Enforcement Directorate to attach more assets of Jayachandra
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to attach more properties belonging to S CJayachandra, the suspended project officer of State Highways Development Project, who is now in the judicial...
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Timely help from cops in state earns praise from damsels in distress
Social media posts about two policemen helping women, including one from Germany, during their distress, have gone viral. Arasaiah, an assistant sub-inspector, Halasuru traffic police station dropped a...
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Panel: Mantri mall wall collapsed as eroded beam couldn't bear load
The steel in the cantilever beam of a portion of Mantri Square mall eroded and weakened due to continuous seepage and displaced from its location causing the passage way collapse on January 16, the...
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Apple's first India plant in Bengaluru by June
The iPhone-maker Apple, which is betting big on India, will set up its first manufacturing facility in the country at the Peenya industrial area here by June. Apple on Thursday held discussions with...
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Ugandan woman stabbed to death in Bengaluru
A 24-year-old Ugandan woman was murdered at her house in Kothanur in the early hours of Thursday. Nakayaki Florence was a BCom student, and a native of Kampala in Uganda. Ishaan (27), who reportedly...
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NEET in Kannada, little use to students
Even though the Union government has approved conducting the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 in Kannada, that may be of little help to students as they do not have study material in...
View ArticleVarsity scraps dress code, Hindu students protest
Kuvempu University's decision to withdraw dress code imposed on students of Sahyadri college in the city triggered a protest on Friday.Wearing saffron shawls, Hindu students demanded implementation of...
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3 trees felled for skywalk near planetarium
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike on Friday felled three trees and pruned branches of 16 trees to facilitate construction of a skywalk between Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium and the National...
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10K turn up on Day 1
An estimated 10,000 movie buffs turned up for the screenings of the 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival (Biffes), which formally kicked off at PVR Cinemas, Orion Mall, here on Friday. As many as...
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Of Arab Spring, censorship and hope
The euphoric high of the Arab Spring had propelled most ordinary Egyptians to dream high. Their collective spirits had soared with the revolution, before that fatal twist in the tale. As filmmaker,...
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KV principal held for lewd talk with student
The principal of a prominent school was arrested for making obscene gestures and using sexually-coloured language with a girl student. Kumar Thakur, principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Hebbal, allegedly...
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Men on bike shoot at Cong leader at busy junction
Two men on a motorbike blocked a politician's car and fired at him on Friday. He was injured, but police reckon he will survive. Kadabagere Srinivas was near Kogilu Cross, on the highway to the...
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Metro Phase 1 set to meet April deadline
Work on the underground section of the Metro, between National College and Kempegowda (Majestic) stations, will be completed in a week. That means the first phase of Namma Metro will meet the April...
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Ola, Uber seek 2 weeks to shut ride-sharing
Transport officials on Friday impounded 32 cars attached to Ola and Uber after the app-based taxi aggregators defied orders to shut down the car-pooling service on their platforms. Company...
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Newborn girl abducted from Jayanagar General Hospital ICU
An unidentified man abducted a five-day-old baby girl from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the state-run Jayanagar General Hospital in Jayanagar 4th Block on Friday. The police and the baby's parents...
View ArticleUgandan murder: Cops object to social media post
The city police have taken strong objection to Africans posting mobile footage on social media of the murdered Ugandan national with the accused. The post that has been making rounds on Facebook,...
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23 injured as BMTC bus hits parapet, falls off old bridge
A BMTC bus hit the parapet of a bridge and fell into a riverbed near Tavarekere in Magadi taluk, 35 km west of Bengaluru, on Friday morning, leaving at least 23 passengers injured. The bus (route...
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Choreography programme attendees set for final show
After a month of discussions and intense practice sessions, participants in the FACETS International Choreography Residency will be showcasing their final performances at the eighth edition of...
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A taste of the globe at Attakkalari Biennial Art 2017
The eighth edition of Attakkalari India Biennial (AIB) got off to a grand start at Chowdiah Memorial Hall here on Friday evening. The audience knew they were in for a rich cultural potpourri as the...
View ArticlePetition in HC for quashing of CET-2017 notification
The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered issuance of notice to the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) in a PIL seeking quashing of the notification calling for admission to professional courses...
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