Balakrishne Gowda case hearing put off
The Lokayukta court has adjourned hearing in the disproportionate assets (DA) case against Mr H.D. Balakrishne Gowda to August 24. The court directed the complainant S.N. Balakrishna to submit objecti
Police bring juvies on reformation path
In a bid to reform nearly 100 juvenile delinquents from 18 police stations, the North division police had organised a reformation programme at KLE College in Rajajinagar. Film artistes, psychiatrists
‘People should understand fleeing is not the solution’
About 20 representatives of different associations from the North-East in Bengaluru met CM Jagadish Shettar and top police officials on Thursday at the CM’s office. Monika Khangembam, member, N-E Foru
Train to safety
The city railway station resembled a refugee camp as over 10,000 people from the north eastern states, began to converge on it from early Thursday morning although the trains to Guwahati were schedule
Colleges apply balm, assure students of safety
Colleges and educational institutions are trying to calm their frightened north east students in different ways as several want to take their loved ones and go home where they will be safe. At the St
Police, community leaders discuss safety measures
The city police, which has upped security cover in areas with large presence of people from the north east, had also planned to conduct a flag march through these localities, but gave up the idea. It
Threat messages engineered to trigger riots: Intel
The threatening text messages asking people from the North-East to “leave Bengaluru before August 20” and MMS messages depicting ethnic violence in Assam have been “engineered for political or communa
11-yr-old schoolgirl set on fire
In a ghastly incident, 11-year-old Kavitha was set on fire on Thursday while she was on her way to school. Kavitha, a resident of Weavers’ Colony on Bannerghatta Road, and a student of Bannerghatta G
Thousands more flee on panic trains
The exodus of people from the North-East continued on Thursday as over 10,000 more flocked to the city railway station to catch trains to their hometowns even as law minister Suresh Kumar camped at th
Police tries to trace origin of scare SMSes
The IB and the Karnataka police are hard at work to trace the origin of the SMSes and doctored MMSes that have caused panic among the people from the Northeast, leading to their mass exodus over the l