Written by Maya Sharma | Sunday May 19, 2019, Bengaluru
A man was killed in an explosion near the house of a Congress legislator in Bengaluru today. The cause of the explosion is under investigation, a police officer said. Congress legislator Munirathna, who lives close to where the explosion took place just after 9 am in Bengaluru's Vyalikaval, said he immediately called the police.
Edited by Ria Saini | Friday May 17, 2019, Bengaluru
Parts of Bengaluru were hit by heavy rain and hailstorm today afternoon, taking citizens by surprise. Twitter users shared videos and pictures of the rain from Central Business District of MG Road, Cubbon Park and other areas in the city.
Written by Maya Sharma | Tuesday May 07, 2019, Bengaluru
The Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru is the city's oldest and largest green lung - a place that replenishes the crowded IT hub with fresh air. Close to the garden's main gate is an ancient rock topped by a tower built by the King Kempe Gowda centuries ago, to mark what he expected to be the limit of Bengaluru.
People in Bengaluru may face call drops and disruption in internet services as the local municipal body and telecom players are at loggerheads over payment issues.
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake, infamous for its pollution, has started to froth once again. Giant chunks of smelly, white froth - that looked like cotton - could be seen spilling around residential neighbourhood.
BJP's Karnataka unit on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission over alleged "mass indiscriminate deletion" of names from the voters list in the state.
The user development fee (UDF) on every passenger at the Kempegowda international airport has been hiked 120 per cent and now will be Rs 306 for domestic departures and Rs 1,226 for international departures from Tuesday, its operator said on Monday.
Cricket icon Rahul Dravid, who was named as the Karnataka election body's ambassador for voting in the national election, will not be able to cast own vote this week. His name has been deleted from the voters' list. A senior polling officer told NDTV that the cricketer did not submit the application for transfer of constituency before the deadline.
Four youngsters, including a woman were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting their employer oven severance payment for terminating their service, police said on Wednesday.
Creating a saffron surge, BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday held a massive road show on the city outskirts that falls under Chikkaballapura Lok Sabha constituency, campaigning for party candidate BN Bachche Gowda, who is pitted against Congress leader M Veerappa Moily.
At least two people were killed and about a dozen labourers injured on Friday when an under-construction building collapsed at the APMC Yard at Bengaluru's Yashwantapura, police said.
