Sudden reversal for two films
'Mukunda Murari' and 'Santhu Straight Forward' hit the screens on October 28, 10 days days before demonetisation.Their box office collections were good; producers expected them to become the...
View ArticleJust one batch of Rs 500 notes for state
The State Bank of Mysore (SBM), which holds all the currency chests in Karnataka and stocks notes and coins on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has received just one consignment of the new...
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Electronic equipment to survey big properties
The BBMP has decided to use Total Station Survey (TSS), an electronic survey equipment, to measure big properties, the owners of which may not have furnished details properly.Speaking to reporters,...
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Jeffrey Archer amused by B'luru's infamous traffic jams
On his second visit to Bengaluru, popular British author Jeffrey Archer on Tuesday launched the last installment of the 'The Clifton Chronicles', a seven-part epic saga about Clifton family. Archer was...
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Scrapped notes in temple donation box
A large number of demonetised notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination were found in the donation box (hundi) at Shree Dodda Ganapathi temple, Basavanagudi, when the counting of donations began on...
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Exploring the global significance of water
If we run out of a particular source of food, it can be replaced with another. However, if there is no water available, what can we drink instead?The tenth edition of the international film festival...
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CNG refill stations likely to come up at petrol pumps
Facing space constraints in and around Bengaluru, Gail Gas Ltd is exploring opening Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refill stations at petrol pumps owned by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Gail Gas Ltd,...
View Article2 engineering students killed while on joy ride
Two engineering students were killed in an accident near New BEL Road in the wee hours on Wednesday.Police said the two had borrowed a friend's bike to go on a joy ride after attending a party in...
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3 agencies to get licence for CNG retro-fitting soon
Two months after GAIL Gas launched Bengaluru's first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station, only 28 private cars have been retro-fitted with CNG kits in the entire city. But this hitherto slow...
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Ganapathi death: Judicial panel to begin enquiry
The state government has appointed retired judge of Karnataka High Court, Justice K N Keshavanarayana, as a one-man commission of enquiry to probe the death of DySP M K Ganapathi. The commission will...
View Article3-year-old boy missing from Palamaner, found in city
A three-year-old boy who recently went missing from his house in Palamaner, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh was found near Benniganahalli in Mahadevapura. Police said Sharath, son of Krishnamohan,...
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Two IAS officers to get notice over M-sand circulars
The state government is learnt to have decided to serve show-cause notices on two IASofficers, a former and the present secretary of Mines and Geology department for issuing circulars in contravention...
View Article'Illegal' houses in BDA layouts may be regularised
The state government is planning to regularise houses constructed ''illegally' in BDA layouts by imposing a penalty.The state Cabinet which met in Belagavi on Wednesday decided to constitute a...
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Synchronised steps of a scintillating dance contest
Dance is a language of the body. It says more than what words can ever describe. The young participants of the inter-school dance competition organised by the student edition of Deccan Herald at Bal...
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Van driver flees with Rs 1.37 cr
The driver of a van carrying crisp new currency sped away with a whopping Rs 1.37 crore on Wednesday.Dominic J, a resident of Lingarajpuram, pulled off the heist around 1.30 pm, police said. The...
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Hit by cash crunch, firms count on salary accounts
Industries are asking all their employees who do not have bank accounts to open one at the earliest, so that their salaries can be credited into it before December 7.Nearly 30% of the workforce in the...
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Infrastructure projects in city hit
City's infrastructure projects, which are known for getting stuck due to reasons such as delay in land acquisition and approvals, are now going slow due to demonetisation. With most labourers being...
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Hard-pressed for hard currency, but many ATMs still shut
Though the new Rs 500 notes have begun to trickle into the city, many people are struggling to lay thier hands on lower denomination notes. Only a few ATMs have been dispensing the new 500-rupee notes,...
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BJP retains Lakkasandra ward
The BJP succeeded in retaining its forte in the Lakkasandra Ward (Ward Number 146) by-election with the victory of Sarala Mahesh Babu in the election.Sarala polled 7,638 votes and defeated her nearest...
View ArticleBangalore Literature Festival begins on Dec 17
The fifth edition of the Bangalore Literature Festival starts on December 17. The line-up of participating authors for the two-day festival has not been announced yet but entries have been called for...
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