Search ends, actor's highly bloated body comes afloat
The three-day search for the bodies of two Kannada actors, who drowned in the Thippagondanahalli reservoir on Monday, concluded on Thursday.The body of Anil Kumar was found floating around 5.50 am. The...
View ArticleMade to stand, Sidda in cheerful mood
Sidda, the injured wild elephant, was successfully shifted into the improvised enclosure constructed by the Madras Engineer Group (MEG) at the Manchanabele dam, Magadi taluk, Ramanagaram district, in...
View ArticleHustle and bustle missing in Pete areas
Two days after the Centre demonetised high-value currency notes, the business fraternity in the 'pete' areas has started to feel the pinch.Businesses took a severe beating as people spent long hours in...
View ArticleFearing losses, traders, BMTC, KSRTC accept scrapped notes
Fearing loss of income, KR Market traders, Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) accepted Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on Thursday. G M...
View ArticlePeople continue to have tough time at hospitals
Sheela, a resident of Tavarekere, had to skip her meal on Thursday afternoon. With her husband hospitalised and the hospital refusing to give her change for Rs 500, she was left in the lurch. Sheela's...
View ArticleTrap, raid cases on hold
The cancellation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes has put cases of traps and raids on hold, at least for another two or three weeks. "Naturally, there will be a lull in the complaints with the...
View ArticleBBMP may collect betterment charges from Monday
The BBMP is likely to start collecting betterment charges on Monday.The move will benefit thousands of property owners in diverted layouts as they would get 'A' khata by paying the betterment charges...
View ArticleDegree student commits suicide
A 20-year-old student committed suicide by hanging from a ceiling of his house in Moodalapalya in Vijayanagar on Wednesday.The deceased, Naveen, was studying in Vijayanagar Government College and was...
View ArticleStolen good worth Rs 15 lakh recovered
The Basavanagudi police have arrested three men and recovered two laptops, three cellphones, a car and a bike from them, all valued at a total of Rs 15 lakh. The suspects were Raja alias Japan Raja...
View ArticleWoman murdered at home
A 45-year-old woman was found murdered at her house in Goraguntepalya, north Bengaluru. She has been identified as Yashodamma. She had parted ways with her husband and children and was living...
View ArticleGang behind spurt in chain snatchings arrested
The Magadi Road police have arrested five men and recovered stolen gold chains worth Rs 2.8 lakh from them.The suspects are Prashanth (19), a resident of Cholurpalya, Vinod Rao (22), from KPAgrahara,...
View ArticleBurglars make away with 150-gm gold
Thieves burgled a house and made away with 150-gram gold valuables early this week.The theft took place when Kavya, a resident of 2nd Main Road, 3rd Cross, Kasturinagar, had gone to work. The thieves...
View ArticleDH reporter assaulted, two police constables suspended
Two constables attached to the Banaswadi police station were suspended on Friday for assaulting and misbehaving with a DH journalist on duty.Based on preliminary enquiry, the Deputy Commissioner of...
View ArticlePIL seeks clearing of pavement encroachments
The High Court on Friday ordered issuance of notice to the BBMP, the BMTF and the traffic police in a PIL seeking directions to remove encroachments on the footpath for pedestrians to walk on...
View ArticleTransport dept to tweak rules on app-based taxis on HC's suggestions
The state Transport department has decided to make a few changes to the newly framed Karnataka On-Demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules, 2016, following Thursday's high court order, which...
View ArticleHigh court issues notices over noisy horns, silencers
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday ordered issuance of notice to the state government, transport department and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in a PIL seeking directions to issue...
View ArticleYettinahole: NGT pulls up state, Centre for neglecting biodiversity
Expressing unhappiness over steps taken to protect biodiversity of Western Ghats at Yettinahole project site by government agencies, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday asked the Centre and...
View ArticleDocumenting the triumphs, struggles of Bengaluru's women runners
'Limitless,' a documentary made by a group of women from Bengaluru, encourages women to chase their passion for running. The 60-minute film, produced by city-based Indian Amateurs Runners Trust (IART),...
View ArticleSC tells Mantri to move NGT for resuming projects in B'luru
The Supreme Court on Friday asked real estate developer Mantri Techzone Pvt Ltd to approach the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for resuming construction on its projects in Bengaluru. A bench of Chief...
View ArticleGood Samaritan cop saves van driver's life
A traffic policeman played Good Samaritan by taking the driver of a van to hospital after he collapsed at the wheel. The incident took place near the Old High Grounds Circle, central Bengaluru, around...
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