African team in city to study affordable dialysis care
A few delegates from Africa visited the city's Sarvagna Health Care Institute's (SHCI) dialysis centre and Primary Chronic Care Centre to understand how dialysis care could be made affordable under...
View ArticleWall art that makes people stop, and think
With the ongoing St+Art Festival, many defaced and drab walls across the city have been transformed with bright murals. But these paintings are more than just visual treats. Many of them convey strong...
View Article1000 toxicity for a minute's exposure to burning garbage fumes in Bengaluru
Spending a minute next to a burning garbage dump will expose a Bengalurean to 1,000 times more toxins than the daily safe limit, an Indo-US team of researchers has found.The team analysed 24 garbage...
View ArticleFlyover will destroy greenery, says Shobha
BJP Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency, Shobha Karandlaje, has said that the proposed Hebbal steel flyover would destroy the greenery in the city."The flyover is sheeer waste of...
View ArticleCost of concrete flyover just half that of steel bridge, says expert
The Basaveshwara Circle-Hebbal steel flyover can actually be built using concrete at a cost of Rs 957 crore, almost half the amount quoted by the project contractor. This is the finding of an Indian...
View Article3 killed, 2 hurt as bikes collide
Three persons were killed and two others injured in a collision between two bikes at Chikkanahalli Gate near Nandagudi on Kolar Road in the early hours of Thursday. The deceased are Barkhat (35), a...
View ArticleMan flashes at women, flees
Police are on the lookout for a man who flashed at three women near their apartment in Cox Town past midnight on Tuesday. The CCTVcamera at the apartment captured the man's act. The police circulated...
View ArticlePriest held for attempting to rape minor girl
Police arrested a 45-year-old priest for attempting to rape a six-year-old girl inside the temple premises in Indiranagar. The suspect, Shivakumar, is a priest of a temple at Old Tippasandra. The...
View ArticleAvoid these roads for three days from today
With a large number of people expected to head towards Kempegowda bus stand and Sangolli Rayanna railway station to take buses and trains to head out of the city for Deepavali holidays, the police have...
View ArticleCongress event jams traffic, airport commuters hit
Thousands of commuters in the northern and central parts of the city were stranded for more than three hours as the traffic went haywire due to the Congress rally at the Palace Grounds on Thursday.The...
View ArticleGovt plans Vishwa Kannada Sammelana next June
A three-day World Kannada Conference will be organised in June 2017, said Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree on Thursday. The conference will mark the 60th anniversary of the state's...
View ArticleBTM Layout councillor's appeal disposed of
The High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ appeal filed by K Devadas, corporator, BTM Layout ward, challenging the High Court's jurisdiction to hear a case against him. In the petition, the...
View ArticleFollow norms laid down by panel for Rajyotsava award, govt told
The High Court on Thursday directed the state government to follow guidelines framed by a committee headed by former High Court judge, Justice Nagmohan Das, while conferring the Rajyostava award....
View ArticleHC questions Centre on censorship of TV programmes
The High Court on Thursday questioned the Union government on how it monitors and censors TV programmes. Justice A N Venugopala Gowda asked how effectively the programmes are censored and if the...
View ArticleChanging city captured on stage
Every Bengalurean, who has lived in the city during its greener days, laments how it is now more a concrete jungle than a 'garden city'. With humour and sarcasm, Nimi Ravindran's play 'Park' explores...
View ArticleCops yet to establish exact motive for Rudresh's killing
Police are looking at various motives behind the killing of RSS worker R Rudresh, 38. Was it personal enmity, communal conflict, political rivalry or ideological clash that led to the murder? A senior...
View ArticleRealty firm inks pact with Palike for Ulsoor lake upkeep
The BBMP has signed a memorandum of understanding with a real estate company for upkeep of Ulsoor lake and its surrounding areas, in the wake of complaints over the poor maintenance of the lake and...
View ArticleFour arrested for RSS worker's murder
Four men — three car mechanics and an air conditioner technician — have been arrested for the October 16 murder of RSS worker R Rudresh, 38. Police suspect a combination of personal...
View ArticleIISc, IIT-M deny being in loop over flyover
Contrary to Bengaluru Development Minister K J George's claims, the government had not consulted any experts before finalising its controversial steel flyover plan.On Wednesday, George had told...
View ArticleGuard against eye injuries, breathing problems, say doctors
City doctors have advised citizens on eye care and respiratory care during Diwali. While they have warned patients with conditions like asthma to stay indoors, they have advised others to take...
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