BY Vijayendra said Nitin Nabin made it clear that those who “betrayed” the party would face action Bengaluru/New Delhi: BJP’s fact-finding committee, that is investigating the cross-voting fiasco during last week’s legislative council elections, has identified four “suspects”, CT Ravi, party MLC, said Tuesday.A dozen NDA legislators, including from ally JD(S), are suspected of either…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru West City Corporation (BWCC) suspended assistant revenue officer KS Manjula for allegedly issuing A-khatas to more than 50 properties in an unauthorised layout spread across four acres in Herohalli village, Bengaluru North taluk. According to the suspension order, the property’s electronic property identification number (EPID) was illegally linked to that of another property…
BENGALURU: In a gruesome triple murder, a 24-year-old techie and her live-in partner allegedly stabbed the woman’s parents and younger sister to death inside the duo’s Seegehalli apartment in east Bengaluru Monday night before making a dramatic escape.Police said a dispute over the accused woman’s unpaid bank loans, which had reportedly crossed Rs 30 lakh,…
Bengaluru: The high court Tuesday ordered notice to state govt in response to a petition filed by Confederation of Untouchable Nomadic Communities of Karnataka and others.Justice Suraj Govindaraj directed the respondents to file their responses.The petitioners challenged the May 8 internal reservation notification, claiming that most backward untouchables were bracketed in Category C by providing…
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old student was electrocuted when the fibre stick he used to pluck tender coconuts accidentally touched a live wire on his family’s agricultural land at Kunaghatta in Gubbi, Tumakuru district, Tuesday. The victim is K Preetam, who completed PU from a Tumakuru college. His father, Shivaramaiah, a farmer, told police Preetam fixed a…
Artiste Gurudas Shenoy’s Vijayanagar studio offers visitors more than a glimpse of his paintings; it offers a rare opportunity to enter the world where art is created and discussed. “Nothing compares to meeting an artist in their own studio. People can see how artists live, think and work. ,” says Gurudas. Adding more to it,…
Bengaluru: When a techie enrolled for a cybersecurity certification course hoping it would help her earn a promotion at work, she expected a structured classroom training on a schedule that the institute had promised to tailor around her professional commitments.Instead, the institute pushed unwanted online alternatives, and held on to nearly Rs 79,000 of her…
Bengaluru: Five days after a worker went missing inside Balagere sewage treatment plant (STP), rescue teams on Tuesday continued to face one of the most challenging recovery operations in recent times. The body of Akhilesh, 30, a native of Bihar, remained untraced despite extensive search efforts.Personnel from the fire and emergency services, National Disaster Response…
Bengaluru: A debt-ridden cloth merchant and his associate have been arrested on the charges of murdering a 72-year-old widow farmer at Koratagere in Tumakuru district.The victim, M Ratnamma of Dasalakunte village, was found murdered with her legs and hands tied near her agricultural land. The incident came to light when her daughter-in-law Bhagyamma went in…
Bengaluru: A long-standing marital dispute culminated in tragedy after a 38-year-old man died by suicide following a heated confrontation involving his wife and her family.According to a complaint filed by Rajanna, the deceased’s father, his son Kumar RT, a graphic designer, had been married to Roopa for the past 15 years, and the couple have…
