Wedding bells for Bengaluru’s award winning transgender rights activist Akkai...
LGBTQ+Social change begins with dialogue with one’s family, and trans woman Akkai Padmashali has set the stage with a marriage that defies social stereotypes of gender and caste.Theja RamAkkai...
View ArticleBengalureans recall the giant in Karnataka politics as SM Krishna bids adieu...
PoliticsWhile Krishna wore many hats in his 46-year stint with the Congress, he is best remembered as Karnataka’s CM between 1999 and 2004.Anna Isaacsm_krishna2pti.jpgPTIWith former Chief Minister SM...
View ArticleBengaluru city Councillors demand closure of all 400 hookah bars in city
Civic IssuesThe councilors alleged that these establishments were serving underage patrons.TNM StaffHookah-bars-aga27365.jpgPTIHookah bars seem to have cropped up across the city despite the Bruhat...
View ArticleSM Krishna leads exodus from Congress party in Mysuru and Mandya, key leaders...
PoliticsMLC D Made Gowda and senior Congress leader, Vikrant Deve Gowda sent their resignation letters to KPCC President G ParameshwaraTNM Staffsm_krishna2pti.jpgA day after former External Affairs...
View ArticleUberPool and OlaShare will not be banned in Karnataka. But don’t celebrate...
Cab AggregatorsWhat will the new rules for car pooling services in the state mean for commuters?Theja RamOla_Uber-Pti.jpgPTICar pooling services like UberPOOL and OlaShare will not be banned in...
View ArticleNo more cash coupons, Karnataka BPL card holders can now get food coupons online
PoliticsReversing its earlier announcement, the government has now decided to go back to food coupons in the PDS system.Theja Ramsiddamramaiah thinking pti.jpegPTIChief Minister Siddaramaiah has...
View ArticleEveryone wants SM Krishna: BJP and even the Congress make a beeline to woo...
PoliticsThere is speculation that Srinivas Prasad is being used to draw Krishna into the BJP.Theja Ramsm krishna_pti.jpegPTIFormer External Affairs Minister, SM Krishna has exited from the Congress,...
View ArticleUnderpaid and fed up, women who keep govt’s welfare schemes running protest...
ProtestThousands of people, mostly women, are now demanding that minimum wage guidelines be implemented.Theja RamCPI protest-min.jpgCITUOver 3,000 workers, most of them women, marched from Bengaluru’s...
View ArticleKarnataka MLA allegedly abuses IAS officer, demands personal favours
PoliticsThe MLA had allegedly demanded that the IAS officer that he write a report that favours the educational institutions run by a society of which he is a chairman.TNM...
View ArticleLion attacks same safari vehicle in Bannerghatta Park again, were authorities...
Public SafetyThe same car has been attacked again. Despite assurance, why was it not removed from Safari?TNM StaffLion attack-min.jpegIn at least the third such incident in the past few months, a lion...
View ArticleKarnataka CM helped businessman for quid pro quo alleges complaint to Lokayukta
LokayuktaA complaint filed just two days after Justice Shetty's appointment alleges that Siddaramaiah nominated businessman to a post for quid pro quoTNM StaffSiddaramaiah_Assembly_hands PTI.jpgPTIA...
View ArticleWhat was life like for our grandparents? Bengaluru filmmaker gives you a...
Cinema It all started when Sharmila realised her grandmother had a treasure trove of stories was waiting to be heard.Monalisa Dasav 3 750x500-compressed.jpgA still from the short-film.Over a year ago,...
View ArticleMachete-wielding Congress workers attack two Shri Ram Sene activists in...
CrimeA police official said that it was a revenge attack.TNM Staffknife_muder_killing_stabbing_17_0_0.jpgPTI/ Picture for representation onlyA 10-member gang of Congress workers, who were wielding...
View ArticleUber is fighting Karnataka’s new cab-sharing rules with people power, starts...
Cab aggregatorsThe petition claims Uber’s cab-sharing reduced 9,364,772 km of driving, 4,40,623 litres of fuel and 1,037,000 kg of emissions.Soumya Chatterjeeuber-pti.jpgPTI/ Representational...
View ArticleMeet the Bengaluru woman who traversed through the world’s coldest highway
Travel This 36-year-old mother of two covered the 5,080 km drive in 14 days.Geetika MantriNidhi Tiwari_WBB_Fb.jpgNidhi Tiwari: Women Beyond Boundaries/FacebookBeing an adventurer is thrilling: there’s...
View ArticleKarnataka gets a slice of Apple pie, iPhones to be manufactured in Bengaluru
TechnologyIT Minister Priyank Kharge told TNM this validated the state’s focus on emerging technologies and high-end manufacturing.Rakesh Meharapple-iphone-6s-750x500-pixabay.jpgKarnataka’s initiatives...
View ArticleK’taka man moves HC seeking nod to use copter for showering petals on his new...
NewsCiting that he had already distributed invitation cards, he said that it would be embarrassing if permission was not granted.TNM...
View ArticleGunmen shoot APMC President in broad daylight, police launch manhunt
CrimeThe APMC President, Srinivas Murthy sustained three bullet wounds. He is also an accused in a case filed at the Madanayakana Halli Police Station.TNM StaffBlore shootout.jpgScreenshot: TV9Shots...
View ArticleBengaluru principal accused of sexual harassment gets bail, comes back to school
CrimeBengaluru school principal arrested on allegations of sexual harassment released a day after his arrest.Soumya ChatterjeeTheja RamKumar_thakur_Bengaluru_KV_750x500.jpgKV websiteA principal of a...
View ArticleIn Karnataka, an unusual online battle between drivers and Uber/Ola
Cab AggregatorsDrivers’ association launches online poll to stop Ola Share and Uber Pool service in KarnatakaTheja RamOla_Uber-Pti.jpgPTIAn unusual online battle is brewing between the Ola, TaxiForSure...
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