BMTC driver held on rape charge
A BMTC bus driver-cum-conductor was arrested by the Yeshwanthapur police on charges of rape. Police have identified the accused as Sidharth (29), a resident of Chikkasandra and a native of Davanagere.
Pachau new Karnataka DG&IGP
Senior IPS officer Lalrokhuma Pachau, of the 1977 batch, who returned to the state after a four-and-half-year stint in his home state Mizoram, on Thursday took over as the in-charge Director General a
Bandh: Bengaluru pays a price
She had come all the way from Mau in Uttar Pradesh expecting to spend a nice summer vacation in South India with her children. Bengaluru, Mysore, Ooty and Tirupathi were on the travel itinerary. Unfor
Bidari in no mood to retire, moves SC for reinstatement
Former DGP Shankar M. Bidari on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking his reinstatement as the state police chief, which had been quashed by the Central Administrative Tribunal.
A bench of justic
Bill Gates's new mission: Low cost toilets
Software billionaire and founder of Microsoft Bill Gates will be in the city on Friday to attend an exclusive fund raising event hosted by Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro.
According to sources, the e
Techie’s fictitious net lover gets bail
The fictitious internet lover who was allegedly responsible for the death of 25-year-old Sreerag S., a Hewlett Packard employee who committed suicide in a bizarre manner, has been given bail. The 23-y
Minimum power in minimum Bengaluru
Tech city Bengaluru, faced with frequent power outages, may well be a ‘minimum city with
minimum power’. Every downpour sees the city plunging into darkness and the reason trotted out is routine main
CBI court says no to Reddy’s bail plea
The CBI court on Wednesday dismissed the bail pleas of former minister and mining baron G. Janardhana Reddy, his personal assistant Mehfuz Ali Khan and three others arrested in the Associated Mining C
Bengaluru to shut on Bharat Bandh
IT city may see a complete shutdown on May 31 in response to a Bharat Bandh planned for Thursday, called by the NDA and backed by ruling party in the state, the BJP.
Schools, banks and other sector
Bengaluru: Suicide city?
With five suicides reported in the last week and many more in recent months, Bengaluru appears to be doing its best to live up to its dubious reputation of beng the suicide capital of India. The spect