Boy drowns in school pool
A class 4 student of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan senior secondary school in K.K. Nagar in the city, drowned during a swimming session at the school premises on Thursday. Five people have been arrested
Desam to take BC declaration to PM
The Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, is planning to take his Backward Class declaration to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for possible implementation across the country, according to
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
Aussie vet’s warning against emu biz fell on deaf ears
“There is hardly an emu farm in Australia now, all have failed on economic grounds; the claimed economic largesse from emu meat or oil did not eventuate,” read the warning mail from former president o
Sr scientists backed funds to C.R. Rao Institute: DRDO
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has funded the city-based Dr C.R. Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) to conduct studies on the latest war
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
‘Proud to be part of armed forces’
Wing Commander Subramaniam Srinivasan from Kumbakonam was on cloud nine when the defence ministry chose him for the Vayu Sena medal and made the announcement during Independence Day celebrations on We
CM for all colleges under fee umbrella
The agonising wait for students who are supposed to join engineering colleges in the state is likely to continue. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has asked the cabinet sub-committee not to go ahe
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
Child rights panel to soon launch 24-hour helpline
A 24-hour helpline for children will be soon launched by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to redress the child abuse complaints on fast track mode.
In an interview to D