PFI's Bengaluru head held for RSS worker's murder
Asim Shariff, 40, the Bengaluru district president of Popular Front of India (PFI), has been arrested over the murder of RSS worker R Rudresh. He is the fifth man to be arrested in the high-profile...
View ArticleDealers' stir hits fuel availability in some areas
Thursday's 'No Purchase' move of the Karnataka State Federation of Petroleum Dealers caused hardship to people in some parts of the city as fuel stations went dry by evening. However, this move did not...
View ArticleSix IAS officers transferred
The state government on Thursday transfered six IAS officers, and entrusted additional charge to two other officers.S S Pattanshetty has been posted as Secretary, (MSME & Mines), Commerce and...
View ArticlePower cut tomorrow
There will be no power supply on November 5, from 10 am to 5 pm due to maintenance work being carried out at the 66/11 KV Bagamane Muss, HBR Muss, Graphite Muss, EPIP Muss, Shanthineketan Muss,...
View ArticleComic Con all set for a city touchdown next week
Did someone say Batman meets Captain America, Dr Who duels the Justice League, and Manga does the Anime thing right here in Namma Bengaluru next week? The gamer, the comic buff in you should shake a...
View ArticleCentre seeks clarification on bill to restructure BBMP
The Centre has sought clarification from the state government on the controversial bill that seeks to re-structure municipal corporation limits of Bengaluru. Urban Development Department Additional...
View ArticleHalt on steel flyover: social media buzz hints at curtains for project
Campaigners against the controversial steel flyover project finally had something to cheer about. The Bangalore Development Authority's (BDA) undertaking to the High Court of Karnataka that it has put...
View ArticleGeorge promises new TDR policy soon
Bengaluru Development Minister K J George on Thursday said the state government may soon come out with an attractive policy on Transfer of Development Rights (TDR).George was speaking to reporters...
View ArticleThird entrance to City railway station to be ready by December
The South Western Railway (SWR) has taken up the work of constructing the third entrance for the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) City Railway Station in Majestic. The entrance, which is coming up...
View ArticleBagmane Tech Park offers 49 guntas to make up for land-grab
The Bagmane Tech Park has offered to part with one acre and nine guntas of its land adjacent to Byrasandra lake in eastern Bengaluru to compensate for the 39 guntas of the lake's land it has encroached...
View ArticlePoll code violation: HC stays action against ex-minister
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday granted stay on the lower court proceedings against former minister BNBache Gowda, who was BJP candidate from Chikkaballapur in the 2014 Loksabha polls.Gowda had...
View Article'Striking similarities' with Coimbatore killing
Police see "striking similarities" between the murder of RSS worker R Rudresh in Bengaluru on October 16 and the killing of C Sasikumar, a spokesperson of Hindu Munnani, in Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu on...
View ArticleACB sleuths trap treasury inspector while accepting bribe
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths trapped a treasury inspector on Friday while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.The ACB sleuths registered a case against Sathyanarayana, the treasury...
View ArticleReady to attend meet on Mahadayi: Goa CM
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said he was ready to attend a meeting on the Mahadayi water dispute if his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis called a fresh one. Parsekar, who...
View ArticleCong revokes suspension of Marigowda
The ruling Congress has revoked suspension of party leader K Marigowda, who was facing charges of abusing the then Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru C Shikha, a few months ago.The suspension was revoked...
View ArticleRoshan Baig hired killers to bump off Rudresh: Shobha
In a sensational claim, BJPMP Shobha Karandlaje on Friday accused Information Minister RRoshan Baig of "paying supari" for the murder of RSSworker R Rudresh. She said she had "credible information"...
View ArticleMan attacks underage fiancee as her parents refuse early marriage
A man assaulted his underage fiancée when her parents refused to get her married to him immediately. The incident took place in Thalaghattapura on Thursday evening, police said. Arun (26), a...
View ArticlePolice nab gang that robbed businessmen by honey trap
A gang of four men took away gold jewellery, cash and two mobile phones from five Kerala-based businessmen by setting up a honey trap for them. Acting on a complaint filed by one of the victims,...
View ArticleTV actor files sexual abuse case
A TV actor has lodged a plaint with Rajarajeshwarinagar police accusing four persons of sexually harassing her and stealing valuables from her house. The actor, in her complaint, alleged that Naveen...
View ArticleThese scarecrows reveal stories and secrets
'Maraa', a city-based arts and media collective has come up with a project 'Secrets from a Scarecrow,' which aims to inquire into the nature of change at Cubbon Park, understand public space and also...
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