Kammanahalli molestation victim identifies culprits
The police finally persuaded the victim of Kammanahalli molestation case to turn up for the identification parade at Parappana Agrahara central prison on Tuesday.The victim identified the accused,...
View ArticleRTE: govt to hike fees paid to schools
The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase the amount of tuition fee reimbursed to private school managements under the Right to Education Act.Reimbursement for primary classes has...
View ArticleGovt dumps Bengaluru steel flyover project
The Karnataka government on Thursday scrapped the controversial steel flyover project. Bengaluru Development Minister K J George announced the cancellation.The 6.9-km flyover was to connect...
View ArticleExpo on Kannada in IT
To introduce the public to the development of Kannada language in the field of information technology, a one-day exhibition will be held on March 5.Director of Kannada and Culture Department, K A...
View ArticleNo need to write NEET for Ayush seats: state govt
In what could come as a sigh of relief for hundreds of students, the state government has said that students need not write NEET to avail of Ayush seats this year.Minister for Health and Family Welfare...
View ArticleBear attack victim undergoes surgery
The critically injured victim of a bear attack is recovering at the BGS Gleneagles Global Hospitals here. The attack had taken place at Revenasiddeshwara Betta, Ramanagaram, around 7.30 pm on February...
View ArticleMedical device industry decries cap on stent prices
Members of AdvaMed India on Tuesday expressed concern over the recent capping of prices of coronary stents. They said it would limit the options for patients.Addressing a panel discussion in the city...
View ArticleFirms recall high-end stent stocks, new ones hard to come by
Distributors have not delivered new consignments of high-end coronary stents to a few hospitals in the city.What was available at regular intervals earlier is now available only on demand. A...
View ArticleOla, Uber drivers' hunger strike loses steam
Drivers associated with Ola and Uber called off their hunger protest on Thursday even as their strike seemed to have ended with nearly 10,000 taxis logging in to work with the app-based...
View ArticleTraffic restrictions from tomorrow
The city traffic police have imposed traffic and parking restrictions in and around M Chinnaswamy Stadium from March 4 to March 8 in the view of the second Test match between India and...
View ArticleWoman falls from second floor, dies
A 40-year-old wife of an Income Tax (IT) officer died after accidentally falling from the second floor of her house in Vyalikaval on Tuesday.The deceased is Hema Malini who was residing on the ground...
View ArticleACB sleuths find more assets of BBMP chief engineer
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have dug out more assets belonging to K T Nagaraju, chief engineer at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).The officials on Thursday opened the...
View ArticleGang assaults six people for no reason
A group of miscreants went berserk and assaulted people in Subramanyanagar and Rajajinagar on Thursday afternoon.The police said the injured are Sarvesh, Kumar Swamy, Mrutyunjaya, Arvind, Amith and...
View ArticleOnce a cop in Bahrain, now a 'luxury car thief'
An Indian national who worked as a policeman in Bahrain for eight years is now accused of stealing 11 high-end cars in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai.Pillakal Nazeer, 56, police believe, loves cars...
View ArticleEnough water to quench city's thirst till May: minister
There is sufficient water to meet the requirement of Bengaluru till May and precautionary measures are being taken by the government and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to tackle the...
View ArticleWoman's tell-all diary leads police to 'gadget thief' husband
A woman's habit of keeping a diary has helped police nab her husband who allegedly stole dozens of laptops and other electronic gadgets and sold them off at his own store.Sumeer Sharma (31), a hotel...
View ArticleFinally, steel flyover scrapped
The state government on Thursday scrapped the vexed steel flyover project that had kicked up a huge political storm. The unprecedented collective citizens' protest against the controversial project has...
View ArticleKSPCB attributes Bellandur Lake fire to water hyacinth
Dismissing the observations by the experts that the fire at Bellandur Lake was due to chemical reaction, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, in its report, attributed the fire to unharvested...
View ArticleUS-based techie's wife says father-in-law tried to molest her
A software engineer's wife has sought action against her father-in-law for attempting to molest her.She has also sought action against her husband and mother-in-law for asking her to 'cooperate with...
View ArticleProject nixed but CM isn't clean, says Yeddyurappa
BJPstate president BSYeddyurappa has said scrapping the controversial steel flyover doesn't mean Chief Minister Siddaramaiah didn't take "kickbacks" to sanction the project.Speaking to reporters here...
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