Sight for soaring highs
A guy with a passion and a dream to fly —and yes, it’s taking him places. Bengaluru’s very own RJ Prithvi is flying high, quite literally. He is the only one in the city to own a two-seater Powered Pa
Leopard nails land two in custody, HC grants bail
Transportation and selling of wildlife articles, such as the skins of tigers and leopards, is still being carried out in the state, despite being pronounced illegal. The Karnataka High Court on Thurs
Govt sounds alert in Naxal-hit dists
Naxal- affected districts in Karnataka have been put on alert following a spate of Maoist violence in Odisha, Chattisgarsh and Maharashtra, where on Thursday Maoists killed two villagers and abducted
Elephants to be counted this summer
After five long years, the elephants in the state will be counted this May. According to the last census Karnataka has over 5,000 elephants in the wild which is one of the highest wild elephant popula
Glitterati push voter registration for poll
Prominent Bengalureans like former Lokayukta , Justice Santosh Hegde and Mohandas Pai of Infosys fame are leading the city’s graduates queuing up to register for voting in the Bangalore Graduates’ C
Signature campaign for Cabinet expansion
Following an unsuccessful attempt to convince former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to agree to the Cabinet expansion, the state BJP seems to have encouraged a few MLAs to put pressure on the central
Double murder: Life term for accused
The 2nd fast track court on Thursday sentenced 3 convicts in the sensational Srirampura murder case in 2007 to life imprisonment. Judge Gurunath Shamba Revankar pronounced the quantum of punishment a
More power cuts? Blame city’s unreliable electricity infrastructure
It’s not just a shortfall in power generation that causes Bengaluru to go without power for hours together. The unreliable electricity infrastructure that causes frequent breakdowns is equally to blam
Teen killed in road accident
A 16-year-old boy who violated all traffic rules by riding a two wheeler, was involved in an accident which killed his friend who was riding pillion. A BMTC bus knocked them down from behind near Sajj
Meet our mayor
The city has a new mayor in D. Venkatesh Murthy and a new deputy mayor in L. Srinivas. Declared elected on Thursday . Mr Murthy made a slew of promises, chief among them being to keep the city clean