Banks see thinner crowds to swap currency
Banks in Bengaluru expectantly wait for the new 500-rupee notes as they run short of low-denomination bills. With the exchange limit for the old currency reduced to Rs 2,000 and several banks being...
View ArticlePortugal PM in city on Nov 7
Portugals Prime Minister Antonio Costa will be the chief guest at the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention to be held from 7 to 9 January in Bengaluru.Costa, who is the son of a Goan Portuguese...
View ArticleSC dismisses plea by ex-registrar of BU
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by former registrar of Bangalore University B C Mylarappa to modify the July 12 order wherein his statement was recorded that he would not seek any...
View ArticleWhitefield Habba with Rajyotsava fervour on Sunday
If you want to soak in the Rajyotsava spirit and experience the enchanting journey through many facets of Whitefield, then Whitefield Habba is your calling. Whitefield Rising (WR), with the support of...
View ArticleNurse attempts suicide at top cop's office
A 26-year-old nurse attempted suicide by consuming a mosquito repellant liquid near the enterance of the Commissioner of Police (COP) office on Infantry Road on Tuesday.The nurse, a native of...
View ArticleLife of an orderly: Most call it slavery, but some love it
Not all constables are happy with the government's decision to save them from menial roles.Karnataka scrapped the system of posting constables as orderlies on November 18 but an order is yet to be...
View ArticleAction against nationwide permit cabs plying in city
The Transport Department has decided to act against cabs which are operating within the city using the All India Tourist Permit. "As per the rules, vehicles issued permits under Section 74 and 88 (8)...
View ArticleSangha flays move over new allowance
The Akhila Karnataka Police Maha Sangha (AKPMS) has condemned the state government's decision on the introduction of new allowances to police personnel. In a press release, AKPMS president, Shashidhar...
View Article22-yr-old crushed to death under parking shaft
A 22-year-old technician was crushed to death under a parking shaft with a car atop it on Tuesday.Dhananjay, employed with Srushti Autotech, was trying to repair the parking shaft at SMR Astra...
View ArticleResearchers devise way to predict defects in IVF embryos
Manipal University and IISc, Bengaluru researchers have identified a way to predict DNA defects in early embryos derived from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) using a noninvasive technology. The...
View ArticleSix held for cloth vendor's murder
The Jayanagar police recently arrested six people in connection with the murder of a cloth merchant. The arrested are Mohammed Shamsheer Ali, 28, Kuldeep Sharma, 24, both residents of Kumaraswamy...
View ArticleMastigudi incident: No bail for accused
A court in Ramanagaram on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of those arrested in connection with the drowning of two actors while shooting for the film 'Mastigudi' in Thippagondanahalli reservoir...
View ArticleMaverick Balamurali's Kannada links go back at least five decades
MBalamuralikrishna stood tall among India's classical vocalists, even if some of his peers saw him as a way-out maverick.Conventional wisdom holds that a raga must have at least five notes for a...
View ArticleHigh Court grants interim stay on Kambala
The high court on Tuesday granted an interim stay on holding Kambala race in coastal Karnataka region. The interim order was issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and...
View ArticleEx-Lokayukta Rao set to face trial as HC bins his plea
Former Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao is set to face trial in the extortion case as the High Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition which challenged the cognisance taken by the special Lokayukta...
View ArticleHe gave masterpiece status to song from war movie
The rendition in a way only MBalamuralikrishna could have done, of the song Devaru Hoseda Premada Dara, from the award-winning Kannada movie 'Muthina Haara' (1990) has given that number...
View ArticleDVS' brother passes away
D V Bhaskar, younger brother of Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, passed away at a private hospital in Mangaluru, following a brief illness. He was 56.Though he was practising law for a few years,...
View ArticleMesmerising Day One of DH school edition contest
At the Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park, it was a delight to see hundreds of small children and teens dressed in bright and colourful costumes gelling well with the greenery around. It was Day One of the...
View ArticleCash woes nix fortunes of potential Kannada hits
The cash crisis had crippled the Kannada film industry, with collections at cinema halls plunging by an estimated 90%. But things are looking up since Sunday.The November 8 ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000...
View ArticleOnline food orders jump but small eateries hit
Food aggregator apps have reported a significant increase in orders as cash-strapped Bengalureans prefer to buy online and pay by credit/debit card and Internet banking. Vanitha Jain, a young...
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