In all, 21 CCTVs have been installed across Bengaluru BENGALURU: In a troubling twist to Bengaluru’s battle against stone-pelting on trains, even CCTV cameras installed to catch offenders are now becoming targets.A solar-powered CCTV camera installed near Banaswadi station to monitor railway tracks and keep watch for stone-pelting incidents has gone missing from its pole.The…
Image Credit: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research BENGALURU: Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao, 92, has been summoned for a hearing to establish his identity after his name was flagged during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka.Rao has been issued a notice citing a…
Bengaluru’s British Lifesciences faces penalties for misbranded infant food after FSSAI inspections (Representative image) BENGALURU: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated strict penal proceedings against Bengaluru-based nutraceutical and healthcare company British Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. following inspections focused on infant food safety and statutory compliance.The food safety and drugs administration (FDA)…
A 23-year-old software engineer died and her boyfriend was injured after a fall BENGALURU: A 23-year-old software engineer died and her 30-year-old boyfriend sustained serious injuries after the two allegedly fell from the seventh-floor terrace of a co-living PG accommodation in Whitefield on Sunday afternoon.The deceased, Janani, worked as a software engineer with a financial…
Photo: Bangalore’s Puttenahalli Lake A lake may look cleaner. The water may smell better. The black stream of sewage that once entered it may no longer be visible. But where did that sewage go?That question sits at the heart of a new study on Bengaluru’s urban lakes. Researchers who examined eight lakes in the city…
A Bengaluru customer has criticised cafe Subko after spotting a body-shaming description on his bill. BENGALURU: A Bengaluru customer has called out popular café Subko after an unusual description on his bill left him upset.Instead of his name, the receipt reportedly identified the customer as “Little Fat Black Shirt”, describing him by his body type…
A teenage girl was discovered deceased at her Karnataka residence under mysterious circumstances HASSAN: A teenage girl was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Karnataka’s Ambika Nagar, Channarayapatna. Her family members suspect foul play and have accused a youth of killing her.Rakshitha was found hanging from the ceiling at her residence.According to…
Bunts Hostel-PVS Junction road, Mangaluru Mangaluru: A two-year delay in executing a road improvement project outside St Aloysius Primary School on Karangalpady Road has turned the stretch into a serious safety hazard for students and a daily inconvenience for commuters.The delay has left an open drain in front of the school’s main gate. The drain…
All smiles: (from left) Pramila, Unnathi, Aiyappa and Martin Owens BENGALURU: 16 years ago, a five-year-old Unnathi Aiyappa watched her mother Pramila return from the Asian Games with a bronze medal. Next month, when Unnathi steps onto the continental stage in Japan for her Asian Games debut, she will carry not just her mother’s legacy…
Karnataka has implemented a one-year ban on non-dairy paneer to safeguard public health and consumer interests BENGALURU: Karnataka has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of analogue or non-dairy paneer being sold in the market as “Paneer” for one year, with the state food safety authorities citing public health and consumer protection.The Food Safety…
