Manual khatas not valid for property registration: minister
Directions have been issued to sub-registrars across the state not to entertain sale transactions of properties based on manual khatas and 11b documents.Addressing a press meet here on Monday,...
View ArticlePatient jumps to his death at Bowring Hospital
A 31-year-old patient jumped to death from the seventh floor of the new building at Bowring Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.According to the police, the deceased is Rukmini Kanth, a native of Kunigal,...
View ArticleHotel staff were sharing spoils, but new order will spoil their party
The Centre's directive which leaves it to the customer's discretion to pay service charge is seen as an unwelcome and unnecessary move by owners and employees of restaurants in the city. The industry...
View ArticleIbrahim accused of forcible abortion of daughter's foetus
Karnataka Planning Board deputy chairman and former Union minister C M Ibrahim has been accused of forcefully having his daughter Ifa's foetus aborted. She was rushed to Vikram Hospital in a critical...
View ArticleMolestation: Cops register FIR based on citizen's evidence
The police on Tuesday registered a suo moto FIR in connection with molestation of women during the New Year's Eve.City police commissioner Praveen Sood told DH, "Based on evidence provided by a...
View ArticleProtecting women's modesty is state govt's duty: Rajnath
Describing the molestation during New Year's Eve celebrations in Bengaluru as "very unfortunate," Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that protecting modesty of women is the duty of state...
View ArticleAbu Azmi does it again, says women should be properly dressed
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara seems to have found an ally in Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra unit chief and MLA Abu Asim Azmi, who reiterated that women should be properly dressed and avoid...
View ArticleCM convenes meet on Jan 9 to pick Lokayukta
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened a meeting of a high-level committee on January 9 to pick the new Lokayukta.The anti-corruption agency has remained headless since December 2015 after Justice Y...
View ArticleAkrama-Sakrama: Both setback, floor area ratio rules must be followed
The much-awaited Akrama-Sakrama scheme will now be a reality, bringing relief to thousands of property owners in Bengaluru, who have constructed houses on revenue land or in violation of sanctioned...
View ArticleTo shed cost burden, Palike wants to wind up forest cell
The BBMP wants to merge its forest cell with the Forest department to avoid financial burden and ensure tree protection. The two departments have had many formal and informal meetings in the past on...
View ArticleThrust on students' skill development, lake revival in BBMP budget
Skill development for students in its schools and rejuvenation of lakes will be key features of the next Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike budget (BBMP).The civic agency has begun an exercise to...
View ArticleBail to accused in note exchange racket deferred
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday deferred granting bail to Chandrakanth Ramalingam, the contractor and one of the accused in the illegal currency exchange racket.Income Tax department sleuths had...
View ArticleIndustries booked for polluting Vrushabhavathi
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) filed cases against industrial polluters for discharging waste into the Vrushabhavathi valley, during a night vigil on Tuesday. The Board officials,...
View ArticleChild's heart flown to Chennai for transplant
The heart of a four-year-old boy from Bengaluru was transported to Chennai on Tuesday for transplantation.The police created a signal-free corridor from BGS Global Hospitals in Uttarahalli to...
View ArticlePolice track down phone to trace five footloose lads to Maharashtra
It was a stealthy joytrip to Maharashtra by five adventurous boys gone awry. Everything went well for the footloose lads till the police traced them, by tracking down the phone of the father of one of...
View Article'We didn't want to just sit down and lie to ourselves'
The brazen molestation of a woman in Kammanahalli in the early hours of New Year's Day, as captured by a CCTV camera, has shaken and rattled Bengaluru. The footage shows a woman, walking home after...
View ArticleParameshwara must go: Brinda
Women leaders on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Home Minister G Parameshwara for his remark on the reported mass molestation in Bengaluru. CPM politburo member Brinda Karat said his "derogatory"...
View ArticleCCB to probe 'mass molestation'
The CCB will investigate whether a large number of women were molested during New Year's Eve revelry on MG and Brigade Roads, though police are yet to register an FIR. The probe was entrusted to the...
View ArticleWomen's panel seeks report
The Karnataka State Commission for Women has taken suo motu notice of the Kammanahalli molestation based on media reports, its chairperson Nagalakshmi Bai told reporters on Wednesday. The commission...
View ArticleForced abortion: Police plaint against C M Ibrahim
A complaint has been filed with the Cubbon Park police against former Union minister and senior Congress leader C M Ibrahim, accusing him of forcibly aborting his daughter Ifa's foetus. The complaint...
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