Police on the lookout for four miscreants from Bengaluru Kollegal: A gang of miscreants from Bengaluru stabbed, assaulted and robbed a car driver at Kollegal after hiring the vehicle to go on a tour. After the attack, the gang pushed the injured driver along with his car into a ditch and fled the place along…
Lady CID officer commits suicide at friend’s house
December 17, 2020Bengaluru: A lady CID officer in Bengaluru allegedly committed suicide last night. She is identified as P.V. Lakshmi. The Dy.SP-rank official was posted in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Bengaluru. According to details available, the 33-year-old had gone to her friend’s house last night for dinner. She ended her life there. She was found…
Ravi Belagere passes away
November 13, 2020Bengaluru: Ravi Belagere (62), a veteran journalist, who transformed Kannada journalism through his Weekly tabloid Hai Bangalore, passed away at his office late on Thursday night following a heart attack. He is survived by two wives, two daughters and two sons. His body was kept at Prarthana School Grounds in Padmanabhanagar where people paid their…
Cabinet approves New Industrial Policy
July 24, 2020Bengaluru: The Cabinet on Thursday approved the State Government’s new Industrial Policy that aims to generate Rs.5 lakh crore investment and create 20 lakh jobs over the next five years, by offering a slew of incentives. Speaking to presspersons after the Cabinet meeting here yesterday, Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said that as per the policy,…
Don’t leave Bengaluru, appeals Home Minister
July 6, 2020Bengaluru: With hundreds of people exiting Bengaluru a day before Sunday curfew fearing a second lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases continued to increase, the Karnataka government on Sunday asked people to remain calm, not harbour apprehensions and urged them to continue living in the city. “We are seeing reports that a lot of…
15 Bengaluru returnees denied entry to village in Mysuru; made to stand on road
July 5, 2020Hanagodu: At a time when many people who had migrated years ago to cities like Bengaluru in search of jobs are returning to their native villages due to COVID-19 scare, here is an incident where a group of people who returned from Bengaluru were prevented from entering a village by alert villagers this morning. They…
COVID-19: Implement lockdown guidelines strictly, says CM
June 23, 2020Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, taking strong exception to increasing COVID-19 cases and death in the State, called for strict implementation of guidelines of lockdown against quarantine violations even as Minister for Medical Education Dr. K. Sudhakar announced 14 days quarantine for returnees from other States. In his twitter handle, Dr. Sudhakar wrote, “Karnataka…
Bengaluru’s suave former mafia don Muthappa Rai dies of cancer
May 15, 2020Bengaluru: Former underworld don Muthappa Rai (68), who had turned a social activist in the recent years, passed away in the wee hours of today at Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru. He was suffering from cancer and was hospitalised for the past few days. He had recently held a press conference where he talked about his…
‘Nityotsava Kavi’ Nissar Ahmed passes away in Bengaluru
May 3, 2020Bengaluru: Renowned Kannada poet Prof. K.S. Nissar Ahmed, popular as ‘Nityotsava Kavi,’ passed away at his residence in Bengaluru this morning. He was 84. According to sources, the celebrated poet was suffering from cancer and was hospitalised too. Born on Feb.5, 1936, at Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, Kokkare Hosahalli Shekh Haider Nissar Ahmed leaves…
After months of delay, DKS made KPCC President
March 12, 2020Siddharamaiah to continue as Leader of Opposition in Assembly and CLP Eshwar Khandre, Satish Jarkiholi and Saleem Ahamed are KPCC Working Presidents Bengaluru: After months of delay, the All India Congress Committee yesterday announced that former Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) will head the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). The high command’s announcement comes…















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