BENGALURU: A woman in Bengaluru has alleged that she was abused by an Uber auto driver because she is from Northeast. The woman, who goes by Enn Bii on Instagram, posted a video showing the driver, Pavan HS, demanding that she speak in Kannada and allegedly trying to hit her. She also claimed that the…
BENGALURU: A 31-year-old man was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a pub in Rajarajeshwarinagar, West Bengaluru, in the early hours of Friday. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained, police said. The deceased has been identified as Megharaj, also known as Meghanand, a resident of Ullal Main Road and a native of…
BENGALURU: A 40-year-old woman on Friday killed her two children before taking her own life at their residence in Bagalagunte, located in the north-west part of the city.The deceased have been identified as Vijayalakshmi, 40, and her children, 4-year-old Brunda and one-year-old Bhuvan.According to police, the children were strangled to death, while Vijayalakshmi was found…
Nigel Toon, cofounder and CEO of Graphcore MUMBAI: British semiconductor company Graphcore, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, is launching a new AI engineering campus in Bengaluru and planning to create 500 semiconductor jobs with up to $1.3 billion (1 billion pounds) invested over the next decade. The engineering centre will be a core part of…
DK Shivakumar (File Photo) BENGALURU: Why does Bengaluru’s traffic grab headlines while equally horrible congestion in Delhi or London barely raises eyebrows?This was the poser from DCM DK Shivakumar at a governance conference here on Wednesday. “In London, people spend three hours in traffic. In Delhi, it takes one-and-a-half hours to travel from the airport…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka has become the first state in India to approve 12 menstrual leaves for women in a year.The state govt announced that women working in state government offices, garment factories, multinational companies, IT firms, and other private-sector organisations will now be entitled to one paid menstrual leave per month. Officials stated that the…
A 34-year-old police head constable, working as driver for BJP opposition leader R Ashoka’s escort vehicle, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Byatarayanapura. BENGALURU: A 34-year-old police head constable, working as driver for BJP opposition leader R Ashoka’s escort vehicle, allegedly died by suicide at his residence in Byatarayanapura. The victim is Sharanappa…
Bengaluru: Anthropic, the AI firm behind the coding assistant Claude, said it will open an office in Bengaluru early next year, expanding its global footprint as international demand for its models continues to rise. The Bengaluru centre will be its second office in Asia-Pacific after Tokyo, which opens later this year. The announcement comes close…
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence major behind coding assistant Claude, said it will open an office in Bengaluru in early 2026, expanding its global footprint as international demand for its models continues to rise. The Bengaluru centre will be its second office in Asia-Pacific after Tokyo, which opens later this year.The move follows the San Francisco-based…
Lawyers protested outside the Karnataka high court on Wednesday against Rakesh Kishore NEW DELHI: Lawyers protested outside the Karnataka high court on Wednesday against Rakesh Kishore, the advocate who allegedly attempted to hurl an object at Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai in the Supreme Court earlier this week. Human rights activist Narsinhamoorthy said,…