State to go soft on RTE implementation this year
Officially, the State government is strictly implementing the 25 per cent quota in all private schools in the city as per the provisions of the Right to Education (RTE) Act which enables students from
City’s giant lung makes it to Limca Book of Records
Generating awareness about the ill effects of smoking and use of other forms of tobacco to mark World No-Tobacco Day, Healthcare Global Enterprise (HCG) Hospital on Thursday formed the largest model o
BMTC driver held on rape charge
A BMTC bus driver-cum-conductor was arrested by the Yeshwanthapur police on charges of rape. Police have identified the accused as Sidharth (29), a resident of Chikkasandra and a native of Davanagere.
Pachau new Karnataka DG&IGP
Senior IPS officer Lalrokhuma Pachau, of the 1977 batch, who returned to the state after a four-and-half-year stint in his home state Mizoram, on Thursday took over as the in-charge Director General a
Bandh: Bengaluru pays a price
She had come all the way from Mau in Uttar Pradesh expecting to spend a nice summer vacation in South India with her children. Bengaluru, Mysore, Ooty and Tirupathi were on the travel itinerary. Unfor
Bidari in no mood to retire, moves SC for reinstatement
Former DGP Shankar M. Bidari on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking his reinstatement as the state police chief, which had been quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal.
A bench of justic
Bill Gates's new mission: Low cost toilets
Software billionaire and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates will be in the city on Friday to attend an exclusive fund raising event hosted by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro.
According to sources, the e
Indian manufacturing keeps up pace in May
India's manufacturing sector kept up its steady expansion in May, with fast-rising output evened out by slowing growth of domestic order books, a business survey showed on Friday.
The HSBC manufactur
Setback to Congress in Karnataka: Siddaramaiah resigns as Oppn leader
In a jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, party opposition leader in the assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday announced his resignation from the post saying the High Command apparently lacked confidence i
BEML serves legal notice on ex-Army chief, denies charges
A day after Gen V.K. Singh retired as chief of Army, public sector BEML on Friday slapped a legal notice on him demanding an apology for his 'false and motivated' allegations against it on the Tatr