The Central Crime Branch (CCB) investigators arrested ex-Mayor R Sampath Raj, an accused involved in the August 11 riots incident in DJ Halli and KG Halli riots on Monday late night. Sampath Raj was fleeing away for over a month, to escape arrests. A CCB team headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ATC), Venugopal, arrested…
The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) will be investigating and examining the extension of the metro line between Anjanapura and Yelachenahalli scheduled for November 18 and 19, thereby gearing up for setting the stage for the launch of the Reach 4B of the Phase 2 of Namma Metro. According to the sources that informed Deccan…
For the capital city of Karnataka, Bengaluru, had severe shortage of beds for Covid-19 hospitals, observes a turn round with thousands of beds lying unoccupied for Covid-19 treatment. According to the officials, this update is an indication of the sharp declining trend of Covid-19 cases in the city, which is the most impacted district in…
The recently announced hike pertaining to power tariff has added up to the crisis of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board (BWSSB). The board, which has maintained a steady price and not hiked the water tariff over a period of six years, will have aggravated losses considering 25-paise per unit raise pertaining to power tariff…
The special officer in the city’s South Zone has passed the move to increase more number of offenders the marshal should catch, who are violating the Covid-19 norms of wearing a mask and social distancing regulations. The Special Officer for South Zone, Munish Moudgil, issued a notice on October 25 stating, “BBMP marshals have been…
COVID vaccine is expected to be available by early 2021 and everyone in the state would be vaccinated. Health & family welfare and medical education minister Dr K Sudhakar told. Speaking to reporters after meeting with representatives of AstraZaneca, AstraZaneca has signed an agreement with the Seram Organization of Pune to conduct a clinical trial…
Former chief minister of Karnataka and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah urged for a discussion on the Karnataka floods situation in the Special Assembly session, as the state has been severely hit by floods thrice in past three months. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Siddaramaiah tried to address the triple-concern of the people in…
Extreme heavy rainfall in parts of north Karnataka has further aggravated the flood situation on Thursday which has invoked the authorities to release some water from the dams. The most affected regions due to the torrential rainfall are Yadgir, Raichur, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Udipi, Uttara Kannada, Haveri and Dharwad. As per the reports given by…
The Central Crime Branch (CCB), investigating the violence over a social media post has given the name of ex-mayor and sitting Congress corporator R Sampath Raj in the accused involved in the Bengaluru riots case, the police said on Tuesday. A police investigating officer informed the PTI, “He has been named as one of the…
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has announced that there will be a reduction in the penalty for not wearing a mask from Rs. 1000 to Rs. 250 in the urban areas and from Rs. 500 to Rs. 100 in the rustic areas. In an official statement, Yediyurappa stated that the reduction in fine was…
