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'Rotary Fridge' ensures excess food goes to hungry
Many restaurants is the city incinerate excess food, even if it is fit for human consumption. Realising that this food could be used by those in need, Rotary Bangalore Brigades has launched 'The Rotary...
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Playing the Anthem since 1973
Much before the Supreme Court's verdict on Wednesday, Veeresh cinema, one of the oldest theatres on Magadi Road reintroduced playing national anthem in 1988, a practice it had discontinued in late...
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Quizzards have whale of a time in this contest
Rapid fire questions, buzzers, pounces and participants waiting with bated breath for the results... no, this is not a scene out of a reality television show, but that of the electrifying inter-school...
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SBI braces for salary, pension disbursals
State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, is gearing up to disburse salaries from Thursday, as it has received Rs 100 crore for Bengaluru Circle (Rs 100 denomination) re-issuable notes which...
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Mobile wallet firms get a boost
The demonetisation has given a boost to mobile wallet companies as thousands of visitors enquired about cashless transactions at the three-day ITE.biz 2016.Briefing reporters here on Wednesday,...
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After currency ban, KSRTC losing Rs 50 lakh a day
Revenues of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) have taken a beating, post-demonetisation.The two state-run transport...
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Banks turn to temples, liquor shops for small-value notes
Bengalureans are a worried lot as they get ready for a new month starting Thursday. As the government fixed a ceiling on withdrawals after the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes on November 8,...
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BDA site application fee may be refunded with interest
The state government is mulling over amendments to the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) Act to refund the application fees with interest, in case the BDA is not able to allot sites to applicants,...
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Steel flyover work will start once stay is vacated: George
Bengaluru Development Minister K J George has said that the state government would start construction of the steel bridge between Basaveshwara Circle and Hebbal in Bengaluru soon after the National...
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BMIC project: House panel wants excess 10K acres returned to owners
A Legislative Assembly committee is learnt to have recommended that about 10,000 acres of additional land being acquired for the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project...
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ATM money heist: driver's relative detained
The city police have detained Patrick, a relative of Dominic Selvaraj Roy, for questioning in connection with the Rs 1.37-crore heist.Deputy Commissioner of Police (West)MNAnucheth told DH that Patrick...
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Rs 8 lakh in scrapped notes found
Scrapped notes worth Rs 7.87 lakh were found in the basement of an apartment on Laskar Road in Adugodi on Thursday.Police said that the management members of Madhuban apartment found the cash in Rs 500...
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Noronha sent to judicial custody
Retired DySP Babu Noronha, the prime suspect in the Rs 83-lakh robbery case, has been remanded in judicial custody till December 13.The JPNagar police produced Noronha before the magistrate on...
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Government okays overhaul plan for Bengaluru police
The state government has reorganised the policing structure in Bengaluru by opening nine new police stations, abolishing/merging an equal number and renaming one.It has also created a new division...
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HC upholds taking over of Jayanagar temple
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Sri Vinayaka Seva Samithi of the Ganesha temple at Jayanagar 4th Block challenging a single judge order upholding the government's move...
View ArticleCycle rally flagged off
Mayor G Padmavathi on Thursday flagged off a cycle rally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari aimed at promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship programme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.Padmavathi hailed the...
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Alumni back Sampath, say Symbiosis 'hushed up sexual abuse plaints'
The alumni of Symbiosis School of Media and Communication have come out in support of their director and teacher Vikram Sampath who resigned abruptly after a 15-month stint.Sampath, a historian and one...
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Metro link to Whitefield: Bids floated in 2 packages
In a major step towards providing Metro connectivity to Whitefield, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Thursday invited bids to take up construction work between Kundanahalli and...
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My friend, philosopher & guide: maid's son
For Sunil Paswan, Major Akshay Girish Kumar was no less than a role model. "A friend, philosopher and guide," is how he remembers the martyred Army officer. Nicknamed Guddu, Paswan was mentored by...
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A crystal clear ambition and a life well-served
Even as a child, Major Akshay Girish Kumar's dream was to serve the country. He was in class 5 when he walked up to his grandfather and said that he wanted to hold a rifle. He was so attracted to guns...
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