BENGALURU: For the first time in the history of Bengalurus public transport system, women have become the majority of all BMTC bus users. A new study from Azim Premji University finds that after the launch of the Karnataka governments Shakti scheme which grants free travel on BMTC buses to resident women women ridership surged by 151 per cent. The report Gender, Welfare and Mobility: Impact of Shakti Scheme on BMTC Transport Transformation analysed 2.89 crore trip records from January 2023 to

BENGALURU: A recent research study published in The Lancet has revealed that gluten sensitivity, which affects around 10% of the global population, is not actually about gluten but part of the way the gut and brain interact. The study, titled Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity (NCGS), explains that people with NCGS experience symptoms, such as bloating, abdominal pain and fatigue, after eating gluten, but do not have coeliac disease or a wheat allergy. NCGS refers to individuals who develop intestin

BENGALURU: The city police interrogated a 30-year-old woman techie, on body warrant from the Gujarat police, in connection with hoax bomb emails sent to seven schools in the city. G Rene Joshilda, an electrical engineer from Chennai, was taken into custody on body warrant on October 28. The police said the accused has confessed to her involvement in the Kalasipalya case as well as six other hoax bomb threat cases in Bengaluru. The police said she is involved in similar cases in Gujarat, Mysuru,

BENGALURU: In two separate incidents of causing grievous hurt to a public servant to deter them from performing their duty, four persons, including a rowdy sheeter, were arrested by the Thilaknagar police. The incidents happened on Wednesday. N Sajjad Pasha (25), a rowdy sheeter in Kalasipalya police station limits along with Yasin Ahmed Sheriff and Anas Pasha, both habitual offenders, were arrested for reportedly attacking a police constable identified as Mounesh attached to the Kalasipalya pol

BENGALURU: A home-alone woman was tied-up, gagged and robbed at her house in Neraluru on Hosur Road in the outskirts of the city at 2.30 pm on Wednesday. The accused duo, including a woman, entered the victims house under the pretext of inviting her for a wedding and escaped with around 200 grams of gold ornaments. The victim, Nagaveni, was alone at home while her husband Ravi was away at work. The unidentified woman, who went to the victims house, introduced herself as a distant relative and to

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Chief Commissioner of Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to commence forthwith the design, development and implementation of a single, unified and integrated digital platform for Solid Waste Management (SWM) for Bengaluru, with the zonal commissioners of five corporations and principal secretary, e-governance department. This unified platform is mandated to avoid the creation of multiple, fragmented applications or portals for different

BENGALURU: Only 200 Metric Tonnes (MT) out of its quota of 600MT of sorted dry waste from the city is currently being sent daily for power generation, and the target is to raise the quantity to 500MT by speeding up the segregation process, said Bangalore Solid Waste Management Authority (BSWML) Chief Executive Officer Karee Gowda on Thursday. Gowda, who inspected the waste-to-power plant at Bidadi, said the remaining 400 tonnes of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) is being supplied daily from Mandurs le

BENGALURU: Passengers on Air Indias Bengaluru-San Francisco flight (AI 175) on Thursday alleged repeated rescheduling and lack of basic assistance at Kempegowda International Airport. The flight, which was originally sold as a direct service to San Francisco, was rerouted via Kolkata without prior intimation, said a passenger, adding that they had only come to know about it when they were checking in online, that the route had suddenly changed to Kolkata. Travellers claimed the airline had alrea

BENGALURU: India must urgently adopt a uniform national standard for treated wastewater to ensure quality, safety and public acceptance across states, said Vinod K Paul, member of NITI Aayog. After the inauguration of a national workshop -- Reuse of Treated Wastewater in India - in the city on Thursday, Paul warned that Indias per-capita water availability has already fallen below 1,400 cubic metres, underlining the need for large-scale wastewater recovery and reuse. The country must move decisi

BENGALURU: The fifth season of The Purple Cap, a one-of-its-kind golf tournament for people with visual impairments and those on the autism spectrum, was held at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) on Thursday. Both seasoned and amateur golfers with disabilities competed against each other at the event, even as many others tried their hand at the sport for the first time. Altogether 104 golfers participated in this years tournament, which included four persons with vision impairments and one wi

