Late Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar to be conferred Karnataka Ratna on November 1The Karnataka Ratna was last awarded to Dr Virendra Heggade for social service in 2009.
06 Aug, 2022, 12.36 PM IST
Puneeth Rajkumar to be conferred Karnataka Ratna posthumously on November 1 says CM"We have decided to confer Karnataka Ratna award to Puneeth Rajkumar on November 1, we will be forming a committee consisting of Rajkumar f...
05 Aug, 2022, 01.23 PM IST
Retired entrepreneur collects rare & vintage postmarks, has around 25K postal coversSushil Mehra's collection tracks the history of India & Bengaluru.
21 Nov, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
Donate 'streedhan': In 1927, Gandhi persuaded women in Bengaluru to make a differenceThe father of the nation visited Bengaluru five times — in 1915, 1920, 1927, 1934 and 1936.
04 Oct, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
The Lalbagh Flower Show which began in 1900s was inspired by the Chelsea Flower ShowThe aim of the show was to educate people and showcase the botanical riches of the garden.
25 Jan, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Inside the 150-yr-old bungalow that once housed the horticulturist behind Bengaluru’s Garden City tagPart of the 10,000-sqft British-era building (among the first to get a heritage tag in the city) the bungalow houses the MH Marigowda Natio...
16 Nov, 2017, 03.56 PM IST
Layers of Lalbagh: From rocks dating back to 3,000 mn years and a watchtower built by Bengaluru’s ‘founder’ Kempe GowdaThe Independence Day flower show that opens in Lalbagh today is just one of the several layers of history that this botanical reserve repre...
04 Aug, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
View: What Lucknow's ladies wantBihar had its women forcing chief minister Nitish Kumar to put prohibtion on the electoral promises table. Does UP's – or, at least, Luckno...
18 Feb, 2017, 08.44 AM IST
Lucknow, that old wine in a vintage bottle, goes to polls to change it allWith Lucknow voting tomorrow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh is strange, kitschy couture as it calmly goes about its utterly chaotic bus...
18 Feb, 2017, 08.36 AM IST
Engineer's Day: The inspirational journey of Sir M VisvesvarayaAll the while, he survived largely on free food offered by temples, studied under street lamps and gave tuitions
15 Sep, 2016, 03.53 PM IST
Date with history: All you need to know about the iconic Lalbagh's Glass House built in 1889The Lalbagh garden, spread across 25 acres today, was commissioned by ruler of Mysuru, Haider Ali, in 1760 and was completed by his son Tip...
11 Aug, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
The mystery behind naming Bengaluru's AV Road revealedAlbert Victor Road, named after the prince of Wales, is seeing many changes to its name. ET explains the story behind these names.
04 Jun, 2015, 12.22 PM IST
Date with History: Chamarajpet, Bengaluru's overcrowding led to this first extension in 1892Chamarajpet derives its name from Chamarajendra Wodeyar, who ruled from 1868 to 1894 and was known for progressive thinking.
02 Apr, 2015, 10.32 AM IST
Nandan Nilekani brings Facebook, Twitter to poll battlefieldNilekani is engaging his constituency in a dialogue that appears to be aimed at emphasising, above all, that he is very much a Bangalore ma...
19 Feb, 2014, 08.33 AM IST