Bengaluru, the city often dubbed India’s Silicon Valley, has once again found itself in the middle of a social media storm after a viral post captured the stark contrast between the calm of Dasara holidays and the chaotic traffic that followed immediately after. The post, shared by a resident named Shivaram on X (formerly Twitter), […]
BMW Techworks, the technology arm of German luxury carmaker BMW, has taken a big step to strengthen its presence in India’s tech capital. The company has signed a lease agreement for a massive 58,900 square feet of premium office space in Bengaluru’s Whitefield area, one of the city’s top business and IT hubs. The deal, […]
India is witnessing a remarkable surge in wealth creation, with the number of billionaires rising faster than ever before. The Hurun India Rich List 2025 reveals that 1,687 new individuals have joined the Rs 1,000 crore club this year, bringing the total count of billionaires in the country to more than 350. This impressive increase […]
The long-delayed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project in Bengaluru has been revived and rebranded as the Bengaluru Business Corridor (BBC), marking a major step toward modernizing the city’s mobility and development landscape. Conceived nearly two decades ago to ease Bengaluru’s crippling congestion, the PRR had faced repeated delays due to land acquisition hurdles, rising costs, […]
Bengaluru, long hailed as India’s Silicon Valley, is facing a noticeable slowdown in its job market. Once the go-to destination for IT professionals and tech startups, the city’s employment landscape is now being reshaped by two major forces: the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and tighter US work visa policies influenced by former President […]
On October 2, 2025, during a visit to Colombia, Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi addressed students at EIA University, offering a candid assessment of India’s political landscape. He characterized the current state of affairs as a “wholesale attack on Indian democracy,” highlighting policies like demonetization and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as detrimental to […]
The tragic stampede during the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) victory celebration on June 4, 2025, which claimed 11 lives and left 56 injured, has regained public attention following a similar catastrophe at actor-turned-politician Vijay’s rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu, on September 27, 2025. Both incidents highlight recurring challenges in crowd management, event planning, and safety […]
In a major push towards sustainable urban mobility and better public spaces, Bengaluru is set to receive ₹124.5 crore for a range of development works focused on pedestrians, traffic management, and greening initiatives. The funding comes under the Chief Minister’s Nava Nagaroththana Scheme, aimed at transforming the urban experience in fast-growing cities like Bengaluru. The […]
Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) – a stretch often synonymous with bumper-to-bumper traffic and long, frustrating commutes – saw a surprising transformation on Maha Navami. In what can only be described as a rare and welcome moment of calm, commuters reported completing their usual hour-long journeys in less than half the time. On some stretches, […]
The Karnataka government is taking a major step toward digitising governance by making millions of revenue records accessible to the public through online platforms. With the digitisation of more than 65 lakh files and 8.2 lakh registers — amounting to nearly 45 crore pages — the initiative is expected to simplify public access to important […]