BENGALURU: Neeti Sharma Bhagat, CEO of TeamLease Digital, said, When it comes to talent and knowledge, Bengaluru tops the list in India as it has a vast pool of talent emerging from colleges and private organisations. At the same time, the Government of Karnataka is doing a commendable job and has introduced various programmes, including Nipuna and apprenticeship initiatives at the college level, to skill youngsters. She made these remarks while addressing co-panellists during a session titled K

BENGALURU: Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has announced a steep hike in the price of Nandini ghee by Rs 90 per kilo, and butter rates by Rs 26 per kilo. Nandini ghee, which was sold at Rs 610 per kilo, will now cost Rs 700, and butter sold at Rs 544 would now cost Rs 570. The rates came into effect on Wednesday. Addressing the media on Wednesday, KMF Managing Director B Shivaswamy said the revision of rates was inevitable and attributed the hike to increasing production and operational costs. H

BENGALURU: A metro passenger was allegedly denied entry into Attiguppe Metro Station around 10.10 pm on Monday, despite official Namma Metro timings stating operations continue till 11 pm. A video of the incident shared by the X handle Karnataka Portfolio went viral, triggering a debate over metro station gate closures and commuter inconvenience. In the video, a passenger is seen questioning a security personnel about why entry was denied and why multiple gates were closed before time. The secur

BENGALURU: The State government on November 3 issued the final notification on the amendment to the Karnataka Excise (General Conditions of Licences) Rules, 1967, Karnataka Excise (Lease of the Right of Retail Vend of Beer) Rules, 1976, and Karnataka Excise (Sale of Indian & Foreign Liquors) Rules, 1968, for e-auctioning of defunct/unused licences. The amendments have been made under Section 71 of the Karnataka Excise Act, 1965 (Karnataka Act 21 of 1966). The amended rules will now be called the

BENGALURU: Cubbon Park police raided multiple locations in connection with the alleged Rs 70-crore scam at the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Staff Credit Cooperative Society Limited. Meanwhile, police custody of the two accused has been extended till November 10. A senior police officer said searches were conducted at the residences of the accused persons and at the society office near Richmond Circle. During the raids, police seized half of the gold ornaments, cash, documents and

BENGALURU: A 65-year-old woman was murdered for gain at her house in Uttarahalli in Subramanyapura police station limits on Tuesday afternoon. Police on Wednesday arrested a couple, who were the victims tenants. The victim was identified as Srilakshmi, a resident of New Millennium School Road in Uttarahalli. The arrested were identified as S Prasad Srishail Makai, 26, and his wife Sakshi Hanamantha Hodhlura, 23. The couple are from Solapur in Maharashtra. Prasad is a centering worker while Saksh

BELAGAVI: A resident of Bailhongal has fallen victim to an online investment scam. He was lured with fake promises of high returns through a fake company called Orionex Markets. The fraudsters deceived the victim of a total of Rs 9,23,948, claiming that investing in their platform would yield large profits due to the current surge in gold prices. The victim, Praveen Anant Renike, a resident of Bailhongal, lodged a complaint at the District Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Police Station in Bel

BHATKAL (UTTARA KANNADA): Police have seized cash and gold jewellery worth over Rs 60 lakh from a private bus coming from Mumbai, in Bhatkal. One person has been arrested in this connection. Even as the case of mysterious transportation of Rs 1 crore on Karwar-Goa border is still fresh in public memory, the Bhatkal cops seized a bag containing the cash and jewellery from the private bus. The seizure was made on Tuesday night when the private bus, commuting between Mumbai and Mangaluru, was about

BENGALURU: As Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) gears up to invite tenders for the management of Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCC) in Bengaluru, rag pickers and Self Help Groups (SHGs) have sought priority in the bidding process. They say they cannot compete with contractors in bidding, so they should have some reservation. Bengaluru had 198 DWCCs, tallying with the 198 wards in erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. Of these, some were closed down for multiple reasons, a

