Amit S. Upadhye

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For a change, ‘fools’ gather atop Nandi Hills in Karnataka

An April Fool prank pulled off by an FM channel in Bengaluru created 'panic’ atop historic Nandi Hills on Sunday morning.

Around 6,000 plus 'fools’ gathered on Nandi Hills, situated 54 km from here i

Quarrying: Heads will roll

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After the Bellary mining scam, it is the Kanakapura granite quarrying scam that has government officials of various departments on the tenterhooks.

The expert team appointed to investigate the lapses

April Fools’ ‘prank’ on FM backfires

An April Fool prank pulled off by a FM channel in city created a “panic” atop historic Nandi Hills on Sunday morning.

Fighting an invisible enemy

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Twenty-four- year- old Venkatesh (name changed) is a commando with the Anti- Naxal Force (ANF) by choice. His assignment: Hunt down Maoists in the jungles of Dakshina Kannada and its surroundings.

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TV channel raided, 3 cobras rescued

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The CID Forest Cell raided a Kannada television channel premises in the City and rescued three cobras which were being used in a reality show.

A notice has been served on the channel and three perso

Theme park raises bird lovers’ hackles

The last existing piece of grasslands in Bengaluru faces a threat once again. The Hesarghatta grassland, which is home to a number of migratory birds from Europe and Russia, has now been chosen as a s

Cops take high road to ease Jalahalli traffic

Fed up with the congestion caused at the railway level crossing on Outer Ring Road near Jalahalli, the city traffic police have proposed an elevated road at the point to decongest traffic movement. T

The river sutra

Come summer and its not just the heat Bengaluru has to put up with but also water shortage. In years to come, however, the city may begin to experience a water crisis even before summer sets in unles

Ramanagaram’s Sholay Rocks to home first vulture sanctuary of India

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The ‘Sholay Rocks’ of Ramanagaram will now have the first vulture sanctuary in the country.

About 22 sqkm area in and around the Ramadevarabetta Reserve Forests (RRF) in Ramanagaram has now been not

Naxal threat: Real & growing

The Naxalites are crowding over Karnataka. Days after the Intelligence Bureau warned of Naxalites setting up bases on the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an official from the state’s

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