Tax department typist caught taking bribe
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday arrested a typist of the Commercial Tax Department on charges of bribery. The suspect is Srinivas Murthy, working at the Indiranagar office of the...
View ArticleNo technical faults with bus, says KSRTC
KSRTC officials on Tuesday said there was no technical or mechanical fault in the bus that caught fire near Nelamangala. KSRTC managing director Rajender Kumar Kataria said the fuel tank, tyres,...
View ArticleTamil Nadu ex-ministers disallowed from meeting Sasikala
Three former ministers of the Tamil Nadu government were denied permission to meet AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan at the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, on Tuesday. Prison authorities...
View ArticleMinister suggests lifestyle changes in fight against climate change
The 13th National Agricultural Science Congress on the theme 'Climate-smart Agriculture' was inaugurated at the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru (UAS-B) on Tuesday. Jointly organised by...
View ArticlePalike invites suggestions for budget on its website
The BBMP has invited suggestions from the public on its website for its upcoming budget, in a step towards making it a citizen-friendly budget.Citizens can log on to the website www.bbmp.gov.in and...
View ArticleCartoons convey a serious message on road safety
Media should go beyond reporting accidents and must create awareness among the public about road safety, said cartoonists who won prizes at a state-level competition organised by the Transport...
View ArticleSchool director, coordinator, MD held in sexual assault case
The police arrested the director, managing director and coordinator of the nursery school in connection with the sexual assault on a three-year-old girl by the school's supervisor.They are Dr Veena...
View ArticleWoman creates a scene at top cop's office
A 34-year-old woman created a scene at the police commissioner's office on Tuesday by screaming aloud that she and her two daughters had consumed poison. The woman said she took the extreme step as...
View ArticleParents demand action against school management
The father of the sexual assault victim said several parents had gathered near the school on Tuesday to discuss the issue. He added, "Several of them expressed support to our family. We want action...
View ArticleOla, Uber services to be hit from today
The operations of app-based taxis, aggregated by Ola and Uber, are likely to be hit from Wednesday onwards as drivers have decided to go on an indefinite strike till their demands are met.Ola,...
View Article353 cars, 1,372 bikes hit Bengaluru daily in 2016
On an average, 353 new cars and 1,372 new bikes joined the city's slow-moving traffic every day in 2016, taking the total number of vehicles to 66.65 lakh.As per the statistics from the Transport...
View Article60% of frontline forest dept posts are vacant, says PCCF
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (wildlife) B J Hosmath on Wednesday said that over 60% of frontline posts in the department are lying vacant.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the...
View ArticleCabbies on strike, Uber office windows smashed
Alarge number of drivers of cab aggregators Ola and Uber on Wednesday struck work and came on to the streets protesting against their employers and the transport department. While a few drivers in the...
View ArticleYeddyurappa sees Rs 3,500-cr scam in BBMP
Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has alleged rampant corruption in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), saying no receipts were kept for taxes to the tune of Rs 3,500 crore and that the...
View ArticlePalike's number game over pourakarmikas
The city has as many as 160 pourakarmikas for each of the 198 wards, going by the claims of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. According to the civic body, Bengaluru has a total of 31,500...
View ArticleArkavathy Layout allottees, farmers protest
A large number of farmers and site allottees of Arkavathy Layout staged a protest at the BDA head office seeking justice.The government's indecision has left the site owners and the farmers in the...
View ArticleSubways, skywalks crying for attention
Pan stains, cracked walls, and fused lights greet you when you enter the city's pedestrian subways. The skywalks are only marginally better.Citizens hold their noses when they take the subway at the...
View ArticleNow, humble, healthy millets giving exotic dishes a new twist
Soon, you can relish an Italian delicacy with an Indian twist. Pasta that is conventionally made with plain flour, will now be made available with millets as the main ingredient. At the four-day 13th...
View ArticleYou can grow a pumpkin in your backyard
Now, pumpkin could be grown in a small flower planter in your own backyard. A new imported variety of pumpkin introduced by the Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) would make it possible....
View ArticleFee hike: Government rejects demand of private engg colleges
The state government has rejected the demand of private engineering colleges to increase course fee by 30% in the coming academic year. Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy and Medical...
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