Siddaramaiah felicitates six women achievers
Six women achievers were felicitated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the International Women's Day function organised by the Karnataka State Government Employees' Association at the Vidhana Soudha...
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BBMP budget: high property tax target receives flak
The BBMP budget evoked a mixed response with some criticising the high property tax collection target while others lauded it. Urban expert R K Misra said high expectations from property tax may sound...
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Home department seeks ban on vehicles more than 15 years old
The Home department has requested the Transport department to ban the movement of vehicles which are more than 15 years old to prevent accidents and check pollution in the city. "The police have...
View ArticleGang stabs mobile shop owner
A history sheeter and his accomplices stabbed a mobile shop owner and ransacked his shop at Vinayaka Nagar in Hebbagodi on Friday. The victim, Vikas Mishra, who sustained multiple stab injuries, has...
View ArticleMan dozes off after brother-in-law stabs him in drunken spat
A 32-year-old man fatally stabbed his brother-in-law during a drunken brawl at Pantharapalya on Mysuru Road, west Bengaluru. Manikanta, who works as a labourer at KR Market, quarrelled with his wife's...
View ArticleFire continues to rage at trash unit
Fire tenders continued to be in action at the garbage processing unit at Tanniranahalli of Doddabelavangala hobli, Doddaballapur taluk, on Saturday also. The unit had caught fire on Friday evening.An...
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City police to emulate London cops in control room response
The Bengaluru police will go the London police way and upgrade the dial '100' control room system for quickest response. During a recent visit to London, city police commissioner Praveen Sood obtained...
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Residents want surveillance for safe neighbourhoods
Bengalureans are all for increasing CCTV coverage of the city and many Residents' Welfare Associations (RWAs) have already reaped benefits from getting watchful electronic eyes in their...
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A big boost to crime prevention
The City police will soon bring more areas of Bengaluru under CCTV camera surveillance to prevent crimes and enhance convictions. The process to procure 679 CCTV cameras, 579 for law and order wing and...
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Crime-fighting through CCTVs
Spot a criminal in his act and track him with that visual footprint. Packing Bengaluru's Central Business District (CBD) streets with CCTVs, the city police are revving up their surveillance game. But...
View ArticleWoman seeks job of hubby who disappeared 7 yrs ago
A 32-year-old woman has sought on compassionate grounds the job of her husband who went missing seven years ago. M Sumangala has moved the High Court of Karnataka, saying the disappearance of her...
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Reclaiming city's parking spaces through parklets
A nonprofit is striving to reclaim the city's parking spaces and use them for other, more creative purposes. Local residents, traffic police and volunteers of the nonprofit, ESAF, reclaimed a small car...
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Spirited turnout at job fair for senior citizens
Resumes in hand, men and women in their 60s and 70s turned up in large numbers to participate in the job fair for senior citizens. The fair was organised by the non-profit Nightingale Medical Trust and...
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Social media played vital role in Narendra Modi's surge: Prabhu
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday stressed on the use of social media, and said that it played a vital role for Narendra Modi to win elections and become the prime minister. He said that it was...
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Parched Bengaluru in no mood to harvest rainwater
With water level in KRS dam threatening to hit dead storage levels, the BWSSB is struggling to quench the thirst of people in the city. However, experts have been warning against depending on Cauvery...
View ArticleDrunk car driver hits motorbike, one killed
A car driven by a drunk driver claimed the life of a 25-year-old motorcyclist in the city on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Anand, a native of Belagavi. He was working as an...
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King of fruits mango kicks in, but orange still rules the roost
The king of fruits, mango, has hit the market, but the taste buds and market sales still seem to be ruled by oranges. The oranges are available in varieties and are affordable for the buyers, which...
View ArticleFilm assistant director goes to police against family of live-in partner
A man in his late 20s, claiming to be an assistant director on an upcoming Kannada film, has filed a police complaint against the family of his live-in partner. He has accused them of stealing a film...
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Man strangles wife as she accuses him of affair
A 26-year-old man is suspected to have strangled his wife when she accused him of cheating on her. The incident occurred at Muniswamappa Layout in Yelahanka New Town, north Bengaluru, between 11.30 pm,...
View ArticleEx-MLA approaches court over seized old currency
A former MLA from whose house cash in old currency was stolen has approached the high court seeking directions to deposit the amount in the bank before March 31. A theft was reported at G K Venkata...
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