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All hope will be lost for tree-loving Bengalureans should the state have its way in felling 112 trees to widen Jayamahal Road.

Bengaluru: No axe on lung space at veterinary hospital

N. Shanta Kumar, Assistant Conservator of Forests has requested the Animal Husbandry Department not go ahead with the...

17 Jun 2017 3:57 AM IST

(Right) Jagadeesh M.R., director, Bangalore School of Music, plays the oud at a local art gallery.

Urban Legend: Sounds from the Silk Road Oud house' blues

The band will be performing next at the World Music Conference at Indiranagar Sangeeth Sabha on June 26.

17 Jun 2017 3:18 AM IST

Naveen Thomas, the guitarist of the band

We believe in tomorrow: Galeej Gurus

Thomas comes with rich experience too: he was part of alt rock outfit Junkyard Groove and still plays with Tattva Trip...

16 Jun 2017 3:04 AM IST

A popular community, it has spread to two lakh cities across the world and has about 12 million members. In the past, it has become very popular in Bengaluru, with people hosting travellers from all over the globe on their couch, free of cost. It is like Air Bnb, without the fee. (Representational image)

Hosting backpackers: It's a world on your couch

In the past, it has become very popular in Bengaluru, with people hosting travellers from all over the globe on their...

15 Jun 2017 5:05 AM IST

While fancy pedigree dogs may make good looking pets, they are much more than that, said Debaleena Ghosh, a city based animal welfare activist.

Want a Saint Bernards? Catch it on street

Activists say that they have seen a rapid growth in abandoning of pedigree dogs in the recent years.

14 Jun 2017 7:07 AM IST

â€œIt is going to be a peaceful creative protest , bringing to the fore the importance of this lung space through various arts,â€said Ms Harini Raghavan, one of the core members of Knights for Queens, a citizen forum fighting to save it.

Art world bats to protect vanishing lung spaces

Unique protest against axing of 100-yr-old trees in the Queen's Veterinary Hospital grounds.

11 Jun 2017 5:05 AM IST

â€œPuppetry is atleast a thousand years old and there are so many varieties of it,â€says Anupama Hosakere.

Pull those strings! Reviving puppetry, the forgotten art

Watch a show, take a puppet home or make one yourself this Santhe has it all!

9 Jun 2017 2:41 AM IST

Amish Tripathi, his latest book, Sita: Warrior of Mithila, the second in the Ram Chandra Series, hit the stands in May.

Tripathi's Sita: Wonder woman from Mithila

Sita: Warrior of Mithila, overturns the prevailing conceptions about the Ramayana's female protagonist.

9 Jun 2017 2:32 AM IST

On World Environment Day, is this how Bengalurus officials want us to celebrate it,â€argued Ms Priya Chetty Rajgopal, a member of the Citizens for Bengaluru forum fighting for the cause.

Bengaluru: Department torments ABC Centre, cuts power

92 trees on the premises are set to be axed.

6 Jun 2017 2:59 AM IST

Numerous varieties of dates on display at an outlet in Shivajinagar (Photo: R.Samuel)

Bengaluru: 47 varieties of dates under one roof in Shivajinagar

Dates from Mecca, Medina, Iran, Jordan, Tunisia and Iraq available at this outlet.

5 Jun 2017 7:18 AM IST

Karl Lutchmayer, the British-Goan pianist and music professor at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is in town for a recital and he wants you to come and talk to him after the show.

Intercontinental rhapsody

As the name implies, these concerts attempt to bridge the gap between the musician and the untrained listener.

2 Jun 2017 5:16 AM IST

The government, which imposes these taxes, clearly does not apply its mind enough to realise that marriage is a choice, but menstrual cycles are not.

Sanitary napkins aren't a luxury, period!

In government, at least, the understanding of women's issues seems still at a very nascent stage.

31 May 2017 3:29 AM IST