BENGALURU: According to Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), there are over 80 illegal Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) in the city. Although the contract of the DWCCs ended in 2020, they are continuing their operations, the agency said. BSWML has raised concerns that the waste is not being scientifically processed as per the mandate given to them. Furthermore, 20 DWCCs have shut down, forcing citizens to dump dry waste alongside their regular trash, thereby increasing the burde

BENGALURU: Turning down the contention of the state government and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) that the state is the appropriate government for any industrial dispute, the Karnataka High Court ruled that the central government is the appropriate government. Therefore, the state government has no competence to notify the services of BMRCL as Public Utility Services and Essential Service under the relevant laws, the high court added. Stating that the BMRCL is a railway com

BENGALURU: Bengaluru North City Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar said that the civic body is organising a Tax Drive this month to collect pending property tax dues from defaulters and to identify properties that have under-declared their built-up area. Notices are being issued to such property owners to ensure recovery of the pending taxes. The North City Corporations has a total of 4,57,951 properties (Residential - 3,36,989, Non-residential - 15,949, Mixed-use (residential and non-

Gen Z and young millennials are adding fun to their health-conscious routines, bringing raves, that were once limited to bars and clubs, to alcohol-free spaces cafes, restaurants and even gyms. Its an experience that combines fitness activities with elements of a conventional party that you would find at a nightclub. But its in the morning and is a sober space, says Sidharth Yadav, founder, Stride Run Club, a running club. Fitness raves caught on in foreign countries post-pandemic, but I saw th

In luxury hospitality, the next big thing isnt molecular plating or designer cocktails, its the unmistakable warmth of home. Hotels are opening their kitchens to homemakers, turning family recipes into five-star stories. For Tijouri, founded by siblings Sanithra and Kaushik Raju, the idea runs even deeper. I wouldnt call it a trend. We realised there was a need to tell the stories of home chefs, custodians of dishes passed down through generations, says Sanithra. Established in 2024, Tijouri has

BENGALURU: Following the suspension of two police personnel, Bellandur Police Inspector Ramesh Rotty was suspended on Monday after the former CFO of a central PSU, Sivakumar, alleged that the officer demanded a bribe after the death of his only daughter. Sivakumars social media post on the issue had gone viral. Earlier, Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) Santosh and Constable Goraknath were suspended. Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh ordered the suspension on grounds of dereliction of duty, based

BENGALURU: The Bandepalya police arrested a 45-year-old foreign national and have recovered MDMA and cocaine worth Rs 75 lakh. The accused has been identified as Chibuzo Godwin Onuigbo. On October 30, the police received information from an informant that a person was selling banned narcotic substances MDMA tablets and cocaine powder near Somasundarapalya Lake. The police rushed to the spot mentioned by the informant, conducted a raid, and apprehended him. The accused said he had come to India i

BENGALURU: Seven years after a restaurateur in JP Nagar was bludgeoned to death on the road late at night, a city court has sentenced the two accused for rigorous imprisonment for life. For the father of Siddarth Kaushal (26), the victim, the court verdict was bitter-sweet as it came on the birthday of his son. The convicts were identified as Girish (21) and Mahesh (19). Siddarth, a Bihar native and an engineering and MBA graduate who was running a hotel in JP Nagar, was murdered in the wee hour

BENGALURU: The Economic Offences Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested two men who cheated the public by offering zero per cent interest on gold loans. The accused had opened a jewellery shop in Vidyaranyapura, advertising zero per cent interest on gold loans to attract the public. Believing the advertisement, many customers pledged their gold ornaments and took loans. The accused closed the shop and fled with gold and silver ornaments worth around Rs 1.8 crore. Around 1.4kg of gold or

BENGALURU: Halasuru Gate police arrested 10 fraudsters from various parts of the city and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, following a complaint from the manager of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on October 17, stating that currency notes of Rs 2000 denomination that had been withdrawn from circulation, were altered by changing their serial numbers and submitted to the RBI. The arrested are Mohan K, Shreenivasa Murthy, Raju, Basavaraj, Munishamappa, Mallikarjun, Ramakrishna, Pally Muralidhar, Ramachand

