Bengaluru Sound

The emergence of 34 COVID-19 cases of the JN.1 variant has sounded an alarm in Karnataka, a neighbouring state of Kerala that has been accounting for a big chunk of the new infections reported over the past week.

Explosions heard today in the heart of Bengaluru, on the route of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, caused a big scare until a short circuit was found to be the cause.

A loud sound similar to that of an explosion was heard this morning at a town some 32 km from Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. The sound was reported from Bidadi, home to several quarry businesses.

OnePlus Nord 5G charger exploded when it was connected to a socket, a software developer from Bengaluru has reported on Twitter. OnePlus acknowledged the explosion but said that the blast had been caused due to external factors including voltage fluctuations. The company also offered a replacement charger shortly after Gadgets 360 reached out for a...

A loud sound alarmed residents of Bengaluru this afternoon and led to multiple tweets.

A COVID-19 alert has been sounded in an apartment complex in Bengaluru after 10 people were found positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Monday.

A mysterious "boom" heard in large parts of Bengaluru this afternoon that left residents of the city and social media users puzzled later turned out to be the sonic boom of a test aircraft.

The move by rebel ruling Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh to trigger the crisis for the party's government in the state appears to have been in the making for at least close to a month as Karnataka BJP leaders were sounded about hosting them in Bengaluru in advance, sources said.

PVR Cinemas is bringing IMAX with Laser to Bengaluru at The Forum Mall, Koramangala, Gadgets 360 has learnt. That would make PVR Forum IMAX, Koramangala the fourth IMAX with Laser screen in the country, after Mumbai, New Delhi, and Chennai.

Amid prayers and the sound of a bugle, George Fernandes'sashes were on Friday buried at a colonial-era cemetery in the heart of Delhi, and part of the remains will be taken to Bengaluru, his family said.

In Bengaluru, loud crackers may bring your house down, literally, warns a top official of the city as India prepares to celebrate the Diwali festival. Record rain in the city - more than in the last 115 years with 1400 mm in two months compared to an annual average of 900 mm has left buildings weakened. Bengaluru civic chief Manjunath Prasad says t...

A day after Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah sounded an emergency and asked for over 15,000 potholes on Bengaluru's scarred roads to be fixed within 15 days, another woman died on Tuesday when she was flung from a scooter and crushed by a lorry near Devanahalli in the Karnataka capital. Four people have died since last week in Bengaluru in accidents ...

The Indian Music Experience is a museum coming up in Bengaluru - funded by donations, the state, central governments and the IME Trust - a non-profit charitable organization, supported by the Brigade Group. The interactive museum itself will be opened later this year, but a 'Sound Garden' at the location in south Bengaluru was formally opened to th...

Bengaluru's lakes are slowly being choked, fear the city's residents. Toxic foam has taken over Whitefield's Varthur lake. And now, luxury condos may come up soon next to Malleswaram's Sankey tank, which, locals say, will destroy the lake's avian habitat and contaminate the water with sewage.

Over the years as a television journalist, I have been asked several times which stories have left most impact on me. There have been big news stories - the devastating Tsunami, the kidnaps and murders committed by Veerappan, violent clashes over the river Cauvery, air crashes, the turmoil of elections, floods and droughts.

The emergence of 34 COVID-19 cases of the JN.1 variant has sounded an alarm in Karnataka, a neighbouring state of Kerala that has been accounting for a big chunk of the new infections reported over the past week.

Explosions heard today in the heart of Bengaluru, on the route of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, caused a big scare until a short circuit was found to be the cause.

A loud sound similar to that of an explosion was heard this morning at a town some 32 km from Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. The sound was reported from Bidadi, home to several quarry businesses.

OnePlus Nord 5G charger exploded when it was connected to a socket, a software developer from Bengaluru has reported on Twitter. OnePlus acknowledged the explosion but said that the blast had been caused due to external factors including voltage fluctuations. The company also offered a replacement charger shortly after Gadgets 360 reached out for a...

A loud sound alarmed residents of Bengaluru this afternoon and led to multiple tweets.

A COVID-19 alert has been sounded in an apartment complex in Bengaluru after 10 people were found positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Monday.

A mysterious "boom" heard in large parts of Bengaluru this afternoon that left residents of the city and social media users puzzled later turned out to be the sonic boom of a test aircraft.

The move by rebel ruling Congress MLAs in Madhya Pradesh to trigger the crisis for the party's government in the state appears to have been in the making for at least close to a month as Karnataka BJP leaders were sounded about hosting them in Bengaluru in advance, sources said.

PVR Cinemas is bringing IMAX with Laser to Bengaluru at The Forum Mall, Koramangala, Gadgets 360 has learnt. That would make PVR Forum IMAX, Koramangala the fourth IMAX with Laser screen in the country, after Mumbai, New Delhi, and Chennai.

Amid prayers and the sound of a bugle, George Fernandes'sashes were on Friday buried at a colonial-era cemetery in the heart of Delhi, and part of the remains will be taken to Bengaluru, his family said.

In Bengaluru, loud crackers may bring your house down, literally, warns a top official of the city as India prepares to celebrate the Diwali festival. Record rain in the city - more than in the last 115 years with 1400 mm in two months compared to an annual average of 900 mm has left buildings weakened. Bengaluru civic chief Manjunath Prasad says t...

A day after Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah sounded an emergency and asked for over 15,000 potholes on Bengaluru's scarred roads to be fixed within 15 days, another woman died on Tuesday when she was flung from a scooter and crushed by a lorry near Devanahalli in the Karnataka capital. Four people have died since last week in Bengaluru in accidents ...

The Indian Music Experience is a museum coming up in Bengaluru - funded by donations, the state, central governments and the IME Trust - a non-profit charitable organization, supported by the Brigade Group. The interactive museum itself will be opened later this year, but a 'Sound Garden' at the location in south Bengaluru was formally opened to th...

Bengaluru's lakes are slowly being choked, fear the city's residents. Toxic foam has taken over Whitefield's Varthur lake. And now, luxury condos may come up soon next to Malleswaram's Sankey tank, which, locals say, will destroy the lake's avian habitat and contaminate the water with sewage.

Over the years as a television journalist, I have been asked several times which stories have left most impact on me. There have been big news stories - the devastating Tsunami, the kidnaps and murders committed by Veerappan, violent clashes over the river Cauvery, air crashes, the turmoil of elections, floods and droughts.