High Court refuses bail to Malleswaram blast accused
The High Court of Karnataka has rejected the bail application of Zulfikar Ali, an accused in the Malleswaram bomb blast case. Ali is accused of transporting gel ammonium nitrate-based explosive and...
View ArticleAnother woman harassed, attackers try to pull her top
The number of molestation cases opened by police in the first week of January has reached nine. A 22-year-old woman was allegedly molested by two bike-borne men on a service road at HRBR Layout, Kalyan...
View Article6 get Infy prize for contribution to science, humanities
The annual 'Infosys Prize' by the Infosys Science Foundation was awarded to six individuals at a ceremony on Saturday, for their contribution to the fields of science and humanities. The awards were...
View ArticleTwo molestation cases registered in city every day
On average, police register two cases of molestation every day in the city. Most of these cases are detected too. New Year for the city started on an ugly note with nine molestation cases being...
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Bus shelter neglectedThe bus shelter located on 24th Cross, 10th Main, Banashankari II Stage, is in a dilapidated state with corroded steel walls, old ad posters and damaged seats. One has to climb a...
View ArticleSnapdeal fined for delivering wrong product
A consumer court in the city has fined Snapdeal, an e-commerce company, for delivering a wrong product and not refunding the amount to the customer. The consumer court has passed an order directing...
View ArticleIndiranagar Open Streets will promote pub culture: local MLA
Close on the heels of citizens and residents' welfare associations (RWAs) opposing the Open Streets event scheduled to be organised at Indiranagar 100 feet Road on January 15, C V Raman Nagar MLA S...
View ArticleAn activity-filled Sunday for many on Kaikondrahalli lake bank
Hundreds of citizens took part in the third edition of Kaikondrahalli lake festival on Sunday. The lake, on Sarjapur Road, and its surroundings, were abuzz with activities. Organised by Mahadevpura...
View ArticleBBMP goes after commercial spaces in residential areas
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is cracking down on property owners who have violated its zoning regulations. The agency is issuing them individual notices seeking explanation for using...
View Article11 taken into custody in poaching case
The investigation team probing the poaching of sambar deer at Nettichowka Forest Range on Kemmangundi Road in Tarikere taluk have taken 11 poachers who were arrested on January 2, into custody on...
View Article2 nomads killed as lorry crashes into roadside tent
Two persons were killed and two injured after a speeding lorry crashed into a roadside tent near Archakarahalli in Ramanagaram on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway on Saturday.The police said the deceased...
View ArticleMarch aims to reclaim women's safety
Appalled by the molestation of women on Brigade Road on New Year's Eve, women in the city will take out a solidarity march on Brigade Road on January 11 to reclaim safety in public spaces. Called...
View ArticleWoman, lover held for trying to force minor girl into wedlock
Peenya police arrested a woman and her lover in Mandya on Friday for abducting a minor girl and forcing her into wedlock. Police said Shantha (name changed), a resident of Mallasandra in Peenya and her...
View ArticleJudicial Layout sites row continues to haunt Lokayukta appointment
Submitting a false affidavit to obtain a site at Judicial Layout in Bengaluru north was one of the reasons for the governor rejecting the state government's recommendation to appoint State Law...
View ArticleYour daily Assam tea is fake, the authentic one costs a bomb
Millions of people begin their day with a cuppa. But how authentic is the tea that they consume? If Assam government officials are to be believed, what people consume in the name of tea is actually an...
View ArticleModi impresses many first-timers; others put off by his speech, security
For first-time listeners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was inspiring. Inaugurating the sessions on the second day, Modi spoke about several issues concerning the...
View ArticleNow, wedding & film circuits beckon foreign tourists, NRIs
Not many people know that Indian weddings and films are a craze abroad. The Ministry of Tourism is now creating special wedding and film tourism circuits to attract foreigners and NRIs. Speaking at a...
View ArticleNRIs irked as interactions take a backseat at B2B event
Not everyone was happy with the way the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) has been organised. Many delegates had a reason to feel unhappy as they could not even move when Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
View ArticleUpset at TV channel's misreporting, FSL staff refuse to work with cops
The city police are yet to begin their investigations into two molestation cases registered at Banaswadi police station as the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) staff - two women and a man - failed to...
View Article8 workers injured as centring gives way
Eight construction workers sustained minor injuries after the centring sheets fixed for moulding gave way at an under-construction building in Divyashree Technopark near Vydehi Hospital in Whitefield...
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