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HC upholds jail term for official

Often, it is seen that public servants caught taking bribes somehow manage to escape punishment and go scot-free. In many cases, it is mostly due to lack of proper evidence and witnesses, who later tu

Officer takes 11 yrs to file charges, HC quashes case

In 1998 seven persons were accused of hunting a sambar (kadave) in Someshwara wildlife division. Two of the accused have died since then. Recently, the high court quashed the case against the others,

HC thwarts bid to grab land meant for hospital

Way back in 1944, the Maharaja of Mysore acquired a piece of prime land in Bengaluru for stablishment of a tuberculosis sanatorium. The land, worth several crores and belonging to SDS Tuberculosis Res

Clerk pockets tax money, loses job

The villagers of Bommanahalli near Bengaluru promptly paid the taxes for their houses, little realising that a part of it was being pocketed by a clerk who was entrusted to collect their taxes in 2002

HC advance bail for BSY, kin

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Quoting English playwright and politician Joseph Addison – “Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honour”, as observed in a Supreme Court verdict, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday grante

Sampangi first MLA to head to jail

First-time BJP MLA from Kolar Gold Fields, Mr Y. Sampangi, became the first-ever sitting legislator in the state to be convicted by a court under Prevention of Corruption Act, after he was found guilt

When honesty gets crushed

While public outrage grows against the murder of an upright KAS officer, S.P. Mahantesh, a PIL pending before the Karnataka High Court seeking an independent investigation into alleged irregularities

HC to rescue of NTSE aspirant

An aspirant for the second stage of National Talent Search Examination was in for a shock when he found out that he had fallen short of just one mark to become eligible for the examination with a scor

‘Review decision on land to Hutti’

The Karnataka High Court has directed the central government to take a fresh decision by July 3 on the request by the State government seeking approval for granting 16,109.61 hectares at South Hutti i

HC grants gift of site

Owning a BDA site is a long and tedious process in Bengaluru, and only a few people are lucky enough to lay their hands on them. A 53-year-old woman, who was allotted the site, almost lost it but for

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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