The Congress on Sunday accused BJP of trying to buy out its party legislators before the Rajya Sabha polls. The Congress has sent 44 of its legislators to a resort outside Bengaluru. Of the 57 Congress MLAs in Gujarat, six resigned from the party in the last two days. Three[Read More…]
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Man plays guitar while surgeons operate his brain
In a rare incident, a 32-year-old man played a guitar while doctors operated his brain of a neurological disorder in Bengaluru. The seven-hour surgery at a city hospital last week relieved the man of musician’s dystonia, a condition that cramped three fingers on his left hand. It was a year[Read More…]
Google acquires Halli labs- A Bengaluru based start-up
Google has acquired a Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence start-up Halli Labs for an undisclosed sum. This is the first time when Google has acquired a firm in India. Google acquired the startup saying that this will help the US-based giant in building solutions for adding new users to the Internet, especially[Read More…]
Inter-religious couple denied hotel room in Bengaluru
A hotel in Bengaluru denied entry to a couple on grounds that they belonged to different religions. Shafeek Subaida Hakkim and Divya DV, a married couple from Kerala, were denied a hotel room in Olive Residency Hotel at Annipuram Main Road in Sudhama Nagar. The hotel authorities refused to allot[Read More…]
After GST roll-out, Bengaluru shops hike liquor prices
On the supposed ground of increased input costs following GST, liquor prices in Bengaluru stores rise by 13.28%. The liquor itself does not come under the new taxation regime and any increase in costs is not to be passed on by the manufacturer. Though, since Saturday, liquor stores have been[Read More…]
Liquor ban on highway to hit Bengaluru soon!
Liquor ban on highways is about to hit Bengaluru in a few day putting a lot of bars and restaurants under the heat. The ban sale of liquor within 500 metres of highways directed by the Supreme Court is set to affect Bengaluru’s famous pubs as it is declared that[Read More…]
People call for statewide bandh in Karnataka, demand farmer loan waiver
Demanding waiving off farmer loans and expressing concerns over issues like water scarcity and sharing of water from Mahadayi river in Goa, two different groups have called for a statewide bandh in Karnataka on Monday. Kannada Okkoota and the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce are holding the bandh with a[Read More…]
Milky Way planet gets named after Indian girl
In a historic achievement for India, a planet in the Milky Way has been named after a 12th standard girl from Bengaluru. Sahithi Pingali has developed an app to collect data on the frothy, polluted lakes of Bengaluru through crowd-sourcing. She entered the app in the Intel International Science and[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Man arrested for sexually assaulting minor daughter for a year
In a recent incident in Bengaluru, a 44-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting his 14-year-old daughter over a year. Rajagopalnagar police arrested the man on Wednesday, who has been identified as Ramesh. According to police, the accused used to sexually assault his daughter under the influence of alcohol[Read More…]
Bengaluru: 5-year-old sexually abused and dumped on roadside
In early hours on Saturday, a five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted and dumped in a semi-conscious state on a road in Bengaluru. According to te police, the girl was found by beat police patrolling yesterday night. The incident took place within K G Halli police station limits. The victim[Read More…]
For GoT spoilers, follow Bengaluru City Police on social media!
Bengaluru City Police is not leaving any stone unturned in entertaining its netizens on Twitter while educating them about traffic rules. After giving a Harry Potter reference last month, the team hit the right chord with a Game of Thrones based meme this time. The recent tweet shows Jon Snow[Read More…]
NGT directs immediate closure of industries near Bengaluru lake
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed an immediate and complete closure of all industries around Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February 2017. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also banned dumping of any kind of municipal solid waste[Read More…]
Bengaluru: BJP leader Srinivas Prasad hacked to death
Srinivas Prasad, a BJP leader known as Kithaganahalli Vasu was hacked to death on Tuesday morning by unidentified assailants in Bengaluru rural district. The 45-year-old was a member of Bommasandra Municipal council. The incident took place after Srinivas Prasad received a call around 5 am in the morning. He left[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Two detained for attacking writer with ink for defaming ‘gods’
Two people have been arrested concerning the blackening of the face of a controversial writer, Yogesh Master, at a function held in Davangere on Monday. Shivaprakash and Chetan were detained by Davangere police. The detained were reportedly belonging to the right wing Hindu Jagaran Vedike. The event took place when[Read More…]
Bengaluru: North-Eastern tenant beaten up, forced to lick shoes by landlord
A North-Eastern tenant was allegedly assaulted and forced to lick shoes by his landlord in Bengaluru. Higio Guntey, a fourth-semester student in the Christ University in Bengaluru, was allegedly abused by his landlord on Monday evening and was later beaten up for using extra water. Guntey alleged that the house[Read More…]
India’s Only Limited Edition Porsche 911 R Arrives in Bengaluru
The ‘R’ Label Stands For ‘Racing’ At Porsche, And It Is The Only One Of The 991 Units Produced Globally To Arrive In India. The limited-run Porsche 911 R has finally arrived in India. The German sportscar maker produced only 991 units of this limited edition, monstrously powerful 911 featuring[Read More…]
GoAir flight catches fire mid-air
The 187 passengers and six crew members on board the Bengaluru-bound Airbus A320 of GoAir (G8 557) had a narrow escape after the plane caught fire just seven minutes after take-off from Delhi airport on Wednesday evening.The incident was observed by Navneet Kumar was resting inside his aunt’s house in[Read More…]
School principal held for sexual assault Bengaluru
Girl abducted, stripped and attacked brutally in Bengaluru
A case of sexual violence has again resurfaced in Bengaluru. Around Lakshmidevi Nagar area in Bengaluru, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped, stripped, beaten and tortured. The accused allegedly rubbed chilli powder on her private parts, while her mother was forced to watch. Police arrested five people including three women,[Read More…]
Bengaluru municipality proffers ban on large dogs in apartments
In Bengaluru, you may not be allowed to keep a large dog anymore in your apartments. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has sent out a set of draft guidelines for approval, putting restrictions on the number and kind of pets people are permitted to keep. The BBMP’s Animal Husbandry department[Read More…]
Bengaluru to get its own suburban railway
Woman in Burqa gets molested in Bengaluru and suffers injuries
This is a shocker after the mass molestation which took place on the 31st December in Bengaluru. Many blamed the victims for wearing ‘western dresses’ and ‘skimpy clothes’. However this news slams those who blamed youngsters’ “western ways” for the incidents. Another woman in Burqa became a victim to molestation[Read More…]
Delhi: After Bengaluru, goons molest girl in capital and attack cops
Days after two shameful molestation case on the New Year’s Eve in Bengaluru surfaced, another similar incident has been reported from Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar. The incident wherein a mob molested a woman in North-West Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar on New Year’s Eve and later attacked cops with stones who tried to[Read More…]
Bengaluru: CCTV footage shows another incident of molestation
A new footage surfaced showing a woman being sexually assaulted by two men in a residential area in Bengaluru on New Year’s Eve. This is the second such incident that comes into the light at a time when the state government and its police are already facing enormous criticism for[Read More…]
Mob molests Bengaluru women on New Year’s eve; no cases filed
Drunken unruly men molested women during the New Year celebration on Saturday night at Brigade Road and MG Road in Bengaluru. A photojournalist from the Bangalore Mirror alleged that he had seen several distraught women approaching police women and complaining that hooligans had molested them and made lewd remarks during the[Read More…]