Temple hundi People still offer banned notes by putting inside ‘Hundi’ in temples. Bengaluru: Following the alleged theft of devotees’ offerings to Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the govt in Karnataka has come out with standard operating procedure (SOP) to manage hundis.Accordingly, temples are asked to replace volunteers with home guards, bank personnel or govt workers…
RDPR Minister Eshwar B Khandre displays video footage to substantiate his claim that the land allotted to HMT in Bengaluru is forest land. During his previous stint as Forest Minister, Khandre had ordered the reclamation of the land from HMT, triggering a bitter face-off with Union Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy. Bengaluru: The HMT land…
Karnataka on Saturday inducted 32 mobile forensic vans Bengaluru: In a big push to scientific crime investigation and anti-drug enforcement, Karnataka Saturday inducted 32 mobile forensic vans (MFV) to enable on-the-spot forensic examination of crime scenes and faster collection of evidence. Each district will get one van.Chief minister DK Shivakumar said the initiative will strengthen…
Bengaluru: Thanisandra is set to host a Vande Bharat sleeper depot, with South Western Railway (SWR) recently issuing notification to acquire nearly 14 hectares of private land in and around the northern part of the city.If objections filed by the public are looked into and resolved, depot construction can begin within six months and be…
Prashant with grandmother Nanjamma Bengaluru: A 34-year-old cab driver allegedly hacked his mother, grandmother and brother-in-law to death at their residence in Kottigepalya, Kamakshipalya, Saturday morning before ending his life.C Prashant had been unemployed for the past year and was reportedly distressed over personal issues, police said. The deceased are Prashant’s mother C Mangalamma, 55,…
The 101-km route via NICE Road, the longest bus service operated by BMTC, is proving beneficial for hundreds of daily commuters by offering a faster and more convenient connection between the two cities Bengaluru: Passengers travelling between Tumakuru and Bengaluru’s IT hub of Electronics City say the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s (BMTC) newly launched direct…
S Janaki Veteran South Indian play back singer S Janaki being presented the Kannada Rajyotsava award during the award ceremony at Ravindra Kalaksheta in Bengaluru on Saturday. Bengaluru: Through the swinging 60s, colourful 70s, stormy 80s, and sizzling 90s, heroines came and went, new faces lit up the silver screen, and Kannada cinema reinvented itself…
Byrathi Suresh, transport minister, takes BMTC bus ride to oversee BMTC services, commuter safety and fleet modernisation protocols, during a reality check in Bengaluru Saturday Bengaluru: Transport minister Byrathi Suresh experienced first hand the problems routinely faced by the city’s bus commuters during a surprise inspection Saturday night, when a BMTC conductor asked him to…
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old student playing a spinning top on the premises of a govt school in Tumakuru district was allegedly electrocuted Friday evening.R Puneeth, of Borappanahatti in Tovinakere in Koratagere taluk, was studying in PU first year.His father Ravikumar, a daily wage worker, lodged the complaint with Koratagere police, accusing Bescom officials of causing the…
Flex banners of various sizes, put up by political parties, businesses and educational institutions, line roads such as Thanisandra Main Road, Jakkur Main Road and KV Jairam Road Bengaluru: At a time when Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda is leading a crackdown on footpath encroachments and shifting street vendors off pavements, another hazard continues…
