Home dept asks DPAR if Anupama Shenoy can be reinstated
The Home department has written to the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms to examine whether former DySP Anupama Shenoy can withdraw her resignation. Sources told DH that the Home...
View ArticleKSPCB chief's son lost Rs 3.5 crore, not Rs 5.5L, in burglary
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested five men based on a complaint filed by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) chairman's son that Rs 5.5 lakh was stolen from his house when he...
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Nanosatellite developed by B'luru students to be launched tomorrow
The PES Imaging Satellite, or PISAT, designed and developed by students from Bengaluru, will be launched from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Monday. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro)...
View ArticleGovt land worth Rs 1K cr, 56 acres temple property recovered
The Bengaluru Urban district authorities on Saturday started taking over land around Byalalu in Bengaluru, belonging to the Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Srirangapatna in Mandya. Along with it, government...
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JD(S) keeps Cong, BJP guessing on mayoral polls
The JD(S) is continuing to keep the BJP and Congress guessing on the BBMP mayoral polls. On Saturday, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy told reporters that his party's primary demand was the...
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Ex-corporator 'abuses' woman for plaint on land grab
Madhuri Subba Rao had never imagined that saving a lake could be a harrowing experience. When she invited the officials of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to see for themselves the rampant...
View ArticleCollege student among 3 killed in separate accidents
Three persons were killed in separate accidents in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Whitefield and Chikkajala since Friday night. In the first incident, a 22-year-old engineering student was killed while her...
View ArticleGang of 6, including four women, held for robberies
Six members of an inter-state gang, including four women, who would rob senior citizens by diverting their attention, were arrested by the central division police. The arrested are Vijaya, Sudha,...
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Thieves on the prowl, residents cry foul
As Bengaluru transformed from a manageable city to a metropolis of 1.2 crore, the city has seen a corresponding rise in crimes, more apparent in the new, outlying areas. Here are some citizens voicing...
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Thieves on the prowl, residents cry foul
As Bengaluru transformed from a manageable city to a metropolis of 1.2 crore, the city has seen a corresponding rise in crimes, more apparent in the new, outlying areas. Here are some citizens voicing...
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Low order, on the border
Bengaluru's big city ambitions got a hyper-boost in 2007, when the BBMP jurisdictional area shot up to a whopping 741 sqkm. But that big size triggered an infrastructure problem so huge that the...
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Low order, on the border
Bengaluru's big city ambitions got a hyper-boost in 2007, when the BBMP jurisdictional area shot up to a whopping 741 sqkm. But that big size triggered an infrastructure problem so huge that the...
View ArticleImage of 'education hub' Mangaluru is under threat, says CFI leader
Secretary of Campus Front ofIndia (CFI) State Committee Mohammed Tafsir onSaturday said that the recent developments at Mangalore University and Srinivasa College do not augur well for the district...
View ArticleGrand Mangaluru Dasara from October 1
The preparations for 'Mangaluru Dasara 2016', which starts from October 1 at Kudroli Shree Gokarnanatha Kshetra, are on in full swing. The 10-day Dasara celebrations - with unbridled devotion and...
View ArticlePre-mature male child found abandoned
Body of a six-month old "pre-mature" male child was found abandoned at the toilet of Rao Tula Ram Hospital in South West Delhi on Friday.Police have taken the body into their custody and search for its...
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AAP's 'spot the kachra' campaign takes off
With an aim to spread awareness among masses about the importance of keeping their surroundings clean, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday launched a 'spot the kachra' campaign to inform people that...
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Man morphs photos of minors, blackmails them
Frustrated over not been able to get married for a long time, a mobile shop owner made obscene morphed photos of minor girls and threatened to make them viral if they refuse to have "sex-chat" with him...
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Holistic welfare an immediate necessity
Tamanna (name changed), 17, was rescued from a brothel on GB Road last month following a raid. Being a minor, she was sent to a child care centre, from where she is expected to be reunited with her...
View ArticleCourt order far from solving dilemma of prostitution
Suman, then 18, was forcefully hidden in a small cellar-like room, by her pimp. But her father and brother, along with NGO Shakti Vahini and Delhi Police, were determined to rescue her.They broke open...
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A persistent malaise
Human trafficking is one of the largest organised crimes in India.With successive governments failing to combat it, the trafficking has grown and traffickers have adopted new styles of functioning to...
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