8 yrs after Carlton Towers tragedy, plan finalised to make Bengaluru...
Fire SafetyThe plan has been prepared by Beyond Carlton, a city-based fire safety community that was formed following the fire tragedy. Soumya ChatterjeeIt was in February 2010 that the iconic Carlton...
View ArticleGruesome murder: K’taka man kills landlord, severs his head and disposes body...
CrimeThe accused apparently hit Manjunath on the head with an iron rod following an argument over non-payment of rent.Theja RamOn January 23, 38-year-old Manjunath had bid his wife and baby girl...
View ArticleBengalureans, celebrate: Shorter, toll-free route to airport likely to open...
Civic issuesThe Agriculture Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister inspected the project, and said that the work on it was progressing at a good pace. TNM StaffBengalureans who frequent the...
View Article‘No bandh on February 4’: Karnataka HC directs state govt to ensure no shutdown
BandhThe Karnataka High Court stayed the February 4 shutdown, recalling Supreme Court order ruling declaring bandhs as illegal.TNM StaffRepresentational ImageThe Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed...
View ArticleHindi certificates at IIM-B? Institute denies ‘imposition’, puts gag order on...
ControversyThe premier B-school had sent a circular asking students to confirm the Hindi spelling of their name. Prajwal BhatA circular sent out by the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B),...
View ArticleCar mysteriously catches fire in Bengaluru: Woman, 4-yr-old son charred to death
DeathPolice suspect that a short-circuit may have caused the car to go up in flames.TNM StaffA 30-year-old woman and her four-year-old son died under mysterious circumstances in Bengaluru after their...
View ArticleBJP holds yagna for cow protection in Bengaluru, unfazed by low turnout
PoliticsThe decision to hold a yajna for cow protection also comes at a time the party is at odds with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over eating beef.TNM StaffThe Karnataka BJP started its 24-hour...
View ArticleBJP going all out for Modi rally in Bengaluru, thousands of party workers...
Politics PM Modi will be speaking at the rally which is expected to be attended by thousands from across Karnataka.TNM Staff With 20 LED screens, three helipads and a mini healthcare unit being set up...
View Article'Corporator demolished house, sent goons to set me on fire,' Bengaluru woman...
CrimeJyotibai says that the local corporator, JM Savitha and her father Mayannagowda, have been harassing her for over a year now regarding a land dispute. Theja Ram“If I had not run away, they would...
View ArticleNo Bengaluru bandh on Sunday, Vatal Nagaraj withdraws call after K'taka HC order
He has, however, said that a "black day" would be observed on Sunday.TNM StaffAfter the Karnataka High Court order declared bandhs as "unconstitutional", pro-Kannada activist and President of Karnataka...
View Article60 rooftop pubs in Bengaluru could soon lose licences over lack of fire safety
Fire SafetyThe pubs have been given one week’s notice, to comply with fire safety norms as per the National Building Code. TNM StaffImage for representationSixty popular rooftop pubs and eateries in...
View ArticleAre manual scavengers employed at Jain festival in Hassan? It’s not us,...
Mahamastakabhisheka festivalOfficials also claimed the temporary toilets constructed have drains, but activists who visited the spot said there are none.Prajwal BhatImage for representation onlyWith...
View ArticleAs Karnataka braces for elections, Congress and BJP endorse single-phase polls
NewsMeanwhile, regional parties advocated the conduction of polls in three phases.TNM StaffAs Karnataka is gearing up for its Assembly elections, the two national parties in the state, the Congress and...
View ArticleNo Bengaluru bandh but Kannada outfits protest over Mahadayi ahead of PM...
Politics“We are protesting against Modi here at Freedom Park. Everyone with us here has come to ask Modi for the solution,” Vatal Nagaraj said.TNM StaffThe struggle for the decades-long Mahadayi...
View ArticlePM Modi to address election rally in Bengaluru, on 'journey to build a new...
PoliticsUnion ministers Prakash Javadekar and Piyush Goyal, who are in-charge of tThe BJP poll campaign in Karnataka, Ananth Kumar, D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Ananthkumar Hegde, who hail from the state,...
View Article'Where is our acche din?': Bengaluru street vendors write to PM Modi on...
Employment"Do not use us as an excuse for your inability to provide employment," wrote Bengaluru street vendors in an open letter to PM Modi. TNM StaffPTI PhotoAn association of street vendors from...
View ArticleKarnataka bus drags dead man in undercarriage over 70 km, police arrest driver
AccidentBengaluru police say that based on the injuries, the man appeared to have died due to an accident.TNM StaffRepresentational imageA state-run Karnataka bus coming from Tamil Nadu dragged a dead...
View Article‘Countdown for end of Cong rule in Karnataka has begun’: PM Modi keeps mum on...
PoliticsIn an attempt to please the people at the rally, the Prime Minister delivered the first few lines of his address in Kannada.TNM StaffTwitter/ Suresh N Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday...
View Article‘Is this what happens when you're on POT?’ Congress mocks PM Modi's TOP acronym
PoliticsPM Modi said he had given ‘TOP’ priority to farmers – expanding the acronym to mean tomato, onion and potato.TNM StaffCongress social media head Divya Spandana, popularly known as Ramya, took a...
View ArticleDay after PM Modi's Bengaluru rally, actor Prakash Raj takes jibe at BJP's...
PoliticsPrakash Raj wrote a cryptic message suggesting that the Modi govt since coming to power has not brought joy to distressed farmers or unemployed youth.IANSFIle imageActor Prakash Raj has taken a...
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