3 min readUpdated: May 11, 2026 06:01 PM IST Written by Neysa Mary The much-delayed flyover project at Ejipura in South Bengaluru, dubbed Stonehenge, would be thrown open to the public by October this year, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has said. Last year, Maheshwar Rao, Chief Commissioner, GBA, stated that the Ejipura flyover would…
3 min readBengaluruMay 11, 2026 07:00 PM IST A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the Karnataka government over the power tussle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, the chief minister accused the prime minister of abusing Opposition parties like “petty politicians”. In his speech at a felicitation rally…
2 min readBengaluruMay 11, 2026 07:27 PM IST Two of Karnataka’s major zoos— Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bengaluru, and Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysuru—are set for a major upgrade. A world-class public aquarium at Bannerghatta and immersive experience centres in both zoos will come up shortly. In a Cabinet meeting held this month, the state government…
2 min readBengaluruUpdated: May 12, 2026 09:03 AM IST A 23-year-old woman from Manipur has accused a professor at IIIM-Bangalore and his wife of subjecting her to years of physical abuse, food deprivation, and isolation for years. The accused, identified as Amar and his wife Anshu, lived on the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore campus,…
2 min readBengaluruUpdated: May 12, 2026 04:32 PM IST A day after two children of migrant labourers died in a fire inside a shed in Bengaluru’s K Narayanapura area, the police on Tuesday said highly inflammable materials stored inside the structure and the possible spread of an open flame from outside were the likely cause…
2 min readBengaluruUpdated: May 12, 2026 04:04 PM IST In a reversal of its earlier stance, the Karnataka State Election Commission (SEC) Monday approached the Supreme Court seeking a 90-day extension to conduct the long-delayed Bengaluru civic polls. The move comes just days after State Election Commissioner G S Sangreshi had asserted that the elections…
3 min readBengaluruMay 12, 2026 04:04 PM IST The probe into the recovery of suspected explosive materials near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy route Sunday on the outskirts of Bengaluru has widened, with investigators probing the possibility of a “larger conspiracy” behind the incident. According to the Bengaluru police, detonators, an electronic timer circuit, wires,…
3 min readBengaluruMay 12, 2026 05:53 PM IST Hours after the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the undergraduate National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) following a question paper leak, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil on Tuesday demanded the Union education minister’s resignation. “This is not the first time that a question paper leak or malpractice…
2 min readBengaluruUpdated: May 12, 2026 06:36 PM IST Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy Tuesday linked the Karnataka government’s Supreme Court petition seeking additional time to conduct the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) elections with the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. Responding to…
2 min readBengaluruMay 12, 2026 08:06 PM IST After a 10-year-old boy died in a leopard attack while on a pilgrimage to Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills, Karnataka’s forest department is imposing restrictions on pilgrim movement inside the wildlife sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district. Forest, Ecology, and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre, who held a meeting with senior…
