HC stays medical test on Nithyananda for a day
In a temporary relief for controversial godman Swami Nithyananda, the high court on Tuesday stayed a lower court order giving permission to the CID to subject him to a medical test in connection with
Drunk revellers assault woman cop, arrested
The High Grounds police arrested three people, including two women, for assaulting policemen and for preventing them from discharging their duty. The arrested were identified as Satish Puranik, a soft
University mess shocks ministers
Higher Education Minister C.T. Ravi and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister S. Suresh Kumar paid a surprise visit to Bangalore University (BU) on Monday morning and held talks with university offic
GPs parking funds derailing NREGA
What is stopping drought-hit Karnataka from getting additional funds from the Centre under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA)? Surprisingly, it is the gram panchayats
Bruised DVS wants to stage a comeback as party chief
Former chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has not given up hopes of staging a come-back to a post that he occupied in 2008—president of the state unit of BJP. The former chief minister reportedly exp
BSY ready for second knock
Buoyed by the Supreme Court’s decision not to revoke the anticipatory bail in a corruption case, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has decided to seek the permission of CBI to embark on a state-wi
SC breather fires BSY ambition
Within hours of the Supreme Court refusing to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in a case of corruption, the leader on Monday moved the Karnataka High Cour
Suspicion over affair leads to murder
A fruit merchant butchered his neighbour to death suspecting him of an illicit relationship with his wife in Narayanapura on Monday morning. The 32-year-old fruit merchant, Anwar, attacked Babu alias
No more 2 way traffic near Garuda?
The traffic police have decided to end contra traffic in front of Garuda Mall. An increase in the number of accidents due to traffic through wrong lanes and traffic congestions have forced the police
BBMP engineers angry with BMTF
Ward-level infrastructure works will be affected as civil engineers began a dharna in front of the BBMP head office on Wednesday, alleging highhandedness by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF