GP prez forged papers to lay claim to prime land
One more case of misuse of missing land records at Jala Hobli has come to light. The Lokayukta police investigating a private complaint against the Doddajala gram panchayat president have obtained the
Arrests show shift in terror strategy
Top level sources in government have told Deccan Chronicle that the strategy adopted by the new terror modules that were busted by Karnataka police last month had shifted from mass terror to high valu
Wanted: An acceptable BJP chief
With unlikely names like those of industries minister Murugesh Nirani cropping up for the post of BJP state president, party bigwigs have realised that the task of choosing someone acceptable to all i
Bougainvillea to bring colour to Metro corridor
The Namma Metro is on a beautification drive. After boulevard along the Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro Rail station was completed, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation is taking its efforts to the next lev
All shops in BIA use cloth, paper bags
The Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is now a plastic bag-free zone. All food and beverage outlets as well as retails concessionaires on the 4,000-acre premises now offer cloth or paper bags in p
BBMP workers protest with body
Supporters of Panchalaiah, who died in an accident between garbage trucks on Sunday night, demanded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to the family of deceased. They took his body to the BBMP head office
Two SIs suspended for not registering NRI’s complaint
Two police sub-inspectors have been suspended for refusing to register a robbery complaint by an NRI. The victim was robbed at knifepoint on Mysore Road flyover on Sunday night, and the accused escape
‘Refugees would have perished mid-way’
The 84 people, majority of who were Sri Lankan refugees from various camps in Tamil Nadu, rescued on September 8 by the Mangalore police from being smuggled to Australia would have died mid-way, said
It’s DVS turn to face heat
After former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, it is now the turn of his successor, D.V. Sadananda Gowda to face the heat of an investigation. The Lokayukta special court on Monday took cognizance of
‘Hello... I am calling from jail, but I am not running my gang’
A convicted felon calls up television channels offering them interviews from inside his prison cell, and insists to them that he couldn’t have called his associates to conduct criminal activities beca