Bengaluru: The Karnataka govt is considering higher fines for one-way driving, wrongside driving, riding on footpaths, unauthorised parking, signal jumping and dangerous riding to up to Rs 5,000 for habitual offenders. At present, the basic fine for these offences is Rs 500.The govt is contemplating bringing changes to motor vehicle rules to impose higher penalties…
BENGALURU: A couple who chose a premium private suite for the birth of their child, hoping for hygienic and comfortable surroundings, instead found cockroaches and houseflies crawling across the room, including on their food and the breast pump used to feed their newborn. The III additional Bengaluru Urban district consumer disputes redressal commission has now…
Bengaluru: He walked into a paying guest accommodation carrying a backpack, posing as a prospective tenant. Within an hour, the stranger had allegedly turned into a thief — breaking open a resident’s wardrobe and fleeing with two laptops, two chargers and up to Rs 10,000.According to the complaint filed by Muddada Murali Krishna, 30, a…
ACT OF PROTEST: VHP and Bajrang Dal members and supporters protest at BC Road in Bantwal taluk on Monday against the imposition of the Goonda Act on Hindu activists Mangaluru: Vajradehi Mutt seer Sri Rajashekharananda Swami Monday alleged that the state govt was attempting to weaken the Hindu community by invoking the Goonda Act against…
When donations dried up during the Covid pandemic, Shivaji and Prema Lazarus were left with a choice they had never imagined making — mortgage and sell their jewellery to keep 23 children fed. The couple had been running Miracle Manna Ministry, a home for orphaned and homeless children in Bengaluru, since 2011. By 2021, the…
New Delhi: An IndiGo flight from Guwahati suffered a tail strike while landing at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Sunday. All passengers and crew are safe.The Airbus A321 flight (6E-6542) aborted landing on the first approach at the destination. During ascent, the flight suffered a tail strike. It landed safely in its second attempt.In…
When Souvik Dutta received an automated fine in Bengaluru for a helmet violation while riding with a guitar, he took to social media to voice his concerns BENGALURU: When world-renowned violinist Philippe Quint accidentally left a 300-year-old, multi-million-dollar Stradivarius at the back of a New York City cab, the driver thought it was a forgotten…
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association will hold a protest march and sit-in on Monday, demanding timely honorarium payments, better working conditions, and improved welfare measures for frontline staff.Association president Tara Ballal and general secretary Ashalatha MV said on Saturday that Anganwadi workers receive a monthly honorarium of Rs 12,000 and helpers…
In photo: Nandini milk and Karnataka CM Shivakumar BENGALURU: All 16 district milk cooperative unions of Karnataka Milk Federation Friday urged the state govt to increase Nandini milk price by Rs 5 a litre on the back of severe drought, rising input costs and widening losses.Chief minister DK Shivakumar is expected to decide on the…
During a particularly fiery session in the Karnataka Assembly, MLAs Roopakala Shashidhar and S Narayanaswamy clashed vocally BENGALURU: Bangarapet MLA S Narayanaswamy and KGF MLA Roopakala Shashidhar were locked in a bitter verbal exchange amid the chaos surrounding the resignation of Indi MLA Yashvanthraygoud V Patil in the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday.Narayanaswamy was seated beside…
