Kirik Party car to be auctioned to fund education of sex workers' kids
Encouraged by the success of their movie, Kirik Party, the producers have decided to auction a vintage car used in the film to fund education of children of sex workers.The vintage car plays a...
View ArticleOxygen injections to rejuvenate gasping lake
A Bengaluru startup has offered to help revive Bellandur lake by introducing oxygen injections into the polluted waterbody.Sunandan Lala, technical consultant at PCI Gases, told DH that they can offer...
View ArticleGreen board to list polluters on its website
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will put up a list of all the 585 industries which are polluting Bellandur lake on its website."We are yet to receive the National Green Tribunal...
View ArticleGarment units around Bellandur in a tizzy after NGT's closure order
A day after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the state government to close industries around Bellandur lake, several garment factories involved in dyeing and washing clothes were in a state of...
View ArticleKLCDA plans to implement wetlands model to revive polluted lake
While the urban development department is chalking out engineering methods to revive the 900-acre Bellandur lake, the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) is planning to...
View ArticleDeadline looms, govt begins lake cleaning
The state government on Thursday got cracking on cleaning up the Bellandur lake, a day after the National Green Tribunal set it a month's deadline.Chief Secretary Subash Chandra Kuntia met top...
View ArticleFilm maker 'hires goons' to threaten homeowner
A Kannada film director has been arrested for hiring rowdies to threaten a house owner at Govindarajnagar. The suspect, Prakhyat alias Antony (33), is director of the movie 'Katriguppe Cutting Shop.'...
View ArticleCops grill Ola staff in molestation case
The police on Friday questioned Ola Cabs authorities and workers in connection with the molestation of a woman by an Ola driver on Begur Road, recently. The victim had alleged that she called up the...
View ArticleMoney laundering: cops arrest three aides of Nagaraj
The police have arrested three associates of VNagaraj, a former corporator, who is at large in a money laundering case. The arrested are Sarvanan (39), Srinivas (45) and Jai Krishna (35). According to...
View ArticleBBMP driver booked for abusing lady SI
The Mysuru police have booked a driver attached to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for abusing a woman police officer on duty on Thursday.Ramesh had abused VVPuram Traffic Police...
View ArticleMedical seats: IMA seeks priority for Kannadigas
The Karnataka chapter of the Indian Medical Association has sought that 70% of medical and dental seats in private and deemed university-affiliated colleges in the state be reserved for domicile...
View ArticleKaggalipura Bescom AEE in ACB trap
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a Bescom engineer on the charge of graft. The accused, H C Rajesh, is an assistant executive engineer (AEE) of Bescom, Kaggalipura.The complainant,...
View ArticleKolar passenger cancelled for three days
The South Western Railway has cancelled passenger train between Bengaluru and Kolar (train no. 18464) for three days from May 7 to 9, according to an official release.
View ArticleSurveillance to be upped at 31 railway stations
The South Western Railway has decided to instal CCTV cameras in 31 stations at a cost of Rs 15 crore to enhance security for its passengers.As per the plan, 12 stations in Hubballi division will get...
View ArticleClosure of 6 waste units led to city's downfall in cleanliness survey
Poor waste management has taken a toll on 'Brand Bengaluru' as the city stood a distant 210th among 434 cities and towns in the latest cleanliness survey carried out by the Central government....
View ArticleBDA to complete Hennur flyover in three months
The Bangalore Development Authority has set a three-month deadline for completing the long-pending Hennur flyover project. The Rs 58-crore project, launched in 2009 connecting Hennur Cross to...
View ArticleSchools want RTE parents to pay expenses or quit
Members of the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka staged a protest in the city on Friday against Right to Education (RTE) parents for not paying the fees towards...
View ArticleAnti-collision test on Metro North-South corridor soon
With high-speed tests seeing trains running at 75 kmph on the entire North-South corridor starting Thursday, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is gearing up for multiple train...
View ArticleElectronics City RTO to get test track equipped with RFID technology
Getting a driving licence will get tougher in the coming days with the RTO employing latest technology to make sure that a candidate's riding and driving skills are flawless before clearing him.Work on...
View ArticleTo compost weeds, Palike, BDA to tie up with Horticulture dept
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and the Bangalore Development Authority have decided to tie up with the Horticulture department to dispose of the weeds extracted from Bellandur lake.The huge...
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