It was two years ago on September 5 that journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her residence in Bengaluru. In an event held in remembrance of the slain journalist, her sister Kavitha Lankesh requested the Karnataka government to set up a special court and fast-track the trial i

Deputy Commissioner of Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district Sasikant Senthil resigned from the Indian Administrative Service on Friday. “I have taken this decision as I feel it is unethical for me to continue as a civil servant in the government when the fundamental building blocks of our diverse d

Bengaluru authorities engaged in the search for a 4-year-old boy, Mohammed Zain since Sunday, found his body in a stormwater drain on Wednesday near the Global Village Tech Park on Wednesday. This is the second tragedy for his mother Gulshan and the family in a short period of time, since Zain’s fat

Bengaluru: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah after he was caught on camera slapping a party worker clarified that it was just an expression of affection and the incident was blown out of proportion. “Nadanahalli Ravi is like my son. I have been his guide for long time and there are many such fol

The work on the badly damaged road in Tunganagar was taken up on priority basis after a video made by city-based artist Badal Nanjundaswamy of an actor dressed in astronaut gear walking on the road that looked like moon’s crater-filled surface vent viral on social media. BBMP Commissioner B.H. An

Belagavi: Minister of State Suresh Angadi on Tuesday informed that Dudhsagar falls will be officially open for the visitors from Wednesday, September 4 Speaking to the media, Suresh said, “As railway area near Dudhsagar falls was highly unsafe, the public was not allowed to visit Dudhsagar falls

Ballari City MLA Somashekara Reddy of the BJP staged a protest on Tuesday after a leakage in the underwater drainage caused water to inundate houses in Ganesh Colony in Ballari city. Sitting in the courtyard of one of the houses, Somashekara Reddy vented his ire at officials from the city corpora

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) may be some years away from its first manned mission to the moon, but in Bengaluru, its civic agency – the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has already raced ahead, readying a prototype lunar surface. Well, all thanks to crater-sized potholes on

For the last three days, the family of a four-year-old boy have been engaged in a frantic search for their son, Mohammed Zain, who went missing on Friday night. With no signs of the boy, his parents have also filed a missing person’s complaint. The boy is feared to have been washed down a stormwater

Stares, comments and inappropriate touches are actions that have become a part and parcel of the everyday life of a woman. Often, they are blamed for inviting reactions from men, and made to believe that “they asked for it” due to what they were wearing. And they will remember those clothes forever.

Belagavi: In a freak mishap, a Ganapati idol that was being moved to a pandal in the city caught fire after coming in contact with an overhead electric cable on Sunday, September 1. As per reports the plastic cover used to wrap the idol, while in transit caught fire. No casualties were reported i

Just over a month into forming a government, the BJP is discussing a petition to introduce a bill to ban the sale and possession of beef in Karnataka. Speaking to TNM, Karnataka Minister for Tourism and Kannada and Culture, CT Ravi said that the state government is discussing a petition to re-int

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday night issued a summons to former Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar to appear before it for questioning in connection with a Rs 7-crore money laundering case. DK Shivakumar’s counsel, BV Acharya, on Friday morning, moved the Karnataka High Court seeking interim

After Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa cancelled the controversial state-sponsored celebration of Tipu Jayanti, activists of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti want him to rename the Tipu Express. The issue became a topic of interest on Twitter with #RenameTippuExpress trending on the platform on Wednesday.

The Mangaluru police arrested two people on Monday night for attempting to steal petrol from the Mangaluru-Bengaluru petroleum pipeline. The arrested persons Armugam (39) and Ramesh (35), residents of Marakada in Mangaluru, were arrested by police officials near the Vamanjoor checkpost. The duo a

Bengaluru: A 28-year-old army serviceman sustained multiple injuries after being pushed off a moving train, allegedly by thieves at Nayandanahalli railway station in Bengaluru. The incident took place on Sunday when the victim, Made Gowda along with his family was travelling to his native Maddur

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Indira Canteens, the pet project of the previous Congress government to provide highly subsidised food to the urban poor, is on the verge of closure as neither the state government nor the Bengaluru corporation (BBMP) have made any budgetary allocations. The Congress has been a

Bengaluru: Soon after the recent cabinet expansion and the portfolio allocations, senior ministers including R Ashok, KS Eshwarappa, B Sreeramulu and CT Racvi have reportedly expressed their displeasure over the allocated portfolios. The stalwarts also showed their disapproval and expressed their di