Focus shifts to widening Ballari Road
With the government scrapping the steel flyover project, the focus is back on the widening of Ballari Road.The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) needs to widen the road to ease traffic snarls....
View ArticleBJP onslaught, weak case in NGT spurred govt to scrap steel flyover
A losing battle in court and political onslaught by the rival BJP forced the Congress government to abruptly scrap its pet but highly controversial project of building a 6.9-km-long steel flyover from...
View ArticleMan kills estranged wife's parents as she refuses to return to him
Angered by his estranged wife's refusal to return to him, a man fatally stabbed her elderly parents on Friday night, police said.Senthil Kumar (35), a native of Tirupattur, Tamil Nadu, had arrived in...
View ArticleParameshwara, Sood among 5 to attend security event in London
A five-member team from Karnataka's Home Department will attend Security and Policing Home Office Event 2017, a three-day international seminar in London, starting March 7.The team comprises Home...
View ArticleQuarrel over money ends in murder of web designer
A quarrel over money spent on making a movie ended up in the murder of a web designer at Someshwaranagar in Mahalakshmi Layout in the early hours of Friday.The deceased has been identified as Manoj...
View ArticleAAP to protest against LPG price hike
Workers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Karnataka, will stage a protest at Maurya Circle, Race Course Road, in the city on Saturday, condemning the hike in LPG prices and levy of cash handling charges by...
View ArticleIndia's culture,crafts & cuisine on show
To promote cultural diversity and celebrate Indias cultural strength, a four-day national cultural festival 'Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav (RSM)' will be held at Kalagrama near Jnanabharathi in the city...
View ArticleEvery child must undergo hearing test after birth: Lee
Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee is the global brand ambassador for Cochlear, the company that deals with cochlear implants.In an interview with DH, he spoke about the need to create awareness and...
View ArticleHow a cochlear implant changed a little girl's life
The mother of a one-year-old slipped into depression. Their usual family outings on Sunday did not happen anymore. There was less social interaction with others, too.For Komal's family, it was not easy...
View ArticleDubbed film runs into resistance, taken off
Satyadev IPS, dubbed into Kannada from Tamil and slated for release across the state, ran into rough weather on Friday.Sporadic protests against dubbing prevented its screening. For decades, the...
View ArticleSacrifice of schoolgirl suspected
The decomposed body of a 10-year-old girl was found in Magadi near here on Friday. Ayesha, a Class 4 student, was sacrificed in a black magic ritual, police suspect.Passersby stumbled on the body...
View ArticleContract pourakarmikas to protest on Women's Day
Hundreds of contract pourakarmikas plan to take part in the protest on International Women's Day to oppose the garbage contract system which they claim is discriminatory and exploitative.Addressing a...
View Article'Yesterday Once More', a photography expo
Yeserday Once More. That is a recollection of the past through photographs of main streets and quaint alleys in Bengaluru, Melbourne, Dubai, Singapore, Penang, Mysuru and Kochi, captured by city-based...
View ArticleCOWE to launch Women's Day events with walkathon tomorrow
To spread the message of women's rights and mark 'International Women's Day' falling on March 8, a walkathon will be held by Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE).The third edition of "Purple on...
View ArticleProtest against HAL 2nd Stage commercialisation today
The residents of HAL 2nd Stage will take to the streets on Saturday to protest against what they call unchecked commercialisation of their area.Having grown weary of the noise from the pubs and bars,...
View ArticleIsro chief lauds space tourism enterprises
A S Kiran Kumar, the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), has lauded private companies for taking space technology to greater heights.Private companies have boosted space tourism and...
View ArticleNo alternative planned to steel flyover: BDA
A day after the government scrapped the controversial steel flyover, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) said that it has no alternative plan in place to decongest traffic on the stretch between...
View ArticleAnnual film awards presented
The Kannada cinema anniversary was celebrated on Friday at Town Hall where Minister for Housing M Krishnappa gave away annual awards to 14 distinguished filmmakers and artistes.Speaking on the...
View ArticleCitizens to replicate steel flyover fight to other city projects
Encouraged by the positive outcome of the #steelflyoverbeda (no steel flyover) movement, citizen groups in Bengaluru want to keep up the momentum on #beku (want) projects.Besides the demand for the...
View ArticlePolice nab man who 'killed' estranged wife's parents
Senthil Kumar (35), who is suspected to have fatally stabbed his estranged wife's parents in the city on Friday night, was picked up from Madanayakanahalli off Tumakuru Road, early on Saturday morning....
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