Free health check-up for senior citizens
KITES is organising a free health check-up camp for senior citizens on the occasion of International Day of Older Persons on October 1. People aged 60 years and above can utilise the benefits of the...
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Will rid city of slums: minister
Social Welfare Minister H Anjaneya on Thursday said the state government is moving steadily to create a slum-free Bengaluru and in this regard, funds will be released for building houses for the urban...
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Students, cops raise awareness on road safety
The traffic police joined students of Lisaa School of Design and Creo Valley School of Film and Television to educate traffic violators on Thursday by adopting the Gandhigiri approach. They distributed...
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Series of events marks World Heart Day
As part of the World Heart Day, which was observed on Thursday, several awareness events were held in the city. Tathagat Hospital and Mallige Hospital organised a walkathon from Freedom Park to Mantri...
View ArticleTumakuru cops to file chargesheet in PU leak case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team which probed the II PU Chemistry question paper leak has decided to direct the inspector of New Extention police station, Tumakuru, to file an...
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Hoodi station opens, offers quicker, cheaper travel option to city
For thousands of techies and locals, the commuting time to the city would be cut drastically with the inauguration of the Hoodi halt railway station on Thursday. Train services from this station,...
View ArticleAAP files plaint against corporator, husband
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force against Dodda Bommasandra corporator Jayalakshmi and her husband Pillappa accusing them of...
View ArticleCash collector robbed of Rs 10.8L while riding bike
A man who collects payments from retailers for a wholesale dealer said he was thrashed and robbed of Rs 10.8 lakh by some men near Chamarajpet main road, central Bengaluru, on Wednesday evening. Ramesh...
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3 former Vijaya Bank officials convicted in fraud case
A special CBI court has convicted three former employees of Vijaya Bank and seven others in a bank fraud case. The court convicted H Dinakar Shetty, the then senior manager at HAL 3rd Stage branch, K...
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Woman conductor bites students as spat over bus pass gets out of hand
An argument over returning the bus pass ended with a woman conductor biting the hands of two students and both the sides going to the police with conflicting claims. The incident took place near...
View ArticleSpeeding biker crashes into compound, two killed
Two youths were killed in a road accident after the bike in which they were travelling crashed into a compound wall on Yelahanka main road in the early hours of Friday. According to police, the...
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Land-grab: Shettar questions DC's clean chit to JD(S) MLC
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly JagadishShettar on Friday questioned why Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner V Shankar has given a clean chit to Janata Dal (S) MLCC RManohar when...
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Indian mythology comes alive at Dhaatu's annual Dasara display
This year, for the twenty-first time, non-profit Dhaatu will transport visitors to the mythological times of Mahabharata and Ramayana. The annual exhibition, by puppeteer Anupama Hoskere, on the...
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SC allows Reddy to visit Ballari for daughter's wedding
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed mining baron and former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy to visit Ballari to attend his daughter's wedding scheduled for November 16.A bench of Justices A K...
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Land-grab notices slapped on Shamanur hospital, Darshan
The Bengaluru Urban district administration has given seven days to the Shamanur Shivashan-karappa Hospitals and Kannada actor Darshan Thoogu- deepa to respond to the accusation of encroaching on a...
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Biker dies in accident
A biker was killed while negotiating a speed breaker near Chikkajala fort on Friday night.The deceased has been identified as Nataraj, 35, a resident of Chikkajala. He was returning home from Doddajala...
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These Dasara dolls bring alive scene from the Ramayana
Festive joy was in the air at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, where a Dasara exhibition was inaugurated on Saturday. A scene from Ramayana where Dasharatha and his family are performing the Putrakameshti Yagna...
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BBMP rolls out all-new approach to keep Bengaluru clean
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has worked out an all-new approach to streamline the solid waste management in the city. It will launch 'Swachhata Utsava' (cleanliness festival), a drive...
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Murder accused arrested for 'obstructing' tahsildar
A murder accused released on bail was arrested on Saturday for attempting to assault Bengaluru East Tahsildar Tejas Kumar, abusing him and obstructing him from doing his duty. Surendra Babu, who has...
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Road work leads to traffic snarls in central business district
Commuters on most roads in the central business district were caught in vicious traffic jams on Saturday. The traffic police closed the stretch between Kengal Hanumanthaiah Double Road and Residency...
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