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B’luru municipal workers protest after minimum wage hike not implemented...
ProtestMany of the protesting workers said that even the salary for October has still not been paid.Sarayu Srinivasanbbmp Pourakarmika protest broom.jpgMachchamma, a pourakarmika with the Bruhat...
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Meet the first two women to get behind the wheel of a Karnataka state-run bus
Women Drivers44 women were among the 13,320 applicants this year, and only Ameenamma and Veenavathamma were eventually selected.Ananya Baruabus-driver-women.jpgShethepeople.tvWomen getting behind the...
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Reddy wedding fallout: K’taka govt wants to bring back bill to restrict...
ExtravaganzaThe marriage bill, which was on the back burner states that weddings with an expenditure more than Rs 5 lakh and over 1,000 invitees is lavish.TNM Staffindian wedding marriage...
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Mysuru royals to part with 12 acres in Bengaluru palace grounds for road...
InfrastructureThe roads between Mekhri Circle and BDA junction and also Cantonment and Mekhri Circle will be widenedTNM StaffBangalore_Palace_,_Main_Entrance_Bikashrd-min.jpgBikashrd/Wikimedia...
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Disrupting Ubernomics: Why K’taka govt could end up destroying...
Cab AggregatorsDrivers who have benefitted from a steady stream of income over the past 5 years are now staring at losses, thanks to the new passenger safety rules upheld by the Karnataka HC.Theja...
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National Green Tribunal extends stay on BDA petition in steel flyover case
Steel FlyoverThe petition stated that the road on which the flyover has been proposed is not a highway and thus does not require an environmental assessment.TNM Staffflyover_bangalore-compressed.jpgThe...
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Black money racket: Cops seize Rs 47 lakh new currency notes from Bengaluru...
Black MoneyPolice suspect that the accused was charging a commission to help convert black money to whiteTNM Staffrbi 2000 two thousand note.jpgThe Bengaluru police have seized Rs 47 lakh in new Rs...
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IT sleuths crack down on parents of medical students who paid huge donations
Black MoneyI-T department sleuths have issued detailed questionnaires to parents of medicos admitted to Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences after paying huge sums in donationsTNM StaffRs...
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Why CBI concluded that DK Ravi committed suicide: Excerpts from report
DK Ravi SuicideThe News Minute has a copy of the 40-page report and we are quoting from it.Dhanya RajendranSarayu SrinivasanDK Ravi 1.jpgOn March 16, 2015, Karnataka was left shocked as news came in of...
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Keep calm and eat Kadlekai: Going nuts at Bengaluru’s own festival of nuts
CultureThe Kadlekai Parishe is an annual festival, usually heralding the onset of winters. Veejay Saican ful of nuts.jpgEach region in South India has its own special festivals and commemorative...
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Debt-ridden Karnataka farmer kills himself unable to get cash for daughter's...
SuicideCrops failure, debt, cancellation of daughter's marriage forced him to commit suicide. TNM Staffsuicide-hanging-750x500knot_0.jpgA farmer in Bidar district in Karnataka killed himself as he was...
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Man accused of raping minor tribal girl in residential school, government denies
CrimeParents are alleging rape, but the government says it did not happen.TNM StaffSchool_child_writing 3x2.jpgImage for representation onlyA 45-year-old man has been accused of raping a minor girl at...
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Bengaluru MLA to boycott ‘anti-national’ traders who support bandh against...
DemonetisationSeveral people said they too do the same.TNM StaffBN Vijayakumar-compressed.jpgAs opposition parties gear up for the nationwide bandh against demonetisation, a Bengaluru MLA has announced...
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Murdered activist Vinayak Baliga's family files petition challenging bail to...
RTI Activist MurderThe Karnataka High Court had granted conditional bail to the main accused, Naresh Shenoy, on September 15.TNM Staffvinayak baliga.jpgRTI activist Vinayak Baliga’s family has...
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BJP's backward classes rally is a show of strength, but will it pay off?
Ekta ConventionWhile there is still more than a year left before the assembly elections, BJP seemingly wanting to make an early start.TNM StaffOBC morcha kar yeddy and amit shah.jpgAfter months of...
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Old notes make their way to temple hundis in Karnataka, spike in collection
Demonetisation Banashankari temple in Bengaluru opened their hundis to find that they had received Rs 56 lakh.TNM StaffHundi_at_Mahaganapati_Temple_Ranja_Booradleyp1ngaon_wikiedia.jpgImage for...
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Bengaluru ATM van heist: Absconding driver’s wife arrested with Rs 79 lakh in...
Crime Police are questioning her.TNM Staffmap-of-kg-road-1.jpgDays after the driver of a van, carrying Rs 1.37 crore meant to be filled in an ATM, fled with the money, Bengaluru police arrested his...
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Karnataka man arrested for posting obscene photo of PM Modi on Facebook
CrimeAccording to the police, the photo showed the Prime Minister being urinated uponTNM Staffnarendra modi_Hands_clasped_PTI750x500.jpgPTIThe Badami police arrested a 24-year-old youth on Saturday for...
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The other side of the story: Why doctors say no to rural postings
Public HealthGovt officials lay the blame for staff shortages on medicos, claiming they refuse rural postings despite handsome salariesTheja RamPavagada_Hospital-min-min.jpgAn empty hallway greets a...
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Journalist Gauri Lankesh convicted of criminal defamation in case filed by...
DefamationThe court sentenced her to six months jail and imposed a Rs 10,000 penalty.TNM StaffGauri Lankesh.jpgSenior journalist Gauri Lankesh was convicted of criminal defamation in two cases by the...
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