BENGALURU: A video showing former Indian cricket team coach Rahul Dravid engaged in an argument with an auto driver surfaced on Tuesday evening, after a minor collision on Cunningham Road in Bengaluru. No one was injured in the incident. Poll What Do You Think Is the Best Way to Handle Minor Road Incidents? The video,…
BENGALURU: Consent for a sexual relationship with a man can never become licence for him to assault the woman, the Karnataka high court observed recently.Partly allowing a petition filed by the accused — a serving circle inspector of police, Justice M Nagaprasanna quashed the charge of repeated rape under IPC Section 376(2)(n) against him but…
BENGALURU: In what will be another landmark moment for India’s space programme, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is geared up for its 100th launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota with the GSLV-F15 mission, tentatively scheduled for January 29, at 6.23 am. This launch will deploy the NVS-02 satellite, furthering India’s…
BENGALURU: A 40-year-old man from Karkala, Udupi district, has tested positive for monkeypox (Mpox), marking the first case reported in Karnataka this year.Health department officials confirmed that the patient, who has a 19-year work history in Dubai, arrived in Mangalore on January 17. Following the development of fever and rashes, he was isolated at a…
NEW DELHI: ANEW DELHI: At least 10 people died and 15 others sustained injuries when a truck carrying them met with an accident early on Wednesday in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district. The accident occurred when the local vendors were travelling in the truck from Savanur to Kumta Market in Karwar town to sell vegetables, police…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka minister Laxmi Hebbalkar and MLC Chennaraj Hattiholi escaped with minor injuries after their car rammed into a tree near Belagavi district on Tuesday morning. Lakshmi Hebbalkar Car Accident | ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾಳ್ಕರ್ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲು | N18V The accident happened when the driver of the car tried to avoid a stray dog on the…
BENGALURU: A 28-year-old techie fell prey to digital arrest by fraudsters and lost more than Rs 1.2 crore between Dec 21 and Jan 3. She was even forced to raise a loan of Rs 40 lakh to continue to pay the cybercrooks after they emptied her savings.Keerthana (name changed) from east Bengaluru, in her complaint…
BENGALURU: Bengaluru has claimed the top spot, surpassing Chennai, as India’s best city for working women in 2024, providing an inclusive, secure and adaptable environment for women professionals, according to a survey.While Mumbai was ranked third and Delhi eight, South India demonstrated the highest level of gender inclusivity, with 16 cities from the region making…
BENGALURU: Karnataka’s first suspected case of HMPV infection was reported in Bengaluru. While BBMP health officials flagged the case, confirmation from the state health department is awaited.The virus was detected in an 8-month-old baby admitted to Bengaluru Baptist Hospital, Hebbal, with symptoms of fever and breathlessness since January 2. The baby has no travel history.BBMP…
A woman in Bengaluru jumped from a moving auto-rickshaw when the driver took a wrong route and appeared drunk. Despite her repeated requests, the driver did not stop. BENGALURU: A 30-year-old woman leapt from a moving auto-rickshaw in East Bengaluru on Thursday night when she realised the driver was deviating from her intended route and…
