Trailer of movie by rookies rocks in social media
A trailer of the upcoming Kannada film 'Operation Alamelamma' is making waves in social media. The trailer has overtaken the teasers of 'Spider man-Homecoming' and Hindi movie 'Raaes' on YouTube in...
View ArticleBBMP's another push for waste segregation at source
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to start a 45-day awareness drive from December 15, during which it will prepare citizens, pourakarmikas, garbage transporters and contractors...
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Pond turns dumping ground A pond near Sadaramangala lake in Kodigehalli, KR Puram, has been reduced to a dumping ground for debris. The pond is across a railway line from the lake. Authorities are...
View ArticleKAS officer in CID custody for 5 days, govt suspends him
Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS)officer L Bheema Naik, who was arrested along with his personal driver Mohammed in Kalaburagi on Sunday, was produced before the Second Additional Civil Judge at...
View ArticleCBSE directs schools to collect fees only through cashless mode
As digital transactions and cashless payments receive a push, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed affiliated schools to collect fee from students only through online payment or...
View ArticleCanines from Karnataka win contest for police dogs
Two dogs attached to the dog squad of the City Armed Reserve (South), Bengaluru city, bagged the first prize at a national-level competition for police dogs. Deepa (2) and Jonny (3) beat all other dogs...
View ArticleEvaluation: Absentee BU lecturers may not get salary
Bangalore University on Monday issued a circular stating that if lecturers of any college fail to report for evaluation work of first, third and fifth semester UG Examinations, the results of such...
View ArticleSudden surge in swiping machine use causes server overload
A sudden surge in the use of Point of Sales (PoS) or card swiping machines has caused an overload on the servers, thereby inconveniencing traders and customers alike. This comes as a double blow for...
View ArticleBMTC tries to prove CNG buses are costly
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation appears to be wary of inducting Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses in its fleet of vehicles.The state-run public transport corporation has in a...
View Article8 male elephants creating havoc around Bengaluru may be captured, relocated
With a herd of eight male elephants creating a havoc on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the Forest department is planning to capture and relocate them into the wild. G S Kariyappa, Chief Conservator of...
View ArticleCBI arrests Challakere JD(S) leader for amassing new notes
The CBI arrested K C Veerendra, a JD(S) leader from Challakere near Chitradurga, in connection with the huge pile of Rs 2,000 notes found in his possession. The FIR includes several officials of Kotak...
View ArticleMajor fire at Biocon subsidiary in Bommasandra
A major fire broke out at Syngene International Limited (SIL), the contract research subsidiary of Biocon, at Bommasandra Industrial Estate on the Bommasandra-Jigani link road on Monday night. Eight...
View ArticleGovt plans area fests to create brand for B'luru tourism
To create a brand for Bengaluru tourism, the state government and local civic agencies will be organising a series of festivals in different parts of the city, starting with one in Indiranagar in...
View ArticleCorporator's husband assaults man, on the run
A 28-year-old man sustained serious injuries after a corporator's husband attacked him with a lethal weapon over an old rivalry in Tipu Nagar, Chamarajpet on Monday. Nadeem, a resident of Tipu Nagar,...
View ArticleMan tries to 'sodomise' casual acquaintance, held
A 30-year-old man from West Bengal has been arrested for attempting to sodomise a 22-year-old youth he befriended while returning from a pub in Koramangala, southeast Bengaluru, last week. Sanjay, 30,...
View ArticleEid-e-Milad: traffic curbs today
The Bengaluru police have imposed traffic curbs on the following routes in view of Eid-e-Milad processions in the city on Tuesday. *Vehicles plying from Nagavara towards Pottery Road will be restricted...
View ArticleShamanur hospital gets notice
The Bengaluru Urban district administration is cracking down on encroachments on government land. Bengaluru Urban Assistant Commissioner D B Natesh has issued notice to 45 properties, including SS...
View ArticleB'luru to get more automated air quality testing stations
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will instal five automated ambient air quality monitoring stations in Bengaluru soon. The new stations, besides the two existing ones, will help make...
View ArticleAfter flak, BMTC orders removal of liqour ad from buses
After facing criticism from certain sections of society, the Bangalore Metropolitan Corporation Limited (BMTC) has ordered the removal of an advertisement from its Volvo buses, which featured liquor...
View ArticleOperational cost of CNG buses too high, BMTC tells govt
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has informed the state government that the operational cost of CNG buses will be more in the longer run compared to diesel buses. "Spares...
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