnataka government has begun an assessment of the recent disastrous floods in Bengaluru with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) identifying encroachers who occupied drains.

13 Sep 2022

Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: Noida 'Supertech Twin Towers'-style demolition drive after heavy floods

The Bengaluru civic administration on Tuesday demolished several illegal constructions and vowed a Noida "Supertech Twin Tower" like demolition of such structures.

12 Sep 2022

Karnataka

Bengaluru: Doctor runs 3 kilometers amid traffic to perform surgery

Stuck in the infamous Bengaluru traffic, a doctor getting late for a crucial surgery decided to leave his car behind and ran three kilometers to reach the hospital on time.

08 Sep 2022

Congress Party

BJP's Tejasvi Surya accuses Congress of defaming 'Brand Bengaluru'

While Bengaluru is dealing with floods, political infighting has erupted between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.

07 Sep 2022

Basavaraj Bommai

Inundated Bengaluru braces for more rains in next 5 days

After being pounded by torrential rains for a week, it appears like the worst is yet to come for Bengaluru.

06 Sep 2022

Monsoon

Bengaluru rains: Schools go online, flights delayed, water supply hit

After a night of torrential rains on Sunday, Bengaluru witnessed heavy inundation on Monday, leading to water logging and many areas being submerged.

05 Sep 2022

Basavaraj Bommai

Bengaluru: Water supply halted in 50 areas for 2 days

Amid torrential rains, the supply of drinking water will be affected in a number of areas of Bengaluru for two days: Monday and Tuesday.

05 Sep 2022

Rainfall

Bengaluru: Heavy rains leave city waterlogged, disrupt traffic

Torrential rains lashed Bengaluru on Sunday night, leaving many roads and residential areas waterlogged with people wading through knee-deep water.

12 Aug 2022

X

This Swiggy delivery executive on crutches wins the internet

The life of a delivery person can be unimaginably tough.

03 Aug 2022

X

Here's what the new signboard in Bengaluru's Whitefield area means

Bengaluru Traffic Police have the reputation of being rather prompt with their response on social media regarding doubts and questions on road safety and signboards.

01 Aug 2022

Google Maps

Bengaluru joins hands with Google to ease traffic woes

Bengaluru's Traffic Police has tied up with tech giant Google to resolve traffic woes in the city.

13 Jul 2022

LinkedIn

Bengaluru: Man spotted working on laptop while riding a bike

Known as the start-up capital of India, there is no dearth of jobs in Bengaluru. However, the increase in work pressure and deadlines has taken a toll on people's mental health.

05 Jul 2022

Mumbai

Job seeker 'delivers' resume dressed as Zomato executive. Peak Bengaluru?

It can be a difficult task to find a job, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Jun 2022

India

Bengaluru Airport installs diaper changing room in men's washroom

The Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru was appreciated for its progressive move of installing a diaper changing room in the men's washroom.

23 Jun 2022

Narendra Modi

Bengaluru road asphalted ahead of PM's visit caves in

A road in Bengaluru, spruced up ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on Monday, caved in a day later after a spell of overnight rain.

13 Jun 2022

Salman Khan

Anushka Shetty's brother Gunaranjan Shetty receives death threat, seeks security

South Indian actor Anushka Shetty's elder brother and social activist-politician Gunaranjan Shetty has reportedly received a death threat from certain friends-turned-foes.

13 Jun 2022

Bollywood

Shraddha Kapoor's brother Siddhanth Kapoor tests positive for drugs, detained

Actor Shraddha Kapoor's brother Siddhanth Kapoor tested positive for drug use in Bengaluru on Sunday night.

30 May 2022

Farmers Protest

Bengaluru: Black ink thrown at farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

Black ink was thrown at farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during an event at the Gandhi Bhavan in Bengaluru on Monday.

25 Apr 2022

Karnataka

Karnataka: After hijab row, Bible in school triggers controversy

Months after the hijab ban controversy erupted in Karnataka, Bengaluru's Clarence High School has now taken an undertaking from parents that they wouldn't object to their children carrying the Bible to the school.

20 Apr 2022

Tamil Nadu

Top 5 wedding destinations in south India

Destination weddings are becoming a deal again now that the pandemic has subsided and traveling across the country and abroad is safer.

08 Apr 2022

Delhi

CBI didn't revoke lookout circular despite court order: Aakar Patel

Former Amnesty International India chief, Aakar Patel, on Friday filed a contempt application in a Delhi court against Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for refusing to revoke a lookout circular (LOC) issued against him despite court orders to do so.

03 Mar 2022

Travel And Tourism

Hesaraghatta: A quaint and off-beat getaway near Bengaluru

If you are looking for a quick weekend getaway near Bengaluru, then the off-road destination of Hesaraghatta is the perfect spot for you to spend some quality time amid lush greenery.

14 Feb 2022

Andhra Pradesh

ISRO successfully launches EOS-04, two more satellites

The Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday successfully launched the EOS-04, an earth observation satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre's First Launch Pad at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.