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Zepto to shift headquarters to Bengaluru, mandates employees to relocate

Zepto is planning to shift its headquarters from Mumbai's Powai to Bengaluru's Sarjapur, and has mandated all its employees to relocate to Bengaluru by the end of November or early December

Britannia Industries Q1 FY25 results: Net profit rises 10.5% to Rs 506 cr

Revenue rises due to better operating margins

AI, Robotics companies led office space absorption in Bengaluru: Vestian

The office market demand surge in Bengaluru is attributed to the rapid global advancements in artificial intelligence and a supportive local ecosystem

Retail leasing in Bengaluru grows by 39% in H1 2024 to 1 mn sqft: CBRE

Retail leasing in India surged to a five-year high in the first half of 2024, reaching 3.1 million square feet across eight cities

Commuting in Bengaluru: Walking 6 km will take you less time than driving

Google Maps showed that it would take 44 minutes to drive between Brigade Metropolis and KR Puram Railway Station, and only 42 minutes to cover the same distance on foot

Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024: ZLB23 named India's best bar, ranks 40th in list

Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024 list has been released, and Begnaluru's ZLB23 is ranked 40th in the list. Hong Kong's Bar Leone tops the chart

Masala dosa for Rs 20, Idli for 10; Restaurant menu shocks Bengaluru woman

A woman shared a post on X revealing that Taaza Thindi restaurant serves Dosa and Idli at shockingly low prices; she compared the prices with Rameshwaram Cafe

War of words over Karnataka Bill on local quota in private sector jobs

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expressed "deep concern" about the Karnataka State Employment of Local Industries Factories Establishment Bill, 2024

Aerospace major P&W opens new customer service centre in Bengaluru

US aerospace major Pratt & Whitney on Wednesday announced the establishment of a new Customer Service Centre (CSS) in Bengaluru. As part of the company's India Capability Centre, the new facility will drive customer service and operations support for Pratt & Whitney Canada's 68,000 engines in service globally, the company said. Co-located with Pratt & Whitney's supply chain operations, engineering, and digital transformation centres of excellence in India, CSS will deliver a range of services such as MRO support, spare part management, engine leasing, engine reliability analysis and contract administration. The facility will employ over 150 aerospace experts and engineers who will support a global customer service ecosystem, it added. The centre is expected to cater to clients, including domestic and global airlines, original equipment manufacturers, MROs, regulatory bodies and small operators, Pratt & Whitney said. "With the new Customer Service Centre, we are ...

Karnataka DCM to hold meeting for improving inter-agency coordination

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said he would hold a meeting with all the MLAs and MPs of Bengaluru on July 27 to discuss improving coordination among various agencies in the city for better governance. Shivakumar, who is also the Minister in-charge for Bengaluru Development was replying to Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka and BJP MLAs S Suresh Kumar and K C Ramamurthy, during the Question Hour in the Legislative Assembly. "I agree with the concerns raised by the members of the House. There is a lack of coordination among various agencies in Bengaluru. We have done a lot of work to improve the inter-agency coordination over the last one year, but we have had only partial success. "If the Opposition members cooperate, we can discuss various coordination issues such as traffic congestion, drinking water, waste disposal, street lights, tax collection, etc in the meeting," Shivakumar said. "We can either hold a detailed discussion in the House or we can hold

This pani-puri vending machine from Bengaluru is spicing up the internet

Bengaluru is trending on social media after the image of an automatic pani-puri vending machine located at its HSR layout road is going viral

Samsung in talks with component partners to boost operations in India

Samsung views India as a crucial market with Noida and Bengaluru becoming one of its biggest R&D centres, and is in talks with Indian component partners to strengthen its operations, a senior official said. Samsung Electronics President and Head of Mobile eXperience (MX) Business TM Roh was speaking at a media roundtable here on the sidelines of Samsung Unpacked 2024. "The Indian market is very important to Samsung. We have operated the manufacturing facility since 1996, and we also have R&D centres in India. Noida and Bengaluru R&D centres have become one of the biggest R&D centres of Samsung and MX business. "They are busy developing flagship products as well as contributing to the development of Galaxy AI technologies," Roh said, adding that these collaborations and efforts will continue in the future. In January this year, Roh termed India as one of Samsung's important manufacturing bases and said that the Korean electronics major will start manufacturing laptops ..

