Petition on betterment charges dismissed
The High Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions filed by various builders and developers and apartment owners seeking quashing of the circulars and demand notices issued to them to pay...
View ArticleRR Nagar women corporators accuse MLA of harassment
Women corporators representing Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency protested and lashed out at the atrocity being meted out to them. They accused Rajarajeshwari Nagar MLA Munirathna and his supporters...
View ArticleTemporary registrants' list out
The office of the Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax has uploaded the list of units having temporary registrations with their jurisdictional details on http://centralexcisebangalore.gov.in...
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BDA likely to roll back hike in property tax
The Bangalore Development Authority may decide to roll back the hike in property taxes at its board meeting likely to be held on August 31.BDA hiked property taxes in April around the time the BBMP...
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Demolition victims say BBMP using wrong map
The BBMP officers on a demolition drive had to face stiff resistance from residents who accused them of altering the alignment of stormwater drains in order to facilitate powerful people at Avani...
View ArticlePalike gets defence land, all clear for rail bridge work
Another major hitch in completing the rail overbridge (ROB) at Baiyappanahalli has been cleared with the state government giving its nod to the BBMP for exchanging its park land near Halasuru lake with...
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BBMP likely to appeal HC ruling that annuls village maps
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has sought legal opinion to challenge a ruling of the High Court which held that topographical details in village maps do no hold good if they are missing...
View ArticleCauvery row: BSY urges SC to study ground realities
BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa urged the Supreme Court to send a team of experts and get a report on the availability of water in the KRS dam before issuing orders in the Cauvery River...
View ArticleBudding artists hone skills on various art forms
Yakshith, a class eight student from Vidyadahini High School, Surathkal, wants to be an artist first and a scientist next. He has been regularly participating in drawing contests and workshops to hone...
View ArticleBrouhaha over wearing headscarf at Srinivas College of Pharmacy
The Campus Front of India (CFI) activists on Saturday staged a protest in front of the Srinivas College of Pharmacy, Valacchil, on the outskirts of the city, demanding to allow students to enter...
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This hero does not fly too high
A Flying JattHindi (U/A) **Cast: Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez, Nathan JonesDirector: Remo D'SouzaTiger Shroff is a faltering martial arts teacher. He falls, gets up and falls again. One day, he...
View ArticleA ruminating romance
Happy BirthdayKannada (U/A) ***Cast: Sachin, Samskhruthy Shenoy, Achyut Kumar, Sanjay, ChikkannaDirector: K Mahesh SukhadareSeeped in Mandya milieu, Happy Birthday is a fiesty, ruminating romance. If...
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'Varsities should be bastions of free speech'
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said universities and institutions of higher learning must be bastions of free speech, and debates should be encouraged.At the first convocation of the Nalanda...
View ArticleBoy strangled by stepmom for eating samosa
The only mistake six-year-old Saif committed was to eat one of the two samosas he had been asked to buy from a nearby shop. But little did he know he would have to pay for it with his life.On Friday,...
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This craftswoman makes Ganesha idols blindfolded
While fashioning Ganesha idols with all its intricate details may be difficult for many, Rama Shah can make it with her eyes covered. Rama, a resident of Mumbai's Sion area, has made 3.51 lakh Ganesha...
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Govt incentives for onion exporters
A steep drop in onion prices at home has prompted the Narendra Modi government to offer duty benefits to encourage its export to overseas markets. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has extended a 5%...
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Post Haji Ali Dargah judgement, focus shifts to Sabarimala case
With the judgement on allowing women's entry to the Haji Ali Dargah, the focus is likely to shift to the apex court, which is hearing a similar plea in the case of Kerala's famous Sabarimala...
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Right to practice as advocate not an absolute right, says SC
The Supreme Court has held that the right to practice as an advocate is not an absolute right, but it is a statutory right subject to control and regulation.The apex court said that the courts can...
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Fire in West Bengal state-run hospital kills 3
A child and two caretakers were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital at Murshidabad in Bengal on Saturday. All of them were asphyxiated by dense smoke that enveloped two of the hospital's wards,...
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Public, farmers can get flood forecast on mobile phones
Four years from now, people will get flood alerts on their mobile phones, if the Centre successfully implements the National Hydrology Project on time. The Ministry of Water Resources began the...
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