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Watered down: Evaluating Bengaluru's future as India's IT capital

As Bengaluru segues from a parched summer to torrential rains, citizen groups and authorities evaluate the city's future as India's IT capital

HCG expands with two new state-of-the-art cancer care centres in Bengaluru

HCG's network presently encompasses 21 comprehensive cancer centres with 24 hospitals across India and Africa, and seven daycare centres

JD(S) MLA HD Revanna granted bail in kidnap case by Bengaluru court

A Special Court for Elected Representatives on Monday granted bail to JD(S) MLA H D Revanna in connection with a kidnap case. The 66-year-old former Minister was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in an alleged case of abduction of a woman, linked to the allegations of sexual abuse of women by his son and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, on May 4. The special court judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat heard the matter and granted conditional bail to Revanna. His three-day police custody ended on May 8, following which he was produced in the XVII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, which remanded him to seven days' judicial custody, till May 14. The case was registered following a complaint by the woman's son, who alleged that his mother was sexually abused by Revanna's son Prajwal. The woman was allegedly abducted to prevent her from testifying against Prajwal, police sources have said. The SIT has also secured the custody of Revanna's confidant Sathish Babanna in ...

IndiGo announces tri-weekly flights between Bengaluru, Deoghar from Jun 1

Low-cost carrier IndiGo has announced direct flights between Jharkhand's Deoghar and Bengaluru three times a week from June 1, a company statement said. The direct flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On these days, flight number 6E 6435 will take off from Bengaluru at 10.05 am and reach Deoghar at 12.25 pm. The return flight, 6E 6437, will leave Deoghar at 12.55 pm and land in Bengaluru at 3.25 pm, it said. The new route will enhance connectivity from the southern part of India to the famous religious hubs in Jharkhand, the airline said in a statement on Friday. With these new flights, Bengaluru will be airline's fifth destination be directly connected with Deoghar, after Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, and Delhi, it said. "We are pleased to announce direct flights between Bengaluru and Deoghar," the statement quoted the head of global sales at IndiGo, Vinay Malhotra, as saying. This will not only provide customers with access to the unexplored beauty of Jharkhand'

Bengaluru brew blues: Is India's Silicon Valley in for thirsty times ahead?

Recent data from the excise department reveals a staggering surge in beer sales across Bengaluru, with a whopping 61% of April 2023's total sales achieved within the first fortnight of this year

Why Bengaluru is likely to face beer shortage

Summer has arrived, and Bengaluru is thirstier for beer than ever before. But there's a problem—the city might run out of beer soon. Beer sales across Bengaluru have surged. But what's so special this

Oracle doubles down on artificial intelligence investments in India

Oracle Database 23ai, the latest release of Oracle's converged database, is in line with the company's sharp focus on AI

American spirits company Sazerac may hike John Distilleries stake to 60%

John Distilleries is the fourth largest liquor company in the country by volumes

Parseable raises $2.5 mn in seed round to expand log analytics services

Bengaluru-based company specialises in processing huge amounts of data generated by information technology systems

Why the failed delivery of Rs 187 ice cream, cost Swiggy more than Rs 5,000

The customer sought Rs 10,000 as compensation and an additional Rs 7,500 in litigation expenses from Swiggy for its failure to deliver the ice cream and subsequent refusal of a refund

Bengaluru marks 2nd highest temperature in history at 38.5 degree Celsius

The Bengaluru temperature breaks several records, the temperature on Sunday was recorded at 38.5 degrees, which is second highest in the last five decades

Lok Sabha election: Nearly half of the Bengaluru voters give polls a miss

Despite EC's efforts to enhance voter participation, Bengaluru saw a notable drop in voter turnout during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with only around half of eligible voters casting their votes

LS elections 2nd phase: Actor Prakash Raj casts vote in Bengaluru

The actor, clad in a red printed shirt and white trousers, arrived at his designated polling station in Bengaluru to get his finger inked

LS polls: India's Silicon Valley to vote amid searing heat, water shortages

About 10 mn citizens will cast their ballot in Bengaluru, which is home to the country's $194 billion IT services industry and houses the biggest office of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. outside New York

Startups want more funds, tax relief once the new govt takes office

Lack of significant funding, heavy tax deductions and import duties and red tape are some of the biggest hurdles that startups want the new government to address once it comes into power after polls

Edelweiss Alt's fund acquires Bengaluru's MMTP Projects for Rs 1,500 cr

Edelweiss Alternatives on Thursday said a fund managed by it has acquired Bengaluru's MMTP Projects for Rs 1,500 crore. The company owns an asset of 1.1 million square feet of gross leasable area in MFAR Manyata Tech Park, Bengaluru, and the acquisition has been done by Rental Yield Plus Fund, as per a statement. The park houses office spaces for companies from various sectors like manufacturing, BFSI, lifestyle, consumer goods, auto, technology, flex space, and consulting. The assets for the fund have surged to over Rs 2,500 crore with the recently completed acquisition, it said, adding that the overall gross leasable area (GLA) has crossed 1.8 msf in Bengaluru and Gurugram. "We are seeing strong appetite from global institutional investors, domestic institutional investors, UHNIs and family offices for investments in Commercial Office Assets in India," Edelweiss Alternatives' head of real assets strategy Subahoo Chordia said. Chordia added that he expects the Grade A/A+ office s

Bengaluru to experience Zero Shadow Day today: What you need to know

During Zero Shadow Day, the sun is positioned directly overhead at noon, causing objects on the ground to cast no shadow

'If B'luru stops saying yuck to treated wastewater, it'll never go thirsty'

Back in 2016, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, figured a way for the IT hub to stay water surplus. On an average, 20.05 TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of water is required every year for domestic purposes, CES's technical report established. Of which about 16.04 TMC, about 80 percent, could be met just by treating sewage water, suggested the report. Add to this, the rain yield, which is about 14.80TMC a year and Bengaluru could easily meet its water needs, the report stated. Cut to 2023. Some apartment owners of Emmanuel Heights in Hosa Road, Sarjapur, proposed setting up a sewage treatment plant in October. Little did they know that it would take them almost six months to convince the others. They all agreed only after the firm setting up the sewage treatment equipment put it in the agreement that they will buy all the treated water. Many people were adamant that not a drop of the treated water should be used inside the complex. ...

Fortis opens 80-bed tertiary hospital in Bengaluru, invests about Rs 7 cr

Fortis Hospital aims for an Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation (EBITDA) growth of about 20 per cent

Quess Corp Ajit Isaac seals record real estate deal at Rs 67.5 cr

The property is located in the southern suburb of Koramangala in Bengaluru, popularly known as billionaire street. Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal is among its residents