BCD group bags order worth Rs 184 cr for housing project in Bengaluru

Construction firm BCD Group has bagged Rs 184 crore worth of work order in Bengaluru to construct a residential project in Bengaluru. In a statement on Monday, BCD Group said it has bagged construction work for a residential project from Ramsons Trendsquares in Bengaluru. The housing project 'Ramsons Trendsqure East Park Residences' has a 1.5 million square feet area. The scope of the work for BCD is a general civil contract. The project will need close to 700 skilled workers during the peak operations. The "Bengaluru real estate market is increasingly growing premium with home buyers looking for high-end projects from trusted developers. "As developers' preferred partners, we are at the forefront of bringing innovation and new construction technology to design, develop and market the project among the target customers," Angad Singh Bedi, Managing Director at BCD Group, said. BCD Group, established in 1952, is one of the leading players in the Indian construction and design ...

Super Sunday: Volley of sports action nets big gains for eateries

Wimbledon, Euro Cup, and Copa America drive late-night deliveries

Indian firm aims to launch 'space habitat' by 2027, in talks with SpaceX

Bengaluru-based AkashaLabdhi is designing a space habitat solution to accommodate six to 16 personnel, which it plans to launch by 2027

Bengaluru office stock to reach 330-340 msf by 2030: CII-CBRE

In Bengaluru, the technology sector accounts for 30-35 per cent of annual absorption, primarily in the commercial hubs of Outer Ring Road (ORR) and Whitefield

Xiaomi to showcase its first electric car SU7 EV on June 9 in India

Chinese technology company Xiaomi might not proceed with launching SU7 EV in the Indian market just yet, reports suggest. It aims to gauge the interest of Indian consumers in its electric cars

Cong govt in K'taka mired in competition for CM, Dy CM posts: Union min

Accusing the Congress government in Karnataka of being in deep slumber and mired in competition for Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister posts and internal rifts, Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Sunday urged the CM Siddaramaiah and his administration to "wake up" and save the people. Highlighting health issues such as dengue cases, also deteriorating law and order situation, stalled infrastructure projects in the state and the city among others, the Member of Parliament from Bangalore North accused the Siddaramaiah government of having forgotten the people amid its internal rifts. "There are several issues in the city and the state, and there is no government here that responds to it. This government is in a deep slumber. There is no use of telling anything to this government, it will be like pouring water on a rock," Karandlaje said. While speaking to reporters here, she said the only thing that is happening in this government is, competition as to who should become the Chi

Pixxel hopes to deliver satellites for Indian Air Force by mid-2025

The Indian Air Force (IAF) may launch satellites procured from space start-up Pixxel by mid-2025, giving a boost to its capabilities to keep vigil on the country's borders and beyond. The IAF has signed a contract with the Bengaluru-headquartered Pixxel Space founded by young entrepreneurs Awais Ahmed and Kshitij Khandelwal of BITS Pilani, while they were pursuing higher studies. "We should have that satellite up in space before the end of 2025, but likely we are aiming at mid-2025," Ahmed said in an interaction with PTI editors here. He said the task of Pixxel was to manufacture the satellite and hand it over to the IAF, which will operate the spacecraft. "In the case of the Indian Air Force for iDEX, we are not concerned with what the operations are. The operations will be mainly for looking at borders, looking at illegal testing, illegal growth and things like that. But we are not going to be operating the satellite," he said. Innovations for Defence Excellence, an initiative o

Drone deliveries to revolutionise quick commerce in urban areas by 2027

By 2027, drones will handle approximately 30% of all quick commerce deliveries in major cities