BENGALURU: A 35-year-old flower decorator, who has participated in multiple dance and other reality shows, died in a road accident at Pemmanahalli in Nelamangala on Tuesday morning. The victim, Sudheendra, was standing behind his yet to be registered car after parking it on the road side. It is said that since the car developed some problem, he was talking to his brother on the phone. A speeding canter that came from behind hit him. Sudheendra was stuck between the canter and his car and sustain

BENGALURU: A 40-year-old provision store owner was murdered by an unidentified man at Kittaganahalli in Anekal taluk on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Madesh, a resident of Kachanayakanahalli and a native of Barandur near Denkanikottai in Tamil Nadu. Armed with a knife and an air gun, the accused barged into Madeshs house and slit his throat. Madesh was alone at home when the attack took place, according to the police. Madeshs neighbour, who saw the accused escaping on a bike, trie

BENGALURU: IT-BT and Rural Development Minister Priyank Kharge reignited the debate on the 18-km underground tunnel road from Hebbal to Silk Board by quoting a news report about Mumbais 70-km planned tunnel network, which aims to ease that citys traffic bottlenecks by linking Marine Drive, Worli, Bandra-Worli Sea Link, BKC and the airport. Taking aim at the BJP, Kharge said, Instead of misleading the public, @BJP4Karnataka should first pay attention to what Nitin Gadkari himself has advised for

BENGALURU: Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday demanded that Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar respond to what he termed 10 critical and unanswered questions about the Tunnel Road projects design, economic feasibility, and environmental and procedural compliance. Speaking at a press conference, Surya pointed to government data stating that private cars make up only 19% of all vehicles in Bengaluru. Should a project funded by public money serve a small minority or the larger commuting p

BENGALURU: Digital solutions for infrastructure accessibility Yes to Access (YTA), developed by Bengaluru-based The Association of People with Disability (APD) is going global. It will be presented at the United Nations Second World Summit for Social Development, being held in Doha, Qatar, from November 4-6. YTA is an AI-powered, community-led platform that maps and rates the accessibility of public spaces. The platform has mapped over 1.96 lakh spaces across 15 states with the help of over 10

BENGALURU: With the Greater Bengaluru Authoritys (GBA) infrastructure wing Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Ltd (B-SMILE) taking up the down-ramp work for its much-delayed Ejipura Flyover, Srinivagilu Junction will witness slow-moving traffic for the next three months. Anticipating the work, the engineers had developed a 100 ft road from Domlur side towards Kendriya Sadan, which will ease traffic a bit while the pillar and casting work is taken up. Chief Engineer, B-SMILE, Raghavendra Prasad said

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court directed the Union of India to enact a law or guidelines for restaurant businesses, bifurcating them into small, medium and large businesses, clearly indicating the hygiene, cooking processes, procurement of raw material, etc., in conformity with traditional Indian standards of cooking and cooking processes. The court also directed the state government to bring in health and safety standard regulations for all street vendors and food trucks, and to create a me

In an age when every click, every connection, and every emotion can be monetised, it feels almost unbelievable that the World Wide Web, the very architecture of our digital lives, was created by someone who gave it away for free. That someone was Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Born in the same year as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Berners-Lee belonged to the same generation of pioneers who reshaped the modern world. But unlike them, he took a radically different path. He famously distributed his innovation w

What if the future wasnt something that happened to us but something we imagined, analysed and wrote into being? This quest is what speculative fiction is all about, a genre that thrives to find an answer between what it is and what it could be. At a recent discussion at Champaca Bookstore, in Vasanth Nagar, the anthology Between Worlds (599, Westland Books), edited by writer and lawyer Gautam Bhatia, became the focal point for such imaginative possibilities. The book brings together short stori

A chubby cherub flies around with sparklers in his hands as Baby Youre My Firework in retro typography floats above, one of Raja Ravi Vermas muses holds a sliced watermelon declaring Make Art Not War, and a saree clad woman confidently rides a motorbike as the accompanying text reads Bullet Rani. These are all miniature pieces of art painted in bold colours and drawn in a style thats familiar. While todays matchboxes may stick to a few standard designs with the brand prominently displayed, a few

BENGALURU: A 33-year-old woman has been allegedly sexually harassed and subjected to public indecency while walking her dog in Bengalurus Indiranagar area, police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the incident took place around 11.57 am in Domlur 2nd stage on November 1. The woman was walking her pet when an unknown man, believed to be in his 30s, called out to her saying Madam to get her attention. When she turned, he allegedly exposed himself and began masturbating and flashing at her.

