Karnataka govt sets a year's deadline to complete pending highway projects
Infrastructure Estimated to cost Rs 37,000 crore, the projects have been held up due to delays in land acquisition and shifting of utilities by the state government.IANSPeeved over inordinate delays in...
View ArticleBengaluru cop nabs ‘mobile’ thief after hot pursuit, rewarded with honeymoon...
Law EnforcementHanumanth got injured in the process and is currently recuperating in hospital.Soumya ChatterjeeThe heroic feat of a policeman working with the Bellandur Police Station in Bengaluru...
View Article‘He said he knows where I live’: B’luru woman ‘kidnapped’ by Ola driver...
Crime*Kavya was 'kidnapped' on way to the airport, and as the police arrested the driver, he told her that he would be out soon.Theja RamEver since cab aggregators like Ola and Uber became operational...
View Article'Mangalore Uni prof sexually harassed us, threatened to lower our grades',...
CrimeThe students allege that no action has been taken ever since the complaint was registered and that the professor continues to harass them.Theja Ram“I dreaded attending lectures because he touches...
View ArticleUdupi teacher buys bus, turns driver - all to ensure students don’t drop out...
Human InterestStudents in Baarali began dropping out as they had to trek through 3km of forest area.Theja RamFor students of Baarali village in Udupi district’s Brahmavar taluk, Rajaram is not just...
View Article‘K’taka govt will launch its own app-based taxi service’: Transport Min to TNM
CrimeK’taka Transport Minister DC Thamanna said that the initiative comes following the recent incident in which an Ola driver attempted to kidnap a woman in Bengaluru.Theja RamImage for...
View ArticleInfosys arm offers Rs 200 cr to Bengaluru metro, to be used to extend project
News"The Foundation's contribution will be used to build the Konappana Agrahara metro station," Kumaraswamy said.TNM StaffGlobal software major Infosys' social arm Infosys Foundation offered to give Rs...
View ArticleJust 11 days after murdering wife, Karnataka man awarded life term
CrimeThe testimony of the son, who said that his father would regularly accuse his mother of having affairs, was crucial to the case.TNM StaffImage for representationThe district and sessions court in...
View ArticlePregnant woman rescued by boat in Udupi as rains lash coastal districts
WeatherThe rainfall in Dakshina Kannada is 49 per cent higher this year compared to the same period last year.MohanLandslide at Puttur, Dakshina KannadaUdupi police, along with officials from the fire...
View ArticleMeet Aditya Paliwal, the Bengaluru student who bagged a Rs 1.2 cr package at...
Human InterestAditya got an offer from Google to work for their Artificial Intelligence research wing in New York at a pay of Rs 1.2 crore per annum.Soumya ChatterjeeLanding a job with a handsome pay...
View ArticleFmr K’taka MLA loses money in banking fraud: ‘Trusted caller because of his...
Fraud“While I would have never shared the CVV, since the caller said that he needed OTP for verification, I gave it to him," Lobo said.Harsha Raj GattyCourtesy: Facebook/INC.jrloboIn the latest case of...
View Article200 days since B'luru techie disappeared: Family urges police to find Ajitabh
Protest"How long can we keep waiting? I am still hopeful that my brother is alive somewhere and he needs to be found," says Pragya, Ajitabh’s sister.Prajwal BhatIt has been 200 days since Kumar...
View ArticleHoarding for which 25 trees were culled in Bengaluru pulled down for the...
Civic IssuesOn May 9, as many as 25 trees were cut down at Green Glen Layout to increase the visibility for the advertisement on the hoarding, sparking massive outrage by citizens.Soumya...
View ArticleSporting goods to mobile parts: HDK’s ambitious plan to take on Chinese goods...
PoliticsThe ambitious plan foresees the state manufacturing several kinds of goods in various districts of the state in two years.Arun DevKarnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is all set to take on...
View ArticleBengaluru civic worker kills self: He was not paid for 7 months
Civic IssuesThe police have, however, only registered a case of unnatural death, and not abetment of suicide. Jyotsna RamanPrajwal BhatSubramani worked every day for the last 15 years, cleaning the...
View ArticleOver 400 report cards of Karnataka colleges affiliated to VTU go missing
CrimeThe VTU officials have not yet registered an FIR and are instead waiting to get an internal committee’s report.TNM StaffFrom mixing up exam schedules to professors leaking question papers,...
View ArticleWin for green activists: NHAI to transplant trees while widening...
EnviornmentAfter an outcry, the Authority in a recent meeting with activists and the Forest Department agreed to move the trees to a different location, not cut them. Soumya ChatterjeeEnvironmental...
View ArticleFrom one room clinic to 3 hospitals: How B’luru’s Cessna came to lead...
Human interestThe journey to what Cessna is today has been long and hard. But the people behind it are determined to make more breakthroughs in veterinary care. Geetika MantriLike many young medical...
View ArticleNo pay for 6 months: Why Bengaluru's civic workers are being denied salaries
CivicAt the root of it, activists allege, is corruption – and a nexus between some BBMP officials garbage contractors.Prajwal BhatTheja RamPourakarmikas at Indira Nagar in BengaluruFor over six months,...
View Article'My family killed her for loving a man from lower caste': Karnataka teen’s...
CrimeSandhya* was allegedly strangulated and then fed pesticide by her grandmother.Theja Ram“She was sad because everyone in the family made her feel unwanted. She was once a happy girl. They killed my...
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