Exodus of northeast people from Bengaluru continues
Fear-struck people from the northeast continued to flee the city for the second day on Thursday as the Karnataka government assured them safety and launched confidence building measures, including police patrolling in areas largely inhabited by them.
11-year-old girl set ablaze in Bengaluru
An 11-year-old girl suffered serious burns when she was set ablaze by some unidentified persons when she was on her way to school near here on Thursday, police said.
Police said the girl was admitted
Colours of freedom
It was festivity tinged with a good dose of patriotism. Hawkers selling national flags, badges, and tricolour balloons found willing buyers on the roads leading to the Manekshaw Parade Grounds where
Patients in dilemma as hospitals shut early
While the city celebrated the country’s independence, the sick had a harrowing time as almost all government hospitals closed their Out-Patient Departments (OPD) at 1 p.m. Several patients were seen
MLAs on foreign jaunts
The severe drought which has gripped 142 taluks in the state, has not deterred MLAs and MLCs from going on foreign jaunts utilising public funds. Come September, the legislators who are part of three
Caste factor: Shankar challenges Shamanur
In a veiled attack against veteran Congress leader and Lingayat strongman Shamanur Shivashankarappa, vice president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, B. L. Shankar, on Tuesday asked party worke
Bail terms relaxed, BSY free to leave city
Former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and his family members, including his two sons and son-in-law, are now free to leave Bengaluru with the high court on Tuesday relaxing one of the main conditions
Jayalalithaa case trial: Acharya quits in a huff
Senior counsel and former Advocate General B.V. Acharya has resigned as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) in the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. In his re
BMTF chief gets marching orders
Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) chief, R. P. Sharma, who tried to shake things up in the corporation and weed out the inefficient and corrupt, has been given the marching orders. With his mo
Kidnappers free elderly couple as cops close in
Two elderly citizens, who were kidnapped, were left off on Monday night by their captors, who feared that the police were closing in on them. Mr Ugranarashima (65) and his wife Anasuya (60) were kidn