Robbery bid on family: cops shore up FIR
A day after DH reported how police tried to trivialise a case pertaining to a robbery attempt in Jayamahal Extension, north Bengaluru, on April 8, the DCP (North) transferred the case from the...
View ArticleMaid's death: job agency booked
The police have taken up a suo motu case against a job agency and others for human trafficking for bonded labour in connection with the death of 17-year-old domestic help Phul Moni who fell down from...
View ArticleTo take on Ola & Uber, bullish youngsters to launch HyHop
A group of spirited youngsters has come together to launch HyHop, yet another app-based taxi services that will hit the crowded cab market next week.That HyHop as a startup model is not surprising...
View ArticleKG Layout allottees return sites over 'tight' payment deadline
Hundreds of allottees have surrendered their sites in the newly formed Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout in the last one month, saying the prices are too high and the payment deadline too short.The...
View ArticleGovernment ambulances brought under '108' service
Government ambulances that were hitherto under the control of individual hospitals or medical centres will now be linked to the 108 Arogya Kavacha ambulance service.A circular issued by Subodh Yadav...
View ArticleCREDAI opposes cement price hike
The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Associations of India (CREDAI), representing major builders in India, has denounced the rise in the price of cement by up to 40% in a short span of two...
View ArticleWorld Oral Cancer Congress in B'luru
The International Academy of Oral Oncology (IAOO), a multi-disciplinary organisation with its head office in New York, launched its India chapter in Bengaluru, this week.This academic forum intends to...
View ArticleHC refuses to lift stay on St John's collecting fees
The high court on Thursday refused to vacate the stay granted on the collection of fees from candidates named in the provisional list for admission to the PG medical course at the St Johns National...
View ArticleDocu-film on intriguing 1818 battle premieres in Bengaluru
School textbooks talk about the Anglo-Maratha War, but make no mention of the decisive Bhima Koregaon battle fought on January 1, 1818.This is the 200th year of the battle, between Peshwa Baji Rao II...
View ArticleDriver among two killed in truck accident
A truck driver who lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a garage in Basaveshwaranagar on Wednesday night was among two people killed in the accident.The deceased have been identified as Vinay...
View ArticleMan 'kills' wife over obscene message in her phone
A 32-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her husband in Thalaghattapura on Kanakapura Road on Wednesday.The victim has been identified as Vasantha. She was working at a VLCC slimming and fitness...
View ArticleTraffic curbs for BWSSB work
The traffic police will impose restrictions on roads in and around Lashkar Road from Friday as BWSSB will take up a project to lay pipe for drainage facility near Potalappa Garden and LRJunction on...
View ArticleParking restrictions for President's visit today
There will be traffic restrictions on Friday when President Pranab Mukherjee's convoy passes through the following roads to Vidhana Soudha.The President will lay the foundation stone for the Dr...
View ArticleTraffic, parking arrangements for IPL match today
Traffic curbs have been imposed around M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday in view of the IPL match.Parking is banned on the following stretches between 10 am and 8.30 pm: Both sides of Queen's Road...
View ArticleNigerian arrested for peddling drugs
The CCB police have arrested a Nigerian national and recovered cocaine and LSD papers, four mobile phones, a bike and cash from him. The suspect Michael Okafor (30) is a native of Ekeja, Lagos, in...
View ArticleSuicide pact: Man & child die, wife survives
A man and his two-year-old child died while his wife survived in a suicide pact at Yelahanka on Thursday.Mithun Kumar (31) and his son Gagan (2), residents of Allalasandra, were the deceased. Roja...
View ArticleRTOs short of 4.6 lakh smart cards since February
Shortage of smart cards has hit the process of issuing vehicle registration certificates (RC) and driving licence (DL) over the last two months.People who have registered their vehicles complained that...
View ArticleMCI advisory to students
The Medical Council of India has issued an advisory alerting students against believing messages that have been circulated on social media that counselling for NRI and management seats would be...
View Article'Make Kannada must till Class X'
President of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Manu Baligar has written to the government asking it to make Kannada a compulsory language up to Class X.In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Primary...
View ArticleNow, Kempegowda Jayanthi on June 27
Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Kempegowda Jayanthi will be observed on June 27 and not April 17 as announced by him earlier.Addressing a press conference at Adichunchangiri Mutt, he...
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