Nallurhalli residents come out in protest against neglect of area
Battered roads, reeking open drains, dust and mosquito menace are the bane of Nallurhalli in Hagadur ward of HAL Road.Years of neglect by civic authorities and public representatives has forced...
View ArticleImprove water supply, maximise tax collection, panel tells Palike
The Fourth Finance Commission has made a slew of suggestions to improve the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's (BBMP) financial health.At a meeting on Wednesday at the Palike head office, chairperson...
View ArticleEx-principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya suspended
Kumar Thakur, former principal of Kendriya Vidyalaya Hebbal, who had been arrested and later released on bail on charges of sexually harassing a girl student, was suspended on Thursday by the KV...
View ArticleTeacher who punished kids was unqualified: KSPCR
The teacher, who allegedly hit children in a nursery class of an ICSE school in Halasuru and shamed them by pulling down their undergarments, was not qualified for the post, the Karnataka State...
View ArticleOn Day 3, airbase turns picnic spot
Picnics moved from parks to the Yelahanka Air Force Station on the third day of Aero India 2017. Families with excited children, curious couples and groups of friends made themselves comfortable on the...
View ArticleNigerian drug peddler caught
The CCB police arrested a Nigerian and seized 35 gm of MDMA, a banned substance, from him. The accused is Frank Onyedikachi, 34, a native of Elugu in Nigeria.On a tip-off, the CCB police arrested the...
View ArticleMan bludgeons brother to death
A 58-year-old car driver was murdered by his brother at their house in Basaveshwaranagar on Wednesday night. The deceased is Prakash Rao, a resident of Manjunathnagar.Police said Prakash used to come...
View ArticleACB traps Bescom engineer
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Wednesday arrested a Bescom assistant engineer while receiving bribe from an electrical contractor.The accused is Nagaraj N, assistant engineer at...
View ArticleKidnapped girl rescued in AP
Bagalagunte police rescued a 15-year-old girl and arrested three minor youths who had kidnapped her. The girl's parents had filed a missing complaint with the police , saying their daughter had not...
View ArticleYelahanka MLA behind attack on me: APMC chief
The police on Wednesday recorded the statement of Dasanapura APMCpresident Kadabagere Srinivas, who was shot at by two bike-borne men near Kogilu Cross, off Yelahanka on February 3. Later, in a...
View ArticleCabbies' strike begins to hit commuters
Two cabbies attached to Ola attempted suicide during the mass protest by cab drivers outside the company's headquarters at Murugeshpalya, east Bengaluru, on Thursday. Cab-hailing services in the city...
View ArticleDFRL develops edible cutlery for forces
The Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), set up in Mysuru under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has developed cutlery that can be consumed after use. Edible bowls, spoons...
View ArticleWhere drawing board ideas take shape, literally
Though Rafale, Advanced Hawk and Tejas were parked hardly 50 metres away, visitors were no less enthralled by the miniature and scaled-down models of planes, helicopters and tankers on display at the...
View ArticleFire engulfs Bellandur lake, this time from trash heap
A fire broke out at Bellandur lake on Thursday, triggering panic among motorists on the busy Sarjapura Main Road.The flames raged for a while, and the area was enveloped by huge clouds of smoke. Fires...
View ArticleEnhancing BrahMos supersonic cruise missile range: Test on March 10
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile's range of a paltry 290 km has been its biggest drawback. But an upgraded version with a range of 450 km will be tested on March 10, boosting its potential to...
View ArticleOla, Uber cabs not plying till Tuesday
Those depending on taxis will now have to look at other options as taxi drivers associated with app-based services have decided to stay off roads till Tuesday. This decision was taken after over 2,000...
View ArticleUnique IDs to reduce defence procurement cost by 30%
The cost of defence procurement will come down by up to 30% if the proposal to adopt a system to standardise military products is cleared by the government. The proposal is to give each product used by...
View ArticleIndia may buy $3 bn worth of Israeli defence equipment
Israel would like to expand the current seller-buyer relationship with India and strengthen it further along with Make in India initiatives to boost technology tie-up, said Israeli ambassador Daniel...
View ArticlePlans to revive three passenger aircraft projects
Eager to boost air connectivity through upgraded small airports, India has proposed to revive three passenger aircraft projects: the 14-seater Saras, a 70-seater regional transport aircraft (RTA-70)...
View ArticleRemote airports' revival may up biz jet sale
Do business jet operators see an opportunity in the Union government's Regional Connectivity Scheme to revive over 500 defunct airports across the country? It is too early, but going by the poor...
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