No hike in Central drought aid till 2015
There is no respite in sight for drought-hit Karnataka with the Centre deciding not to enhance the compensation for affected states till 2015. The state is facing the worst calamity in the past 40 yea
Cyber Appellate Tribunal in Bengaluru
Bengaluru will be home to the southern chapter of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT), which will reach out to victims of cyber crime, the state government announced at the Cyber Security Summit here o
Bidari case: HC seeks affidavits
The Karnataka High Court, which resumed hearing of the plea by the State government and former DG&IGP Shankar M. Bidari as per SC order, on Tuesday made it very clear that what was extracted in the ea
Who’ll clean up Namma Bengaluru?
Hundreds of trolleys and pushcarts, an army of sweepers, foreign junkets for corporators to learn better garbage clearing practices... and still the city remains as dirty as ever with no visible resul
Seer falls foul of the law, accused in forgery case
The state has seen its top politicians being accused of scams and corruption and now it appears to be the turn of its religious heads. The Lokayukta special court has received a complaint alleging th
HC ensures justice to lab technician
Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology committed a blunder recently by transferring a lab technician, who has been with the organisation for the last two decades, to the accounts department. The inst
BBMP wants to grab Electronics City
The BBMP is now preying on the revenue-rich, luxurious Electronic City, which is now being run by an autonomous body – Electronic City Industries Association (ELCIA). The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara P
BIA’s new terminal to have bigger lounge, check-in area
Bigger lounge and check-in area, 12 self check-in counters and six immigration and six emigration counters and six more baggage reclaim conveyor belts are some of the features the Bengaluru Internatio
Wakf stops Metro in its tracks
There is no dearth of legal battles that Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has to fight, all of which has slowed down work on Phase-I of the metro network. But the toughest could be th
Syndicate members threw water bottles at me: V-C
The tussle between Bangalore University Vice-Chancellor Dr. N. Prabhudev and Syndicate members hit another low on Monday after the V-C alleged that a few Syndicate members threw water bottles at him a