Mayawati, Akhilesh share dais for the 1st time ever
Bengaluru: Less than 15 minutes to go for the swearing-in ceremony of HD Kumaraswamy. BSP's Mayawati and SP's Akhilesh Yadav wave to the crowds. This is a historic photograph, since they have never shared the dais. The swearing-in ceremony of...
Yeddyurappa resigns as Karnataka CM ahead of floor test
Bengaluru: The reign of BS Yedyurappa is over as he tendered his resignation in the Karnataka assembly ahead of the floor test. Saying he was not greedy for power, Yeddyurappa said he quit and said that he will work...
Voting ends in Karnataka, 70% turnout, says EC
New Delhi: Voting ended at 6pm on Saturday for the Karnataka Assembly election 2018. A voter turnout of 70 percent was recorded, said the Election Commission, a news agency reported. Minor glitches were reported from some polling booths. Re-polling has...
Vitriol-filled campaign for Karnataka poll
Bengaluru: The vitriol-filled campaign for the Karnataka Assembly elections ended today with top leaders of the BJP and Congress, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, making a last-gasp effort to sway the voters in a likely...
Modi govt eroding public trust in banking: Manmohan Singh
Bengaluru: Former PM Manmohan Singh addressing a press conference in Bengaluru speaking on a subject he holds sway -- economics. "The economic management of the Modi government is slowly eroding the trust of the general public in the...
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Shetty stabbed in Bengaluru office, attacker arrested
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta or anti-corruption ombudsman Justice P Vishwanatha Shetty was stabbed multiple times today inside his office in Bengaluru by a complainant, who has been arrested. Shetty is out of danger, said state...
Bigg Boss set gutted in massive fire in Bengaluru
A massive fire broke out at Innovative Film City in Bengaluru, which houses the Bigg Boss Kannada sets. Early investigation reveals that the fire was started due to a short circuit at a wax museum nearby. The museum, too, was...
ICAI clarifies over Bengaluru CA’s tax refund racket
Nagpur/Bengaluru: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has come across a news-item published on 26 Jan, 2018 by one of the dailies under headline ‘I-T busts B’luru CA’s tax refund racket with clients from top tech cos’. The...
20 year Girl commit suicide due to Moral Policing in the name of religion, BJP leader arrested
Bengaluru: Three days after the suicide of a 20-year-old girl for sending a WhatsApp message that said “I love Muslims” and the arrest of a local BJP youth wing leader, the Bajrang Dal has issued a stern warning to all...
6 killed in building collapse in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: At least six persons were killed and some others feared trapped when a two-storeyed building collapsed due to a suspected LPG cylinder blast near Ejipura in Bengalu on Monday, the police said. Eye-witnesses said the blast took place at around...
Bengaluru rains: Girl drowns in drain, toll mounts to 10
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl drowned in an overflowing drain today, taking the death toll from rain- related incidents in Bengaluru to 10. The incident happened at Krishnappa Garden. Narasamma had gone to attend nature's call and she accidentally slipped into the...
Gauri Lankesh murder: Police release suspects’ sketches
Bengaluru: The special investigation team probing journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder today released sketches of the suspected killers. The police have appealed to public to help them nab the suspects. "Based on information, we have made sketches.We want cooperation from people," BK Singh,...
In Bengaluru, Accenture techie, 28, is stabbed to death
Bengaluru: A 28-year-old techie working with software major Accenture was killed in a Bengaluru suburb early on Monday morning while he was on his way to meet a woman friend. Pranoy Mishra belonged to Odisha. He was found bleeding after being...
बंगलूरू होगा देश का पहला एयरपोर्ट जहां आधार से होगी एंट्री, 10 मिनट में मिलेगा बोर्डिंग पास
बंगलूरू एयरपोर्ट पर जल्द ही आधार कार्ड के जरिए यात्रियों की एंट्री और बोर्डिंग पास मिलने लगेगा। इससे उन्हें किसी और डॉक्यूमेंट्स को साथ ले जाने की जरुरत नहीं पड़ेगी। इसकी शुरुआत दिसंबर 2018 से होगी। फरवरी में दो महीने के...
Kidnapped IT officer’s son killed, four arrested
Representational Pic Bengaluru: An Income Tax officer's son who was kidnapped 10 days ago was found murdered near a lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru today, with police arresting four persons including a friend of the victim in connection with...
Protests erupt against assassination of Gauri Lankesh
Bengaluru: Protests are being held outside senior journalist Gauri Lankesh's residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar after she was shot dead this evening. Several protests are also being planned in Delhi and Bengaluru tomorrow. Karnataka police chief R K Dutta said Lankesh was...
Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Gauri Lankesh, a senior journalist in Bengaluru on Tuesday shot dead at her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar. The Bengaluru Police Commissioner has confirmed the incident and top police officers are rushing to the spot. Reports suggest unidentified men shot her three...
Maharashtra to join ‘anti – Hindi’ stir at Bengaluru
Mumbai: Representatives from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, West Bengal and Assam, among other non-Hindi states, are gearing up to participate in a rally planned in Bengaluru. People are saying that the fight is not just on an emotional level, or...
IT Dept raids Bengaluru resort where Guj Congress MLAs staying
Bengaluru: Income Tax Department raids Karnataka energy minister D K Shivakumar's residence and Eagleton Golf Resort where Gujarat Congress MLAs are staying. The raids are underway at Shivakumar's residence in Kanakapura, Sadashivanagar and Congress MLAs rooms in Eagleton Golf Resort. The raids...
Sasikala kitchen ghotala: Whistleblower top cop transferred
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Deputy Inspector General of Police, D Roopa, who spoke out against the alleged VIP treatment being given to AIADMK chief Sasikala Natarajan in jail, has been shunted out. Roopa has now been posted as commissioner for road safety...
Three Pak nationals held in Bengaluru with fake documents
Bengaluru: Three Pakistani nationals, including two women, have been arrested here on charges of entering and staying in the country under false identities since last year, police said today.
Mohammed Shihaba, hailing from Kerala and stated to be in love with...