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Topic: Bengaluru

Mysore Sandal Soap, cigarettes & sambar—Bengaluru artist maps the city through its smells

Artist Indu Antony’s Vāsané project captures the city in sambar, smoke, rain and memory—turning overlooked scents into a living archive.

Bengaluru, Chennai eateries charging extra ‘gas bill’ to customers—‘we are being transparent’

As cylinder supplies dry up and costs skyrocket, food vendors say they are cutting menus, increasing prices or scrambling for alternatives just to keep their kitchens running.

Molested by customers, women gig workers say they work in fear

Quick home service workers in Delhi and Bengaluru are hired with promises of better pay and flexible hours. But the women say safeguards are few, and fear of job loss stops many from reporting harassment.

Bengaluru traffic woes may get ‘London-style’ solution. State finance panel proposes congestion tax

Karnataka’s Siddaramaiah-led govt has been discussing the tax at least since last September and is ‘likely to accept’ the recommendation of Fifth State Finance Commission.

Karnataka food minister says ‘give up 1 meal per week’, PGs introduce ‘crisis menu’ amid LPG panic

Invoking Lal Bahadur Shastri’s call for austerity measures during 1965 food shortage, Karnataka minister Muniyappa urged citizens to ‘give up one meal per week’.

Bengaluru hotels out of gas? Siddaramaiah warns eateries may shut as Centre prioritises domestic LPG

A possible commercial LPG shortage has alarmed Bengaluru’s food industry, prompting CM Siddaramaiah to write to Centre after hotels warn they may shut kitchens if cylinder supplies not restored soon.

Bengaluru forgotten in Karnataka Budget? No big-ticket infra or decongestion push, same old tunnel vision

Siddaramaiah announced that 41 km of additional Metro lines would be made operational during 2026-27 and added that 450 km of roads would be white-topped at Rs 3,000 crore.

Bengaluru’s MAP Academy is now Impart—interactive timelines, more resources on regional art

With the introduction of two new sections — Journeys and Timelines — Impart seeks to offer more collaborative research and multimedia storytelling on its platform.

Bengaluru’s badminton boom. Powered by techies, app, thousands of courts

Badminton is Bengaluru’s primary source of feel-good endorphins. In the city that produced Prakash Padukone and Ashwini Ponnappa, techies are now carrying the torch.

19-year-old Bengaluru student alleges gangrape at villa; one of two accused claims blackmail bid

Accused filed a police complaint day before student filed own complaint, alleged she was invited for a party at a villa where the two accused drugged and sexually assaulted her.

On Camera

BJP is blocking UDF from a landslide. How did Hindutva gain ground in Kerala?

It is curious to note that a section of the Hindu vote has seamlessly transferred between the BJP in the 2019 & 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the Left in the 2020 & 2025 local body polls.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.