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Heavy rains pound Bidar, Kalaburagi
Heavy rains lashed Bidar and Kalaburagi on Saturday, affecting normal life. Rains began early in the morning in Bidar. The town recorded as much as 119 mm of rains followed by 65 mm in Aurad and 48 mm...
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61-year-old habitual criminal held
The Central police arrested a 61-year-old habitual offender who made a living by committing crimes. He had even constructed a house and had rented it out. The suspect is Robert alias James, a resident...
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Duo extort Rs 90L from bizman, greed for more does them in
The CK Achukattu police on Friday arrested two persons who had extorted money from a businessman, after threatening to kill him.The arrested are Gurumurthy alias Guru, 31, a resident of Kumbalgodu, and...
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Government land worth Rs 550 crore reclaimed
The Bengaluru Urban district authorities intensified their anti-encroachment drive across the city and recovered government land worth Rs 550 crore.The authorities took possession of the building of...
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Forum comes to the aid of demolition 'victim'
Citizens Action Forum has come to the aid of Srikanth Kanchi, one of the victims of the anti-encroachment drive whose house at Avani Sringeri Nagar was razed by the BBMP.CAF has chosen the crowdfunding...
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Sorting out police-army confrontations
Defence-civil relations might be on the mend over land-swaps for road infrastructure projects. But a few traffic-related incidents involving defence personnel sometimes threaten to derail this...
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Land-swaps with the Defence
Bengaluru's once cherished green expanses had meekly surrendered to the dictates of unregulated growth. But huge swathes of defence land famously bucked that trend before pressure from civic agencies,...
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Shabby footpaths give travellers a nightmarish walk in transit hub
The one-km-long Gubbi Thotadappa Road, which houses the Bengaluru City railway station on one side and the Kempegowda bus stand and the Majestic Metro station on the other, has become dirty to the core...
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Bengaluru gets its first generic drug store
The state government will open 200 generic drug stores across Karnataka where around 200 variety of drugs will be made available at cheaper prices, said Health and Family Welfare Minister K R Ramesh...
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First-ever student-industry interaction at IISc today
The Indian Institute of Science has organised its first-ever flagship event, - IISconnect - a one-on-one engagement between industries and students, on Monday. The special focus of the event will be to...
View ArticleFIR filed against wildlife board member for brewing illicit liquor
A member of Karnataka State Board for Wildlife (KSBW) is on the run for the last one month after a case was booked by the Excise department for brewing illicit liquor in the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve....
View ArticleTwo tipsy men drown while swimming in river
Two men drowned while swimming in the Arkavathi river at T Bekuppe in Kanakapura taluk on Sunday. The deceased are M Shivaraju, and S Santosh, both 28, and residents of Jayanagar 7th Block. They...
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan emblem launched
Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation D V Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is sincerely fulfilling Mahatma Gandhis dream of a clean India.Launching the...
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City relives Bapu's life and times
Sunday was a day of mixed emotions for many Bengalureans. While some remembered the Father of the Nation by garlanding his statues, others spent time taking part in the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' and...
View ArticleCM seeks Central aid for water works
The government requires Rs 45,000 crore to provide 62 tmcft of drinking water to 5,900 human habitations in the state. The project cannot be implemented without Centre's aid, Chief Minister...
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The Mahatma's days in Namma Bengaluru
Mahatma Gandhi visited Bengaluru for the first time onMay 8, 1915, four months after he returned from SouthAfrica. A photograph of a young Gandhi and his wifeKasturba, taken during this visit is one...
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Woman dies as neighbour drives into house wall
A 56-year-old woman lost her life when her neighbour drove a four-wheeler clumsily and crashed it into the compound wall of her house on Saturday evening. Rose Mary and her husband, David, 52, were...
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As city sleeps late, police to man traffic junctions through the night
With increase in traffic after 11 pm in several parts of the city, the police plan to introduce a night shift for traffic police who currently work in two shifts — morning and afternoon. R...
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Kannada gottilla? No worry, this portal will teach you
P V Sudarshan is a middle-aged chartered accountant from Tamil Nadu who moved to Bengaluru just four months ago. But going by his proficiency in Kannada, one could easily mistake him for a local. At an...
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Police book 900 for drunk-driving
The traffic police, during a special drive on Saturday night booked as many as 900 cases of drunk-driving."The special drives are conducted at regular intervals to curb drunk-driving. Usually, the...
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