Hoodi station opens, offers quicker, cheaper travel option to city
For thousands of techies and locals, the commuting time to the city would be cut drastically with the inauguration of the Hoodi halt railway station on Thursday. Train services from this station,...
View ArticleAAP files plaint against corporator, husband
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force against Dodda Bommasandra corporator Jayalakshmi and her husband Pillappa accusing them of...
View ArticleCash collector robbed of Rs 10.8L while riding bike
A man who collects payments from retailers for a wholesale dealer said he was thrashed and robbed of Rs 10.8 lakh by some men near Chamarajpet main road, central Bengaluru, on Wednesday evening. Ramesh...
View Article3 former Vijaya Bank officials convicted in fraud case
A special CBI court has convicted three former employees of Vijaya Bank and seven others in a bank fraud case. The court convicted H Dinakar Shetty, the then senior manager at HAL 3rd Stage branch, K...
View ArticleWoman conductor bites students as spat over bus pass gets out of hand
An argument over returning the bus pass ended with a woman conductor biting the hands of two students and both the sides going to the police with conflicting claims. The incident took place near...
View ArticleWomen trained by police karate experts
Limbering up after a grueling day-long karate session, Constable Shashi is looking confident and energetic at the premises of Delhi Police's Special Unit for Women and Children (SUWC) in South Delhi's...
View ArticleLG tells police to check crimes against women
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Thursday told Delhi Police to show concrete results on checking crimes against women by adopting a policy of zero tolerance against tormentors of women.Jung advised...
View ArticleFire in plastic factory kills 1, injures 3 firemen
A major fire broke out Wednesday evening in a plastic making factory in Outer Delhi's Narela killing one labourer and injuring three fire fighters.The fire started at 4:40 pm from a short circuit....
View ArticleUdaipur zoo to hire Tamil trainer to make Chennai tiger feel at home
The arrival of Rama, a five-year-old white tiger, at the Sajjangarh Biological Park from a Chennai zoo, has left the zookeepers in Udaipur in a real tizzy. As Rama was raised in Chennai, he apparently...
View Article'End rumours on Jaya health'
Wishing Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa a speedy recovery, various leaders in Tamil Nadu, including Opposition DMK president M Karunanidhi, urged the state government to put an end to the rumours and...
View ArticlePark Street gang-rape prime suspect held
In a major breakthrough, the Kolkata Police arrested Kader Khan, prime suspect in the Park Street gang-rape case nearly five years after the incident. A special team from the Kolkata Police, in a joint...
View Article'Union minister to be requested to halt Yettinahole'
Anand Swaroop Guruji, Ganga Seva Mission, has said that a memorandum will be submitted to Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave to cancel the permission granted to the Yettinahole...
View ArticleRhythmic fusion of Yakshagana and Western art
The rhythmic fusion of the traditional folk art Yakshagana with that of the Western choral accessory is being innovated by a group of theatre artistes which has come down to the temple town for a...
View ArticleAged brothers remain busy to stay healthy
At a time when people in their 50s wait for retirement or prefer to take voluntary retirement, three brothers in the Port City of Mangaluru - one above 80 years and two above 70 years - love to earn...
View ArticleKoppal marooned after 100 mm rains lash town
Heavy rains lashed Koppal for more than two-and-half hours on Friday afternoon, inundating vast parts of the town.The downpour, which started late on Thursday night, gained pace by Friday afternoon....
View ArticleMysuru Dasara set to begin under shadow of Cauvery protests
Amid threats of protests over the Cauvery River water sharing issue, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will fly in from Bengaluru with writer Chennaveera Kanavi, who will inaugurate the 406th Dasara atop the...
View ArticleDGCA lifts ban on Samsung Note 7 sold after September 15
Three weeks after banning the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in flights, the DGCA has partially lifted the restrictions allowing fliers to use the smartphone that has a "green battery charge...
View ArticleCentre to import 1.7 lakh tonnes of masoor, tur
The government has decided to build up buffer stock of masoor and tur variety of pulses through imports in addition to direct procurement from farmers. The Price Stabilisation Fund Management Committee...
View ArticleWater release: SC praises Nariman for not arguing for Karnataka
The Sup-reme Court on Friday praised the stand taken by senior advocate Fali S Nariman that he would not make any submission on behalf of Karnataka during the hearing of the matter relating to sharing...
View ArticleShahabuddin verdict a setback to Lalu
The apex court ruling on RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin has dealt a severe blow to party president Lalu Prasad, but at the same time, the verdict has served as a shot in the arm for Chief Minister Nitish...
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