Mayor mum on landfill closure
Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has gone back on his promise of shutting down the Mavallipura landfill. On Thursday he approved a resolution extending temporary relief to the residents of Mavallipura, but d
We will not take Kiwis lightly: Dhoni
For Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the convincing victory at Hyderabad will have come as a huge relief. The India skipper is ushering in a new season with hope, if not too much promise — especially with men of the calibre of Rahul Dravid and V.V.S. Laxman missing from their ranks.
6 days on, boy still untraced
Six days after 11-year-old Yashwant Achari is suspected to have drowned in a storm water drain in Marathahalli, the police and fire and emergency services have still not been able to trace his body.
City groans under 10k tons of garbage
The efforts of the Chief Minister, city in-charge minister, mayor and the BBMP commissioner to find a solution to the garbage mess and to transport garbage out of the city seems to have come to nought
Cornered rowdy takes on cops, shot at
In a scene straight out of a Bollywood movie, police chased down a rowdy sheeter and opened fire after he tried to assault them on Thursday around 4 pm in Jnanabharathi police limits. The rowdysheeter
On holiday, Siddiqui’s family gets a shock
The family of journalist Matiur Rehman Siddiqui, who were holidaying in Bijapur, is in a state of shock after they were informed on Wednesday night about his detention. On Wednesday, after Police Comm
Cops knew of attempts to infiltrate media
Was the journalist, who was arrested for terror links a victim of systematic indoctrination? Police say terrorist organisations were looking at areas apart from engineering and medicine to plant their
Residents flock to suspects’ house in Munireddypalya
Residents of Mubarak Mohalla in Kempaiah Block of Munireddypayla under J.C. Nagar police limits, had a rude shock on Thursday. The otherwise calm residential colony was suddenly abuzz after news broke
City police bust terror ‘sleeper cell’; 11 held
A fortnight after the hate campaign, allegedly launched by Pakistan’s ISI, which triggered the mass exodus of North Easterners from Bengaluru, the Central Crime Branch of the City police cracked a hug
Cops knew of attempts to infiltrate media
Was the journalist, who was arrested for terror links a victim of systematic indoctrination? Police say terrorist organisations were looking at areas apart from engineering and medicine to plant their