Funds crunch forces BDA to hand over 60 lakes to Palike
The BDA has handed over 60 more lakes to the BBMP, unable to handle them due to acute funds crunch. The lakes include Bellandur, Varthur, Kalkere and Hulimavu. The BDA had written to the government...
View ArticleCong's Padmavathi, Sowmya in race for mayor's post
With just a day for the mayoral polls, the race for the top post has boiled down to two women corporators from the Congress. Prakash Nagar corporator G Padmavathi and Shanthinagar corporator P Sowmya...
View ArticleDelhi sees over 1,000 chikungunya cases in 1 week
There has been a sharp increase of over 1,000 more chikungunya cases in the past one week across the city, said a weekly municipal report on Monday.So far, the vector borne diseases have claimed over...
View ArticleDCW seeks action plan for demolition on GB Road
The DCW has sought an action plan and timeline from North MCD for demolition of illegal structures, especially tehkhanas, in brothels at G B Road.Tehkhanas are hidden cells where trafficked girls are...
View ArticleAbandoned sisters on road to recovery
Hema,8, and Rekha,3, (names changed) are now fit to be discharged from hospital. But doctors and nurses are unwilling to let them go.The staff at Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital has decided to keep the...
View ArticleBusinessman beaten up, shot at in Jamia Nagar
An Aam Aadmi Party supporter escaped unharmed after he was shot at by a local activist municipal councillor during a fight between the two in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar on Thursday evening.Police...
View ArticleVarsity college celebrates maiden foundation day
The maiden foundation day celebrations of the University College at Hampankatta on Tuesday set the tone to plan the 150th anniversary celebration of the reputed institution scheduled in...
View ArticleProtests against SC order in Mandya
The farmers and members of various Kannada organisations and political parties staged a protest against the Supreme Court's directive to release 6,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for the next three...
View ArticleSome content on TV needs censorship: HC
The High Court on Tuesday said there are certain programmes and advertisements aired on television channels which need serious censorship. Hearing a plea for censorship of TV programmes, Justice A N...
View ArticleDepartmental enquiries against 400 officials assigned to Lokayukta
In a swift move, the state government has assigned 400 departmental enquiries against various public servants to the Lokayukta institution. Section 12(3) of Lokayukta Act authorises the institution to...
View ArticleCauvery: All-party meet today to discuss state's next move
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened an all-party meeting at the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday to decide the next course of action in view of the Supreme Court's latest order to the state to release...
View ArticleJayalalithaa holds meeting in hospital
Following the Supreme Court order directing Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs water, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa convened a meeting at the hospital, where she was admitted for fever and...
View ArticleState Congress MPs petition Modi, Uma
Congress MPs from Karnataka on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the Cauvery issue and convene a meeting of chief ministers of the basin states immediately, to settle the row...
View ArticleBJP, JD(S) decry SC order, say state should not release water
The opposition BJP and the JD(S) have maintained that Karnataka should not pay heed to the Supreme Court order on release of 6,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. Both the parties on Tuesday decried...
View ArticleDefamation: Rahul to appear before Guwahati court tomorrow
After taking a hardline against the RSS on Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is bracing for defamation cases filed by RSS activists in different courts.Rahul is...
View ArticleShowers in N-K, coastal belt cheer farmers
Rains were reported from a few districts in North Karnataka and the coastal belt on Tuesday. There was rain in the town and other parts of Nargund taluk in Gadag district. Farmers in the taluk are now...
View ArticleCongress to face 2018 Assembly polls under collective leadership
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara on Tuesday said the ruling Congress will face the next Assembly elections in the state under collective leadership. "The Congress believes...
View ArticleBritish-era water tanks discovered in Mumbai
Sixty-six water tanks—several of them built during the British era, have been discovered in Mumbai—throwing light on the excellent water conservation and storage techniques. The...
View ArticleBulandshahr case: SC tells CBI to issue notice to Azam Khan
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to serve its notice to Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan asking him to explain his remark terming the July 29 gang-rape of a woman and her minor daughter a...
View ArticleSupreme court tells Kumaraswamy, wife to face trial in mining case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anitha to face trial for abusing position in granting lease to a mining company for lifting of one lakh metric...
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