Author: Rahul M

According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Bengalur’s climate pattern.Bangalore residents will experience a mild and damp day on July 15, 2025, with temperatures ranging from 20.8°C to 27°C and an 89% chance of rain. The day will feature scattered showers, patchy rain, and wind speeds up to 32.4 km/h, while humidity levels will hover around 71%.The morning begins at 20.8°C, creating ideal conditions for outdoor activities. By midday, temperatures will reach 27°C, maintaining comfortable conditions throughout the day.Light showers are expected throughout the day with total precipitation of 0.32 mm. Partly…

Bengaluru: The 218th edition of the annual Lalbagh Independence Day flower show, scheduled from Aug 7 to 17, will pay a floral tribute to Kittur Rani Chennamma and Sangolli Rayanna, Karnataka’s iconic freedom fighters. Their stories of resistance against British colonial rule will be recreated through elaborate flower arrangements inside the famed Glass House.The show is expected to draw a record 11 lakh visitors, surpassing the 4.7 lakh footfall seen during the Republic Day edition earlier this year. “The theme this time is the valiant fight led by Chennamma and Rayanna in the 1820s. Their sacrifice and patriotism will be…

Bengaluru: Buckling under pressure from political and real-estate lobbies, the govt Monday reduced BMRCL’s land requirement for the Namma Metro rail project at Hebbal, in north Bengaluru, from 45 to 9 acres.With this, all future infrastructure facilities such as depot for Metro trains and even multi-level parking systems for train users stand nixed. Instead, what will come up at the important transport hub will be high-rise commercial buildings, upscale residential facilities, and star hotels to be constructed by private players. At the high-power committee meeting chaired by chief secretary Shalini Rajneesh in the city, BMRCL said it had scaled down…

Bengaluru: Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, who oversees Karnataka, is facing a backlash following his latest visit to Bengaluru, which marked the beginning of his third round of performance review meetings with ministers.His arrival Monday and closed-door interactions with ministers BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan and Byrathi Suresh have deepened unease within the party. One-on-one meetings with other ministers are scheduled to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday.Just days earlier, Surjewala had met nearly 90 Congress MLAs to hear their grievances and restore discipline within the party. The move came after several legislators, including seniors such as BR Patil and…

Bengaluru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar’s aspiration to lead Karnataka may have hit a pause, but political undercurrents suggest his ambition to become CM burns as bright as ever. Incumbent Siddaramaiah has affirmed he will complete a full five-year term as CM, and Congress’ high command appears to have endorsed this stand — for now.Siddaramaiah’s remarks that the CM post is not vacant and that “Shivakumar has endorsed my view, and he has no backing of MLAs”, are being seen as an attempt to shut down talk of a rotational arrangement that was rumoured to take shape by the end…

AS THE confusion over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission in Bihar continues, the BJP too is feeling the heat. Acting reportedly on adverse reports from the ground, Bihar BJP organisation secretary Bhikhu Bhai Dalsania on Monday held a meeting with 26 state functionaries, instructing them to fan out across the state, meet voters, remove their apprehensions, and help the party’s supporters with the enrolment process.Sources said the worry in the party is that it has let Opposition — which has been warning of “mass disenfranchisement” and questioning “the EC’s haste” – drive the narrative…

Officials from Assam have told the Election Commission (EC) that since it is the only state to have already carried out the exercise of preparing the National Register of Citizens (NRC), this should be factored in whenever the poll panel frames its timelines and decides the list of eligibility documents for the state’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, The Indian Express has learned.Sources in the Assam government said that since the EC is also looking at the citizenship aspect to determine eligibility for inclusion in the electoral roll — and given that Assam has already undertaken a citizenship…

Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) is making its entry into the undergraduate space, offline this time. IIMB will launch a four-year UG programme with majors in economics and data sciences for the academic year 2026-27.The BSc (Hons) programme in economics will have a minor in data science and business. The potential electives include public policy, auction theory, development economics, algorithmic game theory, environmental economics, and health economics, among others. The BSc (Hons) in data science will have minors in economics and business. The electives will include quantitative risk management, supply chain optimisation, big data computing, and combinatorial optimisation.Students must…

Kalaburagi/Bengaluru: Governing Congress Monday expelled Lingaraj Kanni, president of its Kalaburagi South Block unit, following his arrest by Maharashtra police in a drug peddling case.Kanni, said to be close to rural development and panchayat raj minister Priyank Kharge and Congress MLA Allamprabhu Patil, was apprehended by Thane police while allegedly attempting to sell narcotic substances. Police claimed they recovered 120 bottles of banned codeine-based syrup worth around Rs 27,000. A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Bazarpeth police station, and an investigation is on.In a statement, Kalaburagi District Congress Committee, said, “Kanni has…

New Line Cinema  This article contains a discussion of suicide. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 novel of the same name, the 2004 film “The Notebook,” directed by Nick Cassavetes, is undoubtedly one of the most swoonworthy movies of all time. The story of lovers Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling and James Garner) and Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes’ mother) is told throughout two timelines — one in the 1940s, where a young Noah and Allie fall in love and are torn apart by her wealthy family, and one…