Taste millet dishes, pick up veggies at 2-day organic fair
A two-day organic trade fair 'Savayava and Siri Dhanya Mela', organised jointly by Jaivik Krishik Society, Department of Horticulture and the Department of Agriculture, was inaugurated near the...
View ArticleTar sheets to make flyover road durable
For the first time, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will use tar sheets on the Richmond Circle flyover, which are said to make the surface more durable.BBMP chief engineer K T Nagaraj said the...
View Article2nd edition of de-stress prog for cops
After successfully conducting the first edition of de-stress programme exclusively for traffic police personnel recently, city-based Team Aarohan will be holding its second session of the programme on...
View ArticleGovt firm launches cheaper pill for low platelet count
The Karnataka State Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited has launched a papaya leaf extract pill to treat patients with low platelet count.The POP-e, a pill manufactured by the government-run...
View ArticleCitizens' group plans tree planting
In a bid to minimise city's carbon footprints, a group of citizens have launched Green Bengaluru Campaign (GBC).The group has taken up a drive to plant at least 5,000 saplings by September-end. The...
View ArticleNew body needed to promote traditional medicine: Minister
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Ananth Kumar said there was a need to form a World Organisation of Traditional Medicine under the World Health Organisation to promote traditional systems...
View ArticleMount Carmel College emerges winner
It was all dazzle and sizzle at the grand finale of the sixth edition of the Metrolife Fashion Show, presented by Reliance Trends, which took place at Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Kumaraswamy Layout,...
View ArticlePolice quiz dacoity suspects, stumble upon 6-yr-old murder
The Kengeri police stumbled upon a murder case while interrogating six suspects detained in a dacoity bid case. When the police intensified the interrogation, one of the suspects revealed that the six...
View ArticleHistory-sheeter hacked to death by rival gang
A 35-year-old history-sheeter was hacked to death by a gang of five persons at his house near Sarakki in JP Nagar in the early hours of Sunday.According to the police, the deceased is Srinivas alias...
View ArticleTwo injured in ambulance-cab collision on Hebbal flyover
Two persons sustained injuries when an ambulance moving on one-way road collided with a cab on Hebbal flyover near Byatarayanapura Junction in the early hours of Sunday.According to the police, the...
View ArticleHarassed by in-laws, woman attempts suicide
A woman attempted suicide by consuming kerosene after her husband and his relatives pressured her to sleep with her father-in-law. The incident took place at Bakshi Garden in Cottonpet on Saturday...
View ArticleCurtains down on 'Sargam'
The state-level cultural fest of New Horizon College of Engineering (NHCE) 'Sargam' concluded on Sunday. Around 15,000 students from about 150 colleges participated in the fest. Air Marshal Narayan...
View ArticleGovernment starts costing study of treatment packages of pvt hospitals
The state government has taken up a costing study of various treatment packages being offered by private hospitals following stiff resistance from them to enrol themselves under various government...
View ArticleBengaluru-bound bus collides with truck in AP ; 2 die
Two persons were killed and 11 others were injured when a private bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a truck near Moghilighat section on the Bengaluru-Chittoor National Highway in...
View ArticleStage set for National Youth Poetry Slam
The city's flourishing performance poetry community is eagerly awaiting September 17 when the first National Youth Poetry Slam (NYPS)will be held in Bengaluru. Organised by Airplane Poetry Movement and...
View ArticleIISc recognises alumni's contribution to science and technology
The alumni association of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) honoured three of its members in recognition of their extraordinary service to science. The 'Distinguished Alumni Awards' were presented...
View ArticleGovt approves construction of 2,212 bus shelters in B'luru
The state government has given its approval to construct 2,212 bus shelters across Bengaluru, of which 1,610 bus shelters will come up by January 2017.Another important feature of the project is that...
View ArticleCubbon Park has no space for a single tree more
There is no space left in Cubbon Park - a prime lung space in the city centre - to plant another sapling. The park is spread across 197 acres and has 7,900 trees, shrubs and plants. Horticulture...
View ArticleKin of forest martyrs to get Rs 10 lakh ex gratia
The compensation paid to the forest staffers who lay down their lives while on duty will be doubled to Rs 10 lakh, Forest, Environment and Ecology Minister Ramanath Rai has said.Speaking to reporters...
View ArticleSiddu seeks JD(S) support for mayoral polls
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday is learnt to have spoken to JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda over phone and sought his party's support to the Congress in the elections to the post of Bengaluru city...
View Article