ACF family in shock after murderous assault
“They threatened to throw my brother into the river full of crocodiles, pulled my mother’s hair and beat up my father before my eyes,” says a grieving Megha, recalling the nightmarish experience that
Metro work starts at Soap Factory
Work on the disputed land needed for the construction of the Metro station near Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), popularly known as Soap Factory, on Reach-3 commenced on Wednesday. Banga
‘Fill 91,000 seats under RTE or face ban’
Even as the department of public instruction (DPI) gets ready to officially start the admission process under the Right to Education (RTE) Act from Thursday, the government made it clear on Wednesday
It’s time to get the tainted tint off
From May 20 onwards, any car on the streets that is found with tinted windows will be stopped, the tint peeled off and the motorist fined Rs 100. In the event of a repeat violation, the driver will be
Croc spat: Forest officer killed
An Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) who was allegedly beaten up by revellers on May 6 at Crocodile Valley resort in the Dandeli-Anshi tiger reserve, when he tried to stop them from feeding the c
Letter bomb pushes BJP to the brink
As BJP patriarch L.K. Advani and president Nitin Gadkari attempt to paper over growing cracks in the state unit in Rajasthan, the factional war in Karnataka could be coming to a head over a letter wri
No ‘love lost’ in CM letter to top brass
The letter that has stirred a hornet’s nest and rattled the State BJP was meant to be confidential and was written by Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda and BJP state president K.S. Eshwarappa to appris
Fence-sitters: How many are still with BSY camp?
With CM Sadananda Gowda’s letter bomb creating another crisis in the ruling BJP, the moot question now is whether beleaguered former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa will be able to hold on to his numbers?
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In dubious first, Mylarappa’s ‘copy cat’ student loses PhD
For the first time in the history of the state, the Bangalore University (BU) Academic Council has decided to withdraw the PhD awarded to M. Venkataramanappa, a research student under the present Regi
Swine flu wipes out adults in their prime
The H1N1 virus seems to have slowly but steadily made its way into the state, with the deaths toll since January this year standing as 12. Adults, particularly young to middling adults, are more pron