Bala Chauhan
Longer nightlife? City cops want to go home
The City has been crying hoarse for extending the night life and petitioning the authorities concerned to go easy. But guess who is calling the shots regarding the Cinderella hour - the 11.30pm deadli
Terror catch: Step closer to Bhatkal
In a move that has upset Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Karnataka police’s Central Crime Branch sleuths tracked down and arrested a key Indian Mujahideen operative in Bihar’s Darbhanga district on
To dub or not: Aamir series not in Kannada
People in Karnataka will not be able to watch the much-awaited TV serial — Satyamev Jayate by Bollywood star Amir Khan — in Kannada after the Karnataka Television Association turned down the request f
2 year tenure for DGP: State to seek SC advice
A day after being pulled up by the Supreme Court for alleged violation of its 2006 directive on maintaining the minimum two-year term of the Director General and Inspector General of Police, sources i
Bengaluru, the pub city, runs out of heady brew!
The pub city seems to have run dry with watering holes, especially those selling tap (draught) beer, hanging up a “No beer’ board, much to the disappointment of their customers.
“There’s no draught
State may go on appeal to Supreme Court
The State government is likely to go on appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court order setting aside the appointment of DG&IGP Shankar Mahadev Bidari. “We are awaiting the court order. We wi
Excise officer dodged transfer, faces action
Tainted senior Excise officer, Deputy Commissioner, Excise, Bengaluru (East) L.N. Mohan Kumar, is likely to be suspended. He was arrested after the Lokayukta police seized some bottles of Johnny Walke
Karnataka mistook pirates for guests
An extreme example of athithi devo bhava (guest is God) — India’s slogan for attracting foreign tourists — was when a couple of years ago, the Karnataka government mistook two Somali pirates as foreig
k’taka mistook pirates for guests
An extreme example of athithi devo bhava (guest is God) — India’s slogan for attracting foreign tourists — was when a couple of years ago, the Karnataka government mistook two Somali pirates as foreigners who had lost their way at sea and extended them complete hospitality and ev-en sent them back to Somalia at government expense.
UPA lokayukta defends himself
The newly-appointed upa lokayukta, Justice Chandrashekaraiah, caught in the thick of a controversy regarding his appointment said all legal procedures were followed and there is no “illegality” in his appointment as the upa lokayukta.
