Young mother ends life
A homemaker committed suicide by hanging herself at her house at Somasundarapalya, HSR Layout, on Friday.Sushmita, 22, was married to Vijayakumar for two years. Sushmita delivered a baby two months...
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Happy but still feel traumatised, says Jyothi
Expressing happiness over the arrest of her suspected assailant Madhukar Reddy, Corporation Bank staffer Jyothi Uday said she felt traumatised even three years after the incident that shook Bengaluru....
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Sheer chance, intensive grilling led police to ATM attacker
Madhukar Reddy spent four hours loitering in Cubbon Park after savagely attacking Jyothi Uday in a Corporation Bank ATM at NR Square here on November 19, 2013, oblivious of the massive police hunt for...
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Separate seats for elderly & the disabled in 485 libraries
There is good news for senior citizens and the disabled who hesitate to visit libraries for lack of comfortable sitting space. Seats will be reserved for them in 485 libraries across Karnataka,...
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Police still clueless about newborn abducted from Jayanagar hospital
The police are yet to trace the newborn that was abducted from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the government-run Jayanagar General Hospital in Jayanagar 4th Block on Friday."The police say that they...
View ArticleLadies bar owner who took on police ends life
The owner of a ladies bar was found hanging at his house in Sarakki, JP Nagar, south Bengaluru, on Sunday, police said. B N Jeevan, 36, the owner of Kajal Bar and Restaurant in Gandhinagar, had been...
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City police may get custody of ATM attack accused after fortnight
The city police will have to wait for at least 20 days to take Madhukar Reddy into custody to interrogate him for assaulting Jyothi Uday inside the Corporation Bank ATM centre near NRSquare on November...
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Work on laying Cauvery water pipes to 110 villages to begin soon
The BWSSB is all set to begin work to supply Cauvery water to the 110 villages on the outskirts of the city as the government has given administrative approval for laying the infrastructure to supply...
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FTII to start short-term courses outside Pune
The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, which has limited seats for its sought-after courses, will be taking knowledge of filmmaking to a wider audience through short-term courses,...
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Pocso Act: meet calls for taking victim's testimony as chief evidence
The first-ever national consultation on the implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, was held here at the weekend. Eminent child rights activists, prominent...
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Firing at APMC president: contract killers suspected
The northeast division police have sent special teams to Goa, Mangaluru and Hyderabad for collecting information about two bike-borne men who shot at rowdy-turned-politician Kadabagere Srinivas at...
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Electronics City women's helpline to get app, website
The students and the management of an institute in Electronics City, who have been running a helpline since 2013 for women in distress, plan to launch a mobile app and a website. The mobile app and...
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People's problems
Streetlights not working A few streetlights are not working on the service road that leads to Purva Riviera, Rohan Vasantha and Purva Fountain Square apartments below the Marathahalli bridge. Will the...
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Institutions to face heat over overstaying foreign students
The state government is contemplating action against educational institutions that fail to notify the police about overstaying foreign students. Home Minister GParameshwara gave an ominous warning...
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Be sensitive to crimes against women, media told
Home Minister GParameshwara on Monday called upon media professionals to be sensitive while reporting crimes involving women and children.Delivering a key note address during a two-day workshop...
View ArticleSlain Ugandan's landlord evicts 4 African tenants
The landlord of the Ugandan woman who was murdered last week has asked four of his tenants from African nations to vacate the houses. One of the tenants vacated the house on Saturday. K M...
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MR vaccination: notice to three city schools
As many as three city schools have been issued notice for not giving consent to the Health and Family Welfare department to carry out Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination drive.One school in Koramangala...
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BBMP starts penalising people for littering, not sorting waste
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started penalising people almost a week after the rule on mandatory segregation of waste at source came into force. While segregation of waste at...
View ArticleBook on Guru Dutt dwells on his classics
Legendary Hindi filmmaker from Karnataka, Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone or Guru Dutt, as he was better known, is still relevant today, said Arun Khopkar, author of the book 'Guru Dutt: A Tragedy...
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Lack of language leverage puts extra onus on N-E directors
Making it as an independent filmmaker is tough, but the challenge is magnified if you are one from the Northeast."Making a film is easy, but getting it released is extremely difficult," said Pradip...
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