3.7 lakh trees to be felled in Western Ghats, B'luru activists protest...
ProtestActivists say most of these trees are endemic to the Western Ghats and would be over 400 years old.Soumya Chatterjee Vallesh Kaushik was wearing a breathing mask attached to a handheld plant pot...
View ArticleHole on a Bengaluru flyover, authorities close it for repair
Civic issuesThe pothole was noticed on the Summanali flyover that connects Nagarabhavi and Dr Rajkumar Samadhi.Soumya ChatterjeeA pothole on a flyover in Bengaluru is the latest example of the...
View ArticleAlliance University V-C Ayyappa Dore murder: Bengaluru police make three more...
CrimePolice say that the prime accused, Suraj Singh, had offered to pay the three persons Rs 20 lakh each. Theja RamDeceased Alliance University V-C, Ayyappa DoreThe Bengaluru police probing the murder...
View ArticleNew expert committee to deliberate on Tipu Sultan chapters in textbooks:...
EducationA new committee will discuss whether the chapters on the Mysore king Tipu Sultan should be retained, modified or scrapped completely.TNM StaffAfter Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's statement...
View ArticleHow the clean-up drive in Bengaluru’s Richards Town was more than just a...
Civic issuesThe wall that faces Clarence High School in Bengaluru has become one that celebrates a community initiative.Alithea Stephanie MounikaThe wall opposite Clarence High School in Bengaluru’s...
View ArticleCong calls for K'taka govt's dismissal, Yediyurappa rubbishes Operation...
PoliticsA video showing BS Yediyurappa allegedly admitting to carrying out Operation Kamala in the state, on the instructions of BJP's national leaders, had emerged on Friday. TNM StaffAfter a video of...
View ArticleWith not many options left, Kumaraswamy shows signs of warming up to the BJP
PoliticsBehind Kumaraswamy's new strategy is his fear that more prominent members of his party will defect to the BJP.Theja RamFormer Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that he does not...
View ArticleAfter Sumanahalli, another Bengaluru flyover on verge of developing hole
Civic IssuesMeanwhile, the Sumanahali flyover has been closed for vehicular movement until the hole is fixed. TNM StaffThe gaping hole in the Sumanahalli flyover has raised several questions about the...
View ArticleBengaluru woman who filed complaint against former minister found dead
DeathCity police have registered a case of unnatural death and investigations are underway. TNM StaffImage for representation A thirty-five-year-old woman from Bengaluru allegedly took her own life at...
View ArticleBengaluru doctors protesting attack on student call for indefinite boycott of...
ProtestResident doctors and medical students have been protesting since Saturday after a postgraduate student was allegedly attacked by members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike.TNM StaffDoctors and...
View ArticleMLA disqualification: Cong tells SC to listen to audio tape allegedly of...
MLAs Disqualification CaseJustice NV Ramana said he would ask CJI Ranjan Gogoi to constitute a three-judge bench to consider the matter.TNM StaffThe Karnataka Congress on Monday submitted new documents...
View ArticleAs protests erupt, Udupi police insist Principal of Don Bosco school killed...
DeathUdupi Superintendent of Police (SP) Nisha James was prompted to make the clarification after a protest was held demanding a deeper investigation into Father Mahesh D’Souza’s death.Prajwal...
View Article66-yr-old Bengaluru woman with cognitive disability goes missing, family...
Missing PersonUma was last spotted near Bellary Road on Saturday evening, heading back towards Geddalahalli.TNM StaffA 66-year-old Bengaluru woman went missing on Friday evening and her family and the...
View ArticleRailway Board clears long-awaited Bengaluru suburban rail project
TransportThe only step left now is clearance from the Union cabinet.Soumya ChatterjeeDecades after it was first proposed, a dedicated suburban railway service for Bengaluru was approved by the Extended...
View ArticlePG student attacked by pro-Kannada group: Doctors protest in B'luru hospital...
ProtestDespite the fact that a complaint was given on Friday night to the VV Puram police station, no arrests have been made.Dr Nimeshika JayachandranChants of ‘horaata horaata nyaayakkagi horaata’...
View ArticleThe fight to protect Bengaluru's precious Cubbon park and its heritage
Environment/Urban Infrastructure It is not just about lung space, it is also about the missing ‘heritage law’ to preserve the city’s vanishing old structures.Soumya Chatterjee“The issue of Cubbon Park...
View ArticleWhy the spotlight is on the feuding Jarkiholi brothers ahead of the Karnataka...
PoliticsKnown as the sugar barons of Belagavi, the four Jarkiholi brothers always contest from different political parties – and at least one of them has always been at the helm of power.Theja...
View ArticleLook-out circular issued against 2 bookies allegedly involved in KPL betting...
Crime The duo are suspected to have fled the country, soon after the Central Crime Branch arrested Ali Asfak Thara, the owner of KPL team Belagavi Panthers.TNM StaffThe Central Crime Branch (CCB) has...
View ArticleFIR against OYO CEO for allegedly cheating Bengaluru hotel owner
Crime In a statement, OYO has said it will file a counter complaint against the hotel owner.TNM StaffA cheating case was registered against Ritesh Agarwal, the founder of OYO Hotels and Homes, and six...
View ArticleJudgement is ready, wait for it: SC on Cong's plea to consider BSY audio tape
Disqualified MLAs caseHowever, no notice has been issued officially yet by the Supreme Court whether it will take the audio tape on record in the Karnataka MLAs disqualification case.TNM Staff The...
View Article