An ERO from Bengaluru Central said staff were told to accommodate anyone turning up, since many voters had already missed their dates Bengaluru: The time slot on your SIR notice, it turns out, is more a suggestion than a rule. Across the city, electoral registration officers (EROs) and booth-level officers (BLOs) are hearing cases beyond…
DGP Alok Kumar buying puffs from the bakery in Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, Thursday Bengaluru: The prisons department has launched a new bakery unit at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, and a mobile bakery initiative to provide inmates with vocational training and help them build livelihoods after their release.“Nava Sankalpa Bakery” and “Nava Sankalpa Bakery on…
A husband (L) allegedly murdered his wife following a domestic quarrel in Bengaluru (In pic: the house where the couple lived) BENGALURU: A long-running domestic quarrel and his wife’s failure to answer his phone calls allegedly culminated in murder when a 40-year-old man from Bihar killed his wife at their rented house in Bilekahalli on…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has granted relief to a govt school teacher by annulling his marriage, observing that “consent for marriage obtained by staring down the barrel of a police complaint is no consent at all”.A division bench comprising Justice DK Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan made the observation in an order passed last…
A devastating incident took place involving a law student who was fatally stabbed after turning down a marriage proposal BENGALURU: Chilling CCTV footage of the July 13 stabbing of 22-year-old fourth-year law student Amrutha has surfaced, showing the attack in which she was allegedly stabbed after rejecting a marriage proposal. She battled for more than…
Bengaluru’s roads were still dominated by horse-drawn vehicles and other traditional forms of transport when a new machine appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1901, the city recorded its first reported sighting of a car, marking the arrival of motorised transport on its roads. The change was remarkably quick. By 1903, cars…
The driver, Bhaskar Reddy, confessed to kidnapping and murdering the neighbor boy. BENGALURU: A serial accident revealed the kidnap and murder of a 13-year-old-boy. A car rammed into few vehicles and came to halt after dashing against the walls of service road near Ballari road near Yelahanka Thursday night.Other commuters blocked the car and questioned…
Karnataka Chief minister DK Shivakumar KALABURAGI: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Thursday announced a two-year campaign to tackle anaemia in Kalyana Karnataka and promised Rs 5,000 crore annually for the region, while unveiling a series of measures aimed at boosting healthcare, investment, farm incomes and employment.Hoisting the national flag at the 79th Kalyana Karnataka Utsava in…
Men hired by in-laws attempted to abduct a Bengaluru woman after her inter-caste marriage. BENGALURU: The men allegedly sent to abduct a 21-year-old Bengaluru woman had given the driver of a Hyundai Venue a chilling instruction — to mow down anyone who tried to stop them. Police say the group was hired by her in-laws…
Schoolchildren faced severe traffic delays on the Varthur-Gunjur stretch. BENGALURU: Hundreds of school-children commuting along the Varthur-Gunjur stretch of SH-35 endured a harrowing Thursday as severe traffic congestion delayed school buses by up to 40 minutes in the morning and left students stranded on roads for hours while returning home. A 4km drive took 2.5…
