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Residential sales rose 3 per cent in H1 2026, with Bengaluru and Chennai leading growth as premium homes dominated demand and developers stepped up launches, JLL said

Two men, including an inter-state accused, were arrested for allegedly printing and circulating fake Rs 500 currency notes, police said on Tuesday. The accused have been identified as Arvind (47), a native of Mysuru, and Venkata Subramanian (around 60), a resident of Chennai, they said. Police claimed to have seized 338 counterfeit Rs 500 currency notes, a photocopy machine, a laptop, a car, mobile phones and other incriminating materials, with the total value of the seizure estimated at Rs 3.29 lakh, police said. On July 3, the Kumbalagodu Police received a tip-off that a tenant residing in a BDA apartment within the police station limits was circulating counterfeit currency notes, police said. According to police, acting on specific intelligence provided by the informant, they detained a suspect near Kenchanapura Cross. During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to printing counterfeit currency notes and selling them to an associate based in Chennai. On July 4, the ..

Karnataka government has unveiled a ₹1.5 trillion infrastructure roadmap, including metro expansion, tunnel roads, flyovers and business corridors, to tackle Bengaluru's worsening traffic congestion

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ExxonMobil Services and Technology has leased 235,300 sq ft of office space at Bengaluru's International Tech Park Bangalore, with a total rental outgo of Rs 70.3 crore

UST will embed Anthropic's Claude into enterprise workflows for clients and train 20,000 employees to accelerate AI adoption across healthcare, telecom and banking

DXC Technology's new Bengaluru customer experience centre will anchor its AI-led consulting and engineering strategy, with India playing a central role in innovation and delivery

Japanese watchmaker Seiko expects India to become its third-largest market by the end of 2026, driven by robust demand and rapid growth in the country's premium watch segment

Realty firm Embassy Developments will invest Rs 1,500 crore to construct a 3 million sq ft office complex in Bengaluru as part of its strategy to generate rental income from commercial assets. The company is mainly into housing segment with presence across Bengaluru, Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Delhi-NCR. In an interview with PTI, Embassy Developments Managing Director Aditya Virwani mentioned that the company's focus would largely remain on the growing residential business. However, he said the company would build office assets for rental income. Virwani said the company will develop a large 35-acre office complex in Bengaluru comprising 6 million sq ft area. "We will develop this project is two phases. The construction of first phase covering 3 million sq ft has started," he said. Asked about investments for the first phase, Virwani said it would be around Rs 1,500 crore, excluding land cost. Virwani said the office spaces would be leased to corporates. Bullish on In

The enterprise AI software company says the new Bengaluru office will strengthen engineering, innovation and client engagement as part of its India expansion strategy

Drug regulator alleges irregularities in reporting adverse events and conflict-of-interest disclosures by the unit's ethics committee during human clinical trials

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The retailer's India arm has leased 8.3 lakh sq ft at Embassy Manyata Business Park, reinforcing Bengaluru's position as the leading hub for GCC-led office demand

N-able, which provides IT management, ‌cybersecurity, and data protection software to more than 500,000 organizations globally, opened a Global Capability Center (GCC) in Bengaluru on Monday

The ey.ai Center for Reimagination is part of EY's $1.4 billion AI investment plan and aims to help organisations translate AI ambitions into large-scale business transformation

Smartworks Coworking Spaces has leased nearly 492,000 sq ft at Sattva Aura in Bengaluru, strengthening its presence in a key enterprise market driven by GCC and technology demand

Godrej Properties has sold more than 1,000 homes worth over ₹2,000 crore at its newly launched Godrej Vanantara project in Bengaluru's Bannerghatta Road area

Sharp rent spike positive for landlords, but tenants get priced out

A Uganda national with recent travel history from the East African nation has tested negative for Ebola after she was placed under isolation in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure when she reported mild symptoms of body ache, official sources said on Wednesday. The 28-year-old woman was placed under isolation at the state-run Epidemic Diseases Hospital in Bengaluru for observation and further evaluation, the sources said. A sample was collected and sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune for testing, and the result has returned negative for Ebola virus disease (EVD), they said. "The individual is otherwise in a healthy condition now," a source said. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is closely monitoring the evolving Ebola situation following recent EVD outbreaks reported in parts of Africa, the sources said. In coordination with the concerned state authorities, the ministry is maintaining close surveillance and all necessary public health protocols are being .

Smoke was detected inside an IndiGo A320neo aircraft while taxiing for departure to Chennai, prompting an emergency evacuation at Bengaluru airport