KSE to BSY: Don’t break the party
State BJP president and deputy chief minister K.S. Eshwarappa took on rebel leader B.S. Yeddyurappa, slamming him for trying to destroy the party in what could be the first indication that the BJP is
DMK not for Cabinet berths
UPA’s major ally the DMK with 18 MPs on Sunday made it clear that it will not nominate any party representatives to the Union Ministry to fill vacancies in case of a Cabinet reshuffle.
“If there are
3-year-old boy rescued from Krishnagiri borewell
A three-year-old boy, who accidentally fell into a dry, 520 feet deep borewell in Tamil Nadu, was rescued safely after six hours of struggle by the fire department officials.
On Sunday morning, A. G
Out of rat race, he helps kids chase marathon dream
Every Thursday, a group of teenagers walk along Sarjapur Road to a nearby school. There, they train a group of pre-teen marathon aspirants. So, what is different about this?
The teenagers come from T
Protests drown Cauvery basin
Protests erupted in Cauvery basin areas of Mysore, Mandya and Chamrajnagar on Sunday after the Karnataka government started releasing 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu since Saturday midnight. Prote
New CoP scraps old zonal intelligence apparatus
City’s new CoP, S. George, has decided to scrap the zonal intelligence set-up and merge it with the existing centralised system under one joint commissioner. This is part of his effort to strengthen t
Immersions spill on to Sunday
Contrary to the claims of police, the Ganesh idols immersion process in Hussainsagar could not be completed by midnight. By the time the last two idols from Chilkalguda and Ziaguda were immersed, it w
Rain, water cannon swamp T party
A couple of thousand activists headed by Prof. Kodandaram, who sat down for an Egypt-style protest, were driven back by pouring rain close to midnight on Sunday, after the heady success of the ‘Sagara
Fast food joints pollute more than buses, cars
There’s much more to fast food joints than piping hot, low-priced, quick-fix snacks. For instance, ‘grab and go’, fast food joints with their griddles and deep fat fryers, generate much more pollution
‘BJP tried to divide & fool’
The sudden outburst of former Chief Minister, B.S. Yeddyurappa on Friday which caught both BJP’s national leaders and a few ministers loyal to him off-guard was a direct result of the BJP top brass wo