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‘Have no option’: Apartment caretakers in B’luru locality must live near...
Civic issues As garbage in these buildings is not collected for weeks and continues piling up, it’s people like Deepak and his family who suffer silently. Geetika MantriDeepak and his family must live...
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K’taka Forest Dept to launch app to tackle crisis of dwindling tree cover in...
CivicThe department will launch a website and app for citizens to purchase saplings at low rates, intended to encourage planting of more trees.Akshay KulkarniProject Hasiru Nursery in HennurThe...
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‘It was not easy to fight against the government’: Rohini Sindhuri IAS tells TNM
Controversy On Monday, Rohini Sindhuri secured her reappointment as the Deputy Commissioner of Hassan after a five-month legal battle.Soumya ChatterjeeFor many, it would seem overwhelming and...
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Rape case against Nithyananda: CID asked to prepare two chargesheets
Crime On June 6. the trial court had framed charges against all the accused after eight years and multiple twists and turns in the case.Soumya ChatterjeeIn another development in the rape case against...
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Siddaramaiah meets group of MLAs, draws ire of JDS-Congress
PoliticsDeputy CM dismissed the rumours and reiterated that the coalition government would last the full term of 5 years.TNM Staff Days after two videos of Siddaramaiah candidly deriding the state...
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‘Govt abused temporary status, denied basic rights’: K’taka govt hostel...
Protest Almost 1,000 workers have been protesting for two days at Freedom Park alleging ‘unfair sackings’ and poor working conditions. Akshay KulkarniNearly 1,000 government hostel workers took to...
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Manjunath Prasad reinstated as BBMP Commissioner, he was shunted by the EC
AppointmentThis comes less than two months after he was transferred based on a complaint filed by the BJP state unit.TNM StaffManjunath Prasad is set to return to the position of BBMP Commissioner,...
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JD(S)-Congress coordination committee to finalise Karnataka budget proposals
PoliticsThe committee will go through the report of the sub-committee set up by the coalition government on June 14 to draft a common minimum programme.IANSPTI/FileThe coordination committee of the...
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Route No 36: The ride through Rajinikanth’s Bangalore
CitiesThe writer takes a lazy Sunday afternoon bus trip on what used to be route 10A to Srinagar bus terminus to see if Rajinikanth’s Bengaluru still exists.Thejaswi UdupaImage for representationThis...
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‘He comes from god’s race while we are monkeys?’: Cong slams Anantkumar Hegde
PoliticsThe minister, who is never too far from the limelight, looked to the animal kingdom for comparisons between BJP and other parties. TNM StaffRepresentational imageAnantkumar Hegde, the Minister...
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A Karnataka student database project is forcing wards to give their Aadhaar...
EducationWhile the Education Department claims any government ID card will do, parents say that schools only accept Aadhaar cards.Prajwal Bhat Rajiv Narayan has had several run-ins with the authorities...
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Toll charges on Bengaluru’s Electronic City expressway hiked
InfrastructureThe monthly fee for two-wheelers is increasing to Rs 560 from the original Rs 545, an increase of 2.7%. Akshay KulkarniImage for representationIf you live or work in Electronic City and...
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Will a potholes department fix Bengaluru's battered roads? Experts weigh in
Civic Issues Bengaluru Mayor Sampath Raj suggested that having a separate department for potholes with its own chief engineer would mitigate the problem. Soumya ChatterjeeRepresentational imagePotholes...
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Bengaluru cops bust ivory-smuggling racket, 6 including a DMK man held
ArrestsThe police, on a tip-off, raided places in Kempegowda Layout Ring Road and Krishnagiri to recover 12 tusks.Megha KaveriThe Bengaluru City Police busted an ivory-smuggling racket on Wednesday and...
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7 K’taka ministers including CM face criminal charges: ADR-Election Watch report
PoliticsKumaraswamy faces serious criminal charges, including forgery for the purpose of cheating, causing disappearance of evidence, and other charges.IANSSeven Karnataka Ministers, including Chief...
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Private medical, dental colleges in K’taka decide to approach court over fee...
EducationThe move came after talks with the government failed – while the colleges are demanding a 15% hike, the state wants it capped at 8%.TNM StaffRepresentatives from private medical and dental...
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Slavery 50 kms from Bengaluru: Rescued family recounts horror at farm
CrimeThe family, tortured verbally and physically for four years, now hopes to go back to their home in Krishnagiri and send their kids to school.Megha Kaveri“I performed the delivery of two of my...
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TM Vijay Bhaskar is new Karnataka Chief Secretary as Rathna Prabha retires
BureaucracyCM Kumaraswamy had written to the Centre seeking an extension for Rathna Prabha, however, after receiving no response, the state govt recommended Vijay Bhaskar for the post.TNM StaffThe...
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K'taka to move SC against Centre's notification of Cauvery Management Authority
PoliticsThe resolution was taken in an all-party meeting, where it was also decided that the MPs from Karnataka would raise the issue in Parliament.TNM StaffIn an all-party meet called by Karnataka...
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Survival of JDS-Congress govt in Karnataka vital for opposition unity
PoliticsIf it fails to survive at least till the next general election, then all the hopes of the non-BJP parties coming together against the BJP will evaporate.IANSEven as various formulas are being...
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