Police vigil to ensure order at banks, ATMs
The city police have decided to keep strict vigil in and around ATM kiosks.The decision comes in the wake of long queues of customers outside many ATMs and banks after demonetisation."The situation...
View ArticleMajority of ATMs in Indiranagar not refilled since last week
Cash is scarce in one of the poshest shopping and food streets in Bengaluru — Indiranagar 100 Feet Road. At least five ATMs on the busy road, located at walking distance from each other, have...
View ArticleBengaluru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has planned to introduce R
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation has planned to introduce Rajahamsa service for the convenience of public travelling from Bengaluru to Pampa (Sabarimala).Advance reservation of tickets for...
View ArticleBDA to allot 3,512 flats to poor soon
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) will allot 3,512 flats to people from economically weaker sections in different residential areas.According to BDA sources, of the total 3,512 flats, 497 are 1...
View ArticleWith Rs 100 notes, they brought smiles to faces of patients, their kin
Coming to the rescue of patients suffering for lack of smaller denomination currency were V Krishnoji Rao, an international kite expert, and his friends who collected all the Rs 100 notes they could...
View ArticleLGBT march seeks justice for transgender who was 'burnt alive'
The pride march that started at Tulsi Park in Majestic ended at the Town Hall, where the LGBT(lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community marked Transgender Day of Remembrance. Addressing the...
View ArticleProbe ordered into theft suspect's suicide bid
An enquiry was ordered in connection with an attempt to commit suicide by a 21-year-old habitual offender inside the toilet of Bommanahalli police station on Saturday night. "Madivala sub-division ACP...
View ArticleTwo, including minor, held for murder of corporator's aide
After the recent arrest of former JD(S) corporator and his wife, along with seven contract killers, in connection with the murder case of BJP worker Chikka Thimme Gowda, the Kamakshipalya police on...
View ArticleTrain reaches National College stn for Metro trial run on Reach 4
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Sunday brought a train to the elevated southern line to start the crucial trial run. While this trial run is going to take place on one track,...
View ArticleLittle hands paint their angst over city's green loss
"Our schoolbags are already heavy, we don't want to carry oxygen cylinders." This was the plea of hundred odd children who took part in a painting fest organised by Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB), the...
View ArticleJust 45.63% voters turn up for Lakkasandra ward by-election
Less than half of the 28,711 voters in the Lakkasandra ward turned up to exercise their franchise in the BBMP by-election that was necessitated by the death of BJP corporator K Mahesh Babu. Though...
View ArticleWhy don't officers send their wards to govt schools, ask kids
Students from various schools sought answers to several pertinent questions from officials at an interaction programme organised by the Karnataka State Child Rights Commission on the occasion of World...
View ArticleKids put to gruelling screening for nursery, class 1 admissions
Hour-long tests followed by interviews in which the students are asked a series of questions to determine their readiness for a course. These are not for those seeking admissions to college but for...
View ArticleHM accused of raping student
The head master of the government higher primary school in Gujjepalli village of the taluk is accused of raping a student of his school.The crime came to light after an anonymous call was made to the...
View Article'Conspiracy to unseat seer'
Sri Akhila Havyaka Mahasabha director Mahabaleshwar Bhat has accused the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court S K Mukherjee and Edurkula Ishwar Bhat (petitioner in a PIL)of hatching a conspiracy...
View ArticleClassic 'Maya Bazaar' now adapted to stage in English
The timeless 1957 Telugu and Tamil classic movie Maya Bazaar, a story on mythology and fantasy, based on the epic Mahabharata, is well etched in our minds. Recreating the magic yet again, Bangalore...
View ArticleWater fills roads as pipeline bursts
Water drained out on the traffic-filled Palace Cross Road at the entrance of Palace Grounds in Vasanthnagar on Monday as the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) broke open a large...
View ArticleRs 500 notes arrive but most ATMs can't dispense them
Around 20 branches of some banks in Bengaluru received Rs 500 notes on Monday while others are expected to get them on Tuesday. But the problem of cash shortage at ATMs is yet to be solved as the two...
View ArticleWith these cakes, you can have the note and eat it too
Even as the markets in Mumbai are selling wallets with images of scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, a Bengaluru-based online bakery is rolling-out freshly baked Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 note-themed cakes....
View ArticleBuilder razes wall; residents cry foul
Tense situation prevailed for a while at Ramaiah Garden Layout in JPNagar after a compound on a private plot at the layout was demolished by a builder on Monday.An apartment has been constructed by...
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