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Letters of grievances are pouring in and we are doing our best to accommodate as many as possible. Readers may write in to highlight civic problems affecting their locality and we will help address...
View ArticleHealth fest concludes with something for everyone
A bike ICU that reaches an accident victim in quick time, a pre-school for tiny tots with hearing loss, an app that measures the noise levels around it were among the innovations showcased at the...
View ArticleAttacker jumbo badly wanted to enter Bhuthanahalli forest
The Makhna (tuskless male) elephant that fatally trampled two CRPF personnel near the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP), about 35 km south of Bengaluru, early on Sunday morning is suspected to have come...
View ArticleBMRCL proposed to acquire land where jumbo attacked CRPF men
The land in the Bhuthanahalli reserve forest, where two CRPF men were trampled to death by a wild elephant on Sunday, was the topic of a heated debate at a high-level meeting held in the Vidhana Soudha...
View ArticleJumbo tramples 2 CRPF men to death
Awild elephant strayed into the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Taralu village near Bannerghatta National Park, about 35 kilometres from Bengaluru, and trampled two CRPF men to death in the...
View ArticlePU textbooks will soon be e-books
From the next academic year, PU students need not purchase textbooks as they can download it from the website of the Department of Pre-University Education. This is being done in an attempt to control...
View ArticleConspiracy theory floats after Bellandur lake burns again
Sunday's fire in Bellandur lake has yet again caught the attention of locals and officials. While some officials maintain it was accidental, others say it was an act of arson. Mahendra Jain, additional...
View ArticleConstruction waste found dumped in Mylasandra lake
Tonnes of construction waste has been dumped in Mylasandra lake with forest officials suspecting that the debris was from Namma Metro work sites.KLCDA chief executive officer G Vidyasagar confirmed he...
View ArticleArt imitates life & vice versa for these schoolkids
Ten-year-old Salman never spoke in class and was scared to air his views. Today, he is one of the lead actors in a play that received a thunderous applause when it was staged last year. Salman is one...
View ArticleRotary to recognise heroes who made a difference
A citizen who has put Bengaluru on the global map by his vocational excellence, a corporation that responds to the call of community as it caters to the needs of business, and a youth who has risen...
View ArticleVVIP convoy movement holds up ambulance for 15 minutes
An ambulance was held up for around 15 minutes on Queen's Road as the police blocked traffic for facilitating the movement of Home Minister GParameshwara's convoy on Monday.It was hardly a week ago...
View ArticleWaste sorting centre in B'luru impresses Dutch minister
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders and his team visited a dry waste collection centre at Marappanapalya in the city on Monday and interacted with waste pickers on how they sort the garbage. The...
View Article75 new buses join BMTC's airport fleet
Scaling up its operations to attract more passengers on the airport route, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has deployed new Volvo buses with upgraded security and safety...
View ArticleParents, kids protest against school over fee
The Karnataka Schools Parents' Association held a protest at the office of the Commissioner of Public Instruction demanding action against a private state syllabus school which issued transfer...
View ArticleRs 3,700-cr loan likely for Nagawara-Gottigere line
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd has received in-principle approval from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Rs 3,700 crore loan for the 13.79-km underground section in Phase 2."The 13.79-km...
View ArticleTenders called for parking lots at 6 new Metro stations
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has invited tenders for providing parking at six new Metro stations in the North-South corridor, indicating that Metros Phase 1 will soon become completely...
View Article2 teams to probe Kengeri murder
The West division police have formed two teams to crack the murder of a woman whose decomposed body was found inside a plastered wardrobe of a house in Gandhinagar in Kengeri on Sunday.The body was...
View ArticlePetrol dealers' groups differ over closure of pumps
Days after a group of petroleum dealers said it will shut down petrol pumps every Sunday, the Karnataka State Federation of Petroleum Dealers has opposed the call for agitation, leading to...
View ArticleNew, cost-effective device uses copper's properties to purify water
To help poor households decontaminate drinking water at home, a team of scientists from city-based TransDisciplinary University (TDU) claims to have come up with an affordable drinking water...
View ArticleII PU results likely on Thursday
The results of II PUC examinations are unlikely to be announced on Wednesday (May 10). Officials in the Department of Pre-University Education (DPUE) say they are processing the results and working to...
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