Two-day BRICS meet begins in Jaipur
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday inaugurated the two-day conference of the BRICS Women Parliamentarian Forum in Jaipur. Around 42 delegates from member countries, including 28 MPs from...
View ArticleGovt relies on apex court verdict on judges' appointment
In the ongoing tussle with the judiciary on appointment of judges, the government relied upon the Constitution bench's decision of the Supreme Court to assert its "effective" role in the selection of...
View ArticleSC dismisses plea on arrest in dowry case
The Supreme Court has dismissed a curative petition filed by National Commission for Women against a 2014 judgement that had directed the police not to arrest the accused in casual and mechanical...
View ArticleModi invites Prachanda for first state visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited Nepal's new leader Prachanda to New Delhi on an early official visit. The prime minsiter offered the invitation through Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister...
View Article'Just didn't want another bronze'
Soon after winning the silver medal in women's badminton on Friday, P V Sindhu talked of her life taking a different turn, thanks to her Olympic success.The shuttler had a sneak preview of things to...
View ArticleIraq's Kurds seek India's military assistance
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has sought India's military support in its fight against Islamic State (IS) group.Kurdistan has also sought humanitarian aid from India to help...
View ArticlePlan to introduce real driving emission tests
In the event of some of the global automobile giants found cheating on vehicle emission standard, the Centre is working on introducing a new method of real driving emission tests instead of the...
View ArticleDipa receives a rousing welcome
India's trailblazer in gymnastics, Dipa Karmakar, returned home in the wee hours of Saturday and was left astounded by the roaring welcome. Somewhere it deepened her regret for narrowly missing the...
View ArticleDirectors vanished after taking money, claim recruits
Agroup of engineering students on Saturday claimed that the directors of a company vanished after pocketing Rs 25,000 and original certificates from each of the 500 new recruits. Most of them were...
View ArticleWoman brandishes machete to ward off 'trespassers'
The video of a woman brandishing a machete and threatening to kill persons trespassing on her property in Hoodi, has gone viral on the YouTube. The Mahadevapura police have registered cases against the...
View ArticleKSIC repays Rs 22-crore loan to government
The Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC)Ltd on Saturday repaid a loan of Rs 22 crore, which it had borrowed between 2003 and 2006, to the government.KSIC chairman D Basavaraja presented a...
View ArticleMahalakshmi Layout: Full of parks, but few of use
Mahalakshmi Layout in northern Bengaluru has as many as 53 parks, but most of them are in bad shape. From inadequate lighting to lack of benches, the green spaces have plenty of problems. The poor...
View ArticleGovt to form sub-groups to focus on industrial growth in state
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced the constitiution of five sub-groups, including one for the development of infrastructure in Bengaluru, for giving an impetus to the industrial growth...
View Article'Only encroached buildings will be razed'
Gopalaiah clarified that the houses constructed on the Kamalanagar lakebed would not be demolished. "Residents should not panic at the rumours. Only encroached buildings that have come up on the...
View ArticleTwo get bail in Father Thomas murder case
The High Court on Saturday granted bail to Father Elias and Carmel Peter, accused of murdering Father Thomas, the rector at the St Peters Pontifical Seminary. Father Elias was accused number one and...
View ArticleHC pulls up health officials over treatment to Mahadayi protesters
The High Court on Saturday asked the District Health Officer of Dharwad why no register was maintained while treating villagers who were brutally caned by the police during the Mahadayi agitation....
View ArticleWill turn it into a model constituency, says MLA
MLA K Gopalaiah and Deputy Mayor Hemalatha Gopalaiah assured the residents that they would turn the Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency into a model constituency.Speaking to Deccan Herald after...
View ArticleRSS worker's killer involved in 7 murders
The Mysuru police have claimed that Abid Pasha, the prime accused in the murder case of RSSworker KRaju, was involved in seven murder and five attempt to murder cases over religious hatred.City Police...
View ArticleBBMP hints at tough action against big builders
Having come under severe criticism for targeting the houses of economically weaker and middle class in the ongoing stormwater drains encroachment clearance drive, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike...
View ArticleGokula Education Foundation denies encroachment charge
Gokula Education Foundation has refuted the allegations made by BJP leader N R Ramesh that it has encroached upon some portions of land belonging to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and a...
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