BENGALURU: A man was arrested for allegedly stalking and sexually harassing a television actress here by sending her vulgar messages and obscene videos on social media, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Naveen K, worked as a delivery manager at a company in Whitefield, Bengaluru, they added. According to police, the complainant had been receiving vulgar messages for the past three months from a Facebook user identified as Naveenz. Although she did not accept his friend request, the accused co

BENGALURU: With traffic snarls increasing and population growing in the city outskirts, those living on Bengalurus borders are applying for passports in neighbouring districts, and even in neighbouring states. Sources in Passport Seva Kendra (PSKs) offices in Bengaluru said people residing in North Bengaluru, including those towards Kempegowda International Airport, were applying for passports at post offices in Kolar and Chikkaballapur and even PSKs in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, as travel is

BALLARI : Fourteen years after the state government acquired nearly 800 acres of land for the proposed airport between Chaganur and Sirivara villages in Ballari taluk, residents are once again demanding that the long-pending project be revived without further delay. The project, first announced more than a decade ago, was envisioned as a key infrastructure boost for the district. However, it has remained grounded since its inception. The government had taken over 700 to 800 acres from farmers fo

BENGALURU: Nobel laureates James Robinson (Economic Sciences, 2024) and David MacMillan (Chemistry, 2021) delivered lectures on Monday at Nobel Prize Dialogue Bengaluru, an event that brought together the two and other experts to discuss possible ways to achieve a more sustainable and equitable future. The event was organised by Nobel Prize Outreach in collaboration with Tata Trusts, and held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Robinson was the first to speak; he sought to dismantle any p

BENGALURU: In a heart-rending incident, a domestic help allegedly killed her employers four-year-old shih tzu in a cruel manner after getting frustrated with its barking. She reportedly slammed the dog against the lift door and later strangled it, in an apartment on Kannur Road in Bagalur police station limits last Friday. The accused Pushpalatha (29), a native of Tamil Nadu, resides in the same apartment building. According to police, Pushpalatha had been working at complainant Rashikas house f

BENGALURU: A special court sentenced KB Ramakrishna Reddy, Regional Transport Controller, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years and pay a fine of Rs 70 lakh, in a disproportionate assets case. Refusing to show any leniency to the accused, Judge KM Radhakrishna of the Special Court to deal with cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, observed that nowadays, the menace of corruption suffocates common people in societ

BENGALURU: The Cubbon Park police have arrested the two accused in connection with the alleged Rs 70 crore misappropriation in the Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Staff Credit Co-operative Society. The accused have been identified as G Gopinath, CEO of the society, and Lakshmi Jagadish, wife of former accountant B L Jagadish. According to police, the two were arrested after it was found that several crores had been illegally transferred from the societys bank accounts into Lakshmis p

BENGALURU: Due to Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) staff being occupied with the Socio-Economic Survey in October, several civic projects have suffered delays. To address this, Tushar Girinath, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD), convened a meeting on Monday with GBA Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao and commissioners of the five city corporations to review ongoing projects and work progress. Girinath told TNIE that Octobers regular weekly meetings were not convened

BENGALURU: Minister of State for Railways V Somanna has said that the proposed circular rail project for Bengaluru has been shelved for now, as costs are projected to reach Rs 1 lakh crore, far-exceeding initial estimates. However, mobility experts have urged not to abandon the plan, calling it crucial for improving regional connectivity and easing congestion. They suggest that the project can still be made viable through integration with other infrastructure projects such as the Peripheral Ring

BENGALURU: Amidst a raging debate on National Education Policy (NEP) and State Education Policy (SEP), the All India Save Education Committee (AISEC) of professors and former vice-chancellors of various universities across the country have drafted Peoples Education Policy 2025 (PEP), calling it an alternative to NEP. Rajashekar VN, member of AISEC, said, We have pointed out many drawbacks in NEP from the time it was introduced. We have drafted PEP, which is still open to suggestions and changes