Bidar school kids quizzed third time by cops over their play against NRC-CAA
CAAWhile a parent and a head-teacher are in jail, police questioned over 60 minor students.Theja Ram The Bidar police on Saturday questioned around 60 students of the Shaheen Primary and High School in...
View ArticleRoad closed in Bengaluru’s Banashankari for white-topping: Alternate routes here
CivicThe affected stretch is from Teacher’s Training College circle up to South-end circle signal.Alithea Stephanie MounikaImage for representation In continuation of the white topping project across...
View ArticleBengaluru family tested for Coronavirus after neighbours complain
HealthAccording to an official, the family did not travel to Wuhan but visited another province in China before returning to India on January 23. TNM StaffA Bengaluru-based family of five living in an...
View ArticleKarnataka CM Yediyurappa hails pro-farmer budget, suburban rail allocation
BudgetFormer CM Siddaramaiah has criticised the allocation for the agriculture sector in the budget, which is 2.5%.TNM StaffKarnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa hailed the Union Budget 2020 as...
View ArticleFact check: 19 people not affected by Coronavirus in Bengaluru’s Wilson Garden
CoronavirusA viral message claimed 19 people in Bengaluru have tested positive for Coronavirus, but officials confirmed to TNM that the message is false.TNM StaffThere have been two confirmed cases of...
View Article13 new ministers for Karnataka on February 6, including 10 rebels
PoliticsThirteen MLAs, including 10 rebels from Congress and the JD(S), will take oath on February 6.TNM StaffKarnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that the Cabinet expansion will take...
View ArticleCourt tells media houses to refrain from using Kumaraswamy’s 'mini-mini...
LawThis comes after social media users posted memes and puns, jeering at HD Kumaraswamy after he referred to the substance used by Mangaluru airport suspect to ‘mini mini powder’. Prajwal BhatFormer...
View ArticleWatch: Animal rescuer in Mangaluru saves stray dog stuck in well
Human InterestRajani Damodar Shetty has been feeding stray dogs for almost a decade. She takes care of 14 stray dogs at home and feeds hundreds of other stray dogs living in her neighbourhood.TNM...
View ArticleFour friends, one goal: Walking 100 kilometres in 24 hours
Human interestOxfam Trailwalker will take place in Bengaluru from February 7 to 9. Nikhita VenugopalOxfamA few years ago, Raja Imam Kasim received a somewhat unusual request from his childhood friend...
View ArticleHow an attempt at driving away elephants led cops to nab Veerappan’s aide
Selva Mary was an accused in the Palar bomb blast in 1993 that killed 22 people.Theja RamFor the last 26 years, a wanted associate of forest brigand Veerappan, and an accused in the Palar bomb blast in...
View ArticleCops turn up at Bidar school for fourth time, question kids over anti-CAA play
SeditionThe DySP asked a kid whether she was asked to change the script and utter any particular dialogues. Prajwal BhatPolice officers including the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Bidar district...
View ArticleGandhi’s freedom struggle was an adjustment with British: BJP MP Anantkumar...
Controversy Amidst growing outrage over his comments, BJP sources say that the MP may be forced to apologise for his comments.PTIIn an apparent attack on Mahatma Gandhi, BJP MP from Uttara Kannada,...
View ArticleNithyananda is on spiritual tour, can’t serve him notice: Karnataka cops to...
CourtDoes the Karnataka police not know that rape-accused Nithyananda is on the run from Indian authorities and is believed to be hiding in Belize?Sanyukta DharmadhikariNithyananda.orgIt seems the...
View ArticleBengaluru Jain trust, where two men died while cleaning sewer, closed
Manual scavengingDays after the manual scavenging deaths in the heart of the city, Jain trust stands shut due to the lack of permission.Alithea Stephanie MounikaAn investigation by Bengaluru civic...
View ArticleNoise pollution row: Karnataka HC orders reopening of Bengaluru's Byg Brewski
Civic IssuesThe BBMP had shut down the establishment on December 24 citing noise pollution and lack of parking space. TNM StaffPopular microbrewery Byg Brewski, which was closed by the Bruhat Bengaluru...
View ArticleLand meant for Dalit community hall usurped by pvt builders in Bengaluru?
Dalit rights groups allege that the land was promised to the Dalit community for building a community hall in 2011 but private developers are constructing an apartment building instead.Alithea...
View ArticleBengaluru police to implement ‘honk more, wait more’ on signals: Will it work?
TrafficExperts are divided on whether the move will be beneficial in the city of Bengaluru.Alithea Stephanie MounikaThe Bengaluru traffic police are always looking for novel measures to deal with the...
View Article‘Can you identify Bangladeshi by looking at face’: Karnataka HC slams state
CourtThe BBMP demolished many huts in a settlement in Bengaluru over suspicions that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants stayed there. Haripriya Suresh"By looking at the face of a person, can one be...
View ArticleBJP serves show cause notice to Hegde as Cong demands sedition case against him
PoliticsThis comes after the MP had made controversial remarks about Gandhi at an event on Saturday.PTIThe Congress on Monday demanded a sedition case against BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde for his swipe at...
View Article‘I want her to come back’: Bidar student on her mother's arrest over an...
ControversyQuestioned thrice by police, 11-year-old Ayesha* has been living with their neighbour as her mother, a widow, is in prison over an anti-CAA school play.Prajwal BhatAyesha’s (name changed)...
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