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One lakh devotees worship god Shiva in Bangalore
Feb 21st
An estimated one lakh people from 60 countries assembled at the Art of Living (AoL) international centre on the city’s outskirts Monday to worship Hindu god Shiva on the occasion of the deity’s night-long festival. More >
Bangalore girl scorches New York ramp
Feb 14th
All eyes turned to New York last week when Bangalore girl Jyothsna Chakravarthy took a shy turn at the New York fashion week. The leggy lass, who was the only top Bangalore girl among a host of international names, shares her haute couture fashion week diary with TOI.
The 5′ 9″ Jyothsna first walked down the international runway in Paris in an India-inspired Paris-Bombay Metiers d’Art collection, unveiled by a top-of-the-line fashion house last year.
Bangalore artist shortlisted for UK prize
Jan 31st
Bangalore artist Sheela Gowda, who uses unconventional materials like cow dung, ash and hair to make sculptures, has been shortlisted for UK’s biggest contemporary art prize, the Artes Mundi.
Gowda is among seven artists chosen from over 750 nominations from around 90 countries. Gowda startedas a painter, but began making sculpture in response to events like Bombay riots and inequalities in India’s growth story.
Bangalore man with over 200 aliases held
Jan 24th
This fraudster with more than 200 aliases had such an ingenious way of changing his get-up that his photos belied his identity. More >
Bangalore team on way to universe’s origin
Jan 17th
In a bid to satiate the unending curiosity over the universe’s origins, an international team of scientists — including researchers from Bangalore — are building a powerful radio telescope in Australia that can look for clues of what went on when the first stars were formed.
Scientists from the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in Bangalore are part of this scientific mission to unravel the mysteries of the universe. Apart from the Indian team, American scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Curtin University in Australia are in efforts to build a powerful radio telescope by early next year that will allow them to see how the universe was formed.
1,500 people join Lokpal bill campaign in Bangalore
Dec 27th
About 1,500 people from all walks of life Tuesday joined campaign for a strong Lokpal bill and 25 people are on fast in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare at Freedom Park in the heart of the Karnataka capital. More >
Six get life term for Bangalore terror attack
Dec 20th
Six people, suspected to be members of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Karnataka court for a terror attack at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here in 2005 that killed a retired professor. Fast track court Judge VR Revankar awarded the punishment to Mohammed Riaz-ur-Rehman of Andhra Pradesh, and Afzar Pasha, Mehboob Ibrahim Saab Chopdar, Noorulla Khan, Mohammed Irfan and Nazim Uddin alias Munna, all from Karnataka.
Rajinikanth’s birthday: Bangaloreans celebrated
Dec 13th
Like people here, there and (don’t you dare doubt it) everywhere, Bangaloreans celebrated the Boss’s birthday in style on Monday. As Rajinikanth turned 61 years young, the city he once called home took to the streets with over-the-top celebrations.
The day started with the Ambulla Rajinikanth fan club performing Pal Abhishekam (cleansing with milk) on a Rajinikanth poster. “It was a 25 feet Rajinikanth poster,” said Selvakumar, a member. “We used 20 litres of milk for the occasion and distributed 50 kg of food to the needy. We cut a 63kg cake and watched a Rajinikanth film. I don’t remember what film we saw, but I can tell you it was great.”
Police Block Bangalore ‘Slut Walk’
Dec 6th
Bewildered supporters of “Slut Walk” Bangalore went home disappointed on Sunday morning after the city police clamped down on a scheduled march citing security reasons. “We had information that there might be a law and order problem,” said G. Ramesh, the local Deputy Commissioner of Police. “So, we asked the organizers to call it off.”
The organizers of the march, however, were surprised by the authorities’ volte-face. “We had written permission from the cops,” said Vikram Hemanathan, an engineering graduate who felt the time was right to bring the march to the city, “but we were given a call on Saturday night and were told of the cancellation.”
Bangalore best Indian city to live in
Nov 29th
Pipping past the four metro cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, southern technology hub Bangalore has emerged as the best city to live in India, a global survey said on Tuesday.
Despite its top Indian ranking, Bangalore’s worldwide rank is very low at 141st position in a list of 221 cities globally in terms of standard of living, compiled by the ‘Quality of Living Survey – Worldwide Rankings, 2011′ by the global HR (human resources) consultancy major Mercer.
