City stands still over Cauvery
Barring a few minor incidents, Friday's dawn-to-dusk bandh was complete and peaceful in the city. The statewide bandh was called by various pro-Kannada organisations to protest the Supreme Court order...
View ArticleSuicide bid survivor pens a book on life
A woman, who survived a suicide attempt, has come out with a book with the objective of preventing people from ending their lives.The 80-page book, titled "Amayra - The essence of life," penned by...
View ArticleStampede at navy recruitment rally in Mumbai
Two youths were injured in jostling and a stampede during a recruitment rally of the Indian Navy at the INS Hamla at Malad in the western suburbs of Mumbai.According to reports, the Indian Navy was...
View Article25,000 pairs of RSS' new uniform sold in Karnataka
As many as 25,000 pairs of the new uniform of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS) have been sold across the state in the last three days.In a first in its 91-year history, the RSS has replaced its...
View ArticleCongress sees rebellion in Gujarat BJP
The Congress is seeing signs of a farmers' rebellion brewing in Gujarat, where BJP president Amit Shah faced the wrath of the restive Patidar community on Thursday evening at Surat. The revolt of the...
View ArticleSaradha scam: Mitra gets bail
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra, an accused in the Saradha scam, was on Friday granted bail by a city court 617 days after his arrest. The former state Cabinet minister was arrested by the...
View ArticleSchools' Dasara vacation may be cut to offset days lost to bandhs
Just three months into the academic year and already, seven days have been lost due to strikes and bandhs. The state government is contemplating cutting short Dasara holidays for its schools, while...
View ArticlePandemonium in AP Assembly
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes for the second consecutive day on Friday over the Centre's refusal to grant a special category status to the state.YSR Congress...
View Article'Anti-incumbency in UP is against SP, not CM'
Unfazed by Akhilesh Yadav praising Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi as a "good boy", BJP leaders in private admitted that there is no anti-incumbency against the UP chief minister but only against...
View ArticleSpecial legislature session on GST Bill likely to be cancelled
A day-long special session of the state legislature convened on September 14 to ratify the Constitutional amendment Bill on GST is likely to be cancelled.A final decision in this regard will be taken...
View ArticleSC refuses to stay HC order on Delhi Lt governor
In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party government, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant an interim stay on the Delhi High Court verdict giving primacy to the lieutenant governor (L-G) in Delhi's...
View ArticleJog Falls project must fulfil conditions on land exchange
The state government's ambitious project of making Jog Falls in Shivamogga flow perennially may take longer than expected as the department of environment and ecology has set specific conditions...
View ArticleRahul visits Ayodhya, avoids Ram temple
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday visited Ayodhya, the first by a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family in the past 26 years. He paid obeisance at the famous Hanumangarhi temple, but avoided...
View ArticleDU poll results today; JNU Monday
Students from Delhi University (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) sealed the fate of the candidates in fray for the post of president and other office bearers in their respective panels of the...
View ArticleFilm fraternity joins protest
The members of the Kannada film fraternity too joined the protest bandwagon. The who's who of Kannada film industry expressed their support to the statewide bandh called by the pro-Kannada bodies over...
View ArticleBiocon chief trolled for 'Bandhaluru' tweet
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw faced a backlash after her comment terming the city as 'Bandhaluru' on the social networking site Twitter. "Yes we shd rename our city as Bandhaluru,' she commented on...
View ArticleStray violence mars peaceful shutdown
A few incidents of violence marred what was otherwise a peaceful day of shutdown in Bengaluru over the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. On Friday afternoon, activists of the Karnataka Rakshana...
View ArticleHospitals see fewer outpatients
With no transport available, several patients visited hospitals on Friday in private vehicles. Some could not keep their appointments, according to doctors. Dr Chandrashekar, HOD, Psychiatry, Victoria...
View ArticleBengaluru's IT, ITeS companies log off
IT and ITeS companies in India's Silicon Valley came to a standstill due to the dawn-to-dusk bandh against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The main hubs for these companies —...
View ArticleTamil Sangam backs protests, but against vandalism
Members of the Tamil Sangam in Bengaluru, expressed support for the agitation in Karnataka over the Cauvery crisis. But they were against the protesters vandalising properties in the city and state.G...
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