Houses, wedding halls razed in RR Nagar
Continuing the drive against buildings on stormwater drains, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday demolished three buildings at Halagevaderahalli in Rajarajeshwari Nagar...
View ArticleParents beam with pride
At 2.40 am on Thursday, Sudesh Malik burst into jubilation, kissing the LCD television screen several times seeing her wrestler daughter Sakshi win Indias first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. By...
View ArticleSonia back in hospital
Congress President Sonia Gandhi was back in the hospital to remove the stitches put after a surgery she had undergone earlier this month to fix her left shoulder dislocation.Sonia (69) was admitted to...
View ArticleACB raids women's panel office
An Anti-Corruption Branch team on Thursday raided the office of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on a complaint filed by Congress leader Barkha Shukla Singh.Barkha accused the DCW of "nepotism and...
View ArticleQueen Elaine conquers 200
Lying flat on her back and staring into the night sky, Elaine Thompson must have seen a couple of twinkling stars looking right back at her. Moments earlier, the Jamaican had turned into a star of a...
View ArticleRegister under FCRA, centre directs Amnesty International
The government will ask Amnesty India to register itself under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).The sources said NGOs with expenses over Rs 10 lakh for three preceeding years have to...
View ArticleWill stick to principles even if we lose power, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is under attack for his comments on cow vigilantism, on Thursday said the BJP will not compromise on its principles even if it has to sit in the Opposition.Modi also...
View ArticleCentre drops plan for separate administrator for Chandigarh UT
The Centre dropped a plan to appoint a separate administrator for Chandigarh UTafter a strong protest from Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, patron of BJP ally SAD.President Pranab Mukherjee's...
View ArticleNaidu slams Digvijaya for remark on Kashmir
The spat between the BJP and Congress got new fodder with Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday attacking Opposition leader Digvijaya Singh.Singh had called Jammu and Kashmir "India occupied...
View ArticleColdstream for main event
A Mangalorkar trained Coldstream, to be ridden by S John, is tipped to land the spoils in the Independence Trophy over 1400 metres, the feature event of the races to be held here at the Bangalore Turf...
View ArticleLecturer dies in army custody in Kashmir
A lecturer was reportedly beaten to death by army soldiers in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday, even as protests continued for the 40th consecutive day throughout the Valley.Residents of...
View Article'Don't misinterpret individual comments'
As the Congress appeared a divided lot over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reference to Balochistan, senior leader Anand Sharma said individual comments should not be misrepresented as the party...
View ArticleTop companies in Byrasandra lake encroachers' list
A Karnataka High Court commissioner's report has confirmed encroachment of Byrasandra lake and identified Bagmane Tech Park, Congnizant Technologies Pvt Ltd and Electronics and Radar Development...
View ArticleCops question Amnesty India representatives
The Bengaluru police on Thursday questioned the representatives of Amnesty International India and a few others in connection with an event organised on August 13 at the United Theological College...
View ArticleIndia sets 5-point agenda for Pak talks
India has set clear terms for talks with Pakistan, outlining a five-point agenda and asking the neighbouring country to stop exporting terror and inciting violence in Jammu and Kashmir.New Delhi has...
View ArticleSindhu storms into final
After 13 days of defeats, near misses and heartbreaks, India finally have not one, but two medals to celebrate at the Olympic Games, thanks to the determined display by two of our women athletes.Sakshi...
View ArticleCops in pressure postings will work in 3 shifts, says police chief
The state government will shortly introduce an additional shift of eight hours for police personnel in areas where they work under enormous pressure. The scheme will be introduced first in Bengaluru,...
View ArticleBJP expects 10K people for Amit Shah events in Mangaluru
The BJP expects 10,000 people to gather during the visit of its national president Amit Shah to Dakshina Kannada district on August 21. Shah will attend the main event being organised as part of...
View ArticleLake breaches in Arkalgud taluk
Doddakere at Ibbadi village in Arkalgud taluk breached on Wednesday night inundating agricultural lands and destroying crops worth lakhs.According to villagers, water from the lake has inundated...
View ArticleFour youths killed in car-lorry collision in Ballari
Four youths, returning from an excursion, were killed on the spot in a head-on collision between a car and a lorry on National Highway-50 near Shivapur in the taluk on Thursday morning, reports DHNS...
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