Eshwarappa's PA hurt in abduction bid
Senior BJP leader KSEshwarappa's personal assistant on Thursday survived an abduction bid by five unidentified men.The victim Vinay, sustained a fracture on his left hand and was hospitalised. The...
View ArticleBBMP disregards KLCDA diktat, dumps garbage in lakebed
Heaps of garbage brought from different parts of the city were set on fire in the Subramanyapura lakebed on Wednesday and Thursday. The incident happened the very day the Karnataka Lake Conservation...
View ArticleDeclogging efforts to put life back into Agara lake
The Agara lake in the city, for long choked by contamination, will soon breathe easy. The waterbody, lying between Koramangala and HSR Layout, will sport a refurbished look by the end 2017. Work is on...
View ArticleAccidents: Karnataka 2nd in south, says survey
As many as 1.75 lakh people died in road accidents in 2015 in India while about 52.5 lakh were hospitalised, according to a report on road safety released on Friday at the National Institute of Mental...
View ArticleRowdy Nagaraj, sons in police custody till May 22
Former corporator VNagaraj and his sons Gandhi and Shastri were on Friday remanded in police custody till May 22. The three had gone absconding after the police raided their house on April 14. They...
View ArticleFinancier was killed over money-doubling dispute: police
The Jayanagar police have arrested three people on the charge of murdering financier and realtor Suresh Poojari (38) at his apartment near JSS Circle in Jayanagar on May 9. The arrested are Rakesh...
View Article'Golden Queen' Amulya walks down the aisle
Kannada film actor Amulya married Jagadish R, a businessman, in a simple ceremony at Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Mandya district on Friday. Incidentally, the actor's latest Kannada film Maastigudi hit the...
View ArticleAlternative sites to 4K Arkavathy allottees in Kempegowda Layout
Allottees awaiting sites in the "jinxed" Arkavathy Layout will soon get a site of the same dimension in Kempegowda Layout and at the same cost. A decision in this regard was taken at the Bangalore...
View Article'Nurses in Karnataka paid low salaries'
Though the Union government had asked states to increase the minimum wages of nurses to Rs 20,000 in 2016, nurses in the state continue to be poorly paid.A nurse in a private hospital in Karnataka...
View ArticleActor files plaint over morphed photos
Kannada film actor Sruthi Hariharan has urged the police to trace those who morphed her photographs and posted them on social media. The actor visited the Bengaluru city police commissioner's office on...
View ArticleGovt finalises KIA metro link route
Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Friday said that the route for providing Metro link to the Kempegowda International Airport has been finalised with most of the line running parallel to the...
View ArticleA special mother of a special child
'It's not the care she gave me, I love her the most. It's not the new places she travelled with me, I love her the most. But I truly love her for the courageous smile she has worn, from the day she...
View ArticleGovt looking to work around SC order on staff promotions
The state government seems to be looking at ways to give departmental promotions to employees. This effort is on while it has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its order on the promotion of...
View ArticleA tribute to single mothers blessed with special magic
Single mothers have a special magic inside of them which ensures the survival of their child over the survival of themselves. They sacrifice very much, and often their personal lives entirely in order...
View ArticleForest official arrested in hit-and-run case
The Kengeri traffic police have arrested a superintendent of Forest department after he knocked down a 62-year-old pedestrian in Kengeri and escaped with his vehicle. The deceased was identified as...
View ArticleSiblings killed as car topples on NICE Road
Two siblings were killed in a car accident on NICE Road in Kamakshipalaya on Saturday, while another sibling and their cousin escaped unhurt. The deceased are Harish (31) and Sheila (30), who, along...
View ArticleCops seek details of Nagaraj's properties
A day after the police got custody of history-sheeter V Nagaraj, investigating officers have written to the department of stamps and registration seeking details of properties registered in his name...
View ArticleIn midnight swoop, Palike razes temple, church on its land
Tension prevailed in Vasanthnagar near Jasma Bhavan on Queen's Road as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) demolished an Om Shakthi Temple and a small church built on Palike's property on...
View Article'Depression' drives man to suicide
A 46-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in Rajarajeshwarinagar on Saturday. The deceased, Amarnath Nagaraju, a resident of Gattigere Layout, was suffering from depression,...
View ArticleCitizens take up tree translocation
Tree activists and the members of Sarjapur Residents' Welfare Association (SRWA)have joined hands for saving four trees marked for felling for widening of Dommasandra-Sarjapur Circle. The operation to...
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