Sleuths from the Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted simultaneous search and seizure operations at 25 premises belonging to the owner of the leading coffee chain from the city, Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), sources confirmed. The search operations are still on at the CCD head office in UB City, Vittal Mallya Road. The cafe chain is founded and owned by […]
» Read moreChief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to offer ‘bagina’ to the Kabini reservoir, which has reached its brim with the revival of monsoon. According to Irrigation Department officials, Chamarajnagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan visited the reservoir on Tuesday and asked officials to make arrangements for the CM’s visit, tentatively scheduled for 3 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, the water level in the reservoir […]
» Read moreSenior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru late on September 5. City Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar confirmed. Police sources said Ms. Lankesh collapsed at the entrance of her house after she was shot at by three assailants at around 8 p.m.
» Read moreHeavy rain lashed across Bengaluru for the second consecutive day on Saturday with south and east Bengaluru getting more then 65 mm of rain. After the overnight rains, parts of Bengaluru including Anugraha Layout, HSR Layout and Koramangala 4th Block were flooded early morning on Saturday. Residents of HSR Layout said there was a chance that Somasundarpalya lake would breach […]
» Read moreIn a major embarrassment to the Congress, a senior party leader was caught on camera touching a woman, allegedly in an inappropriate manner, during Independence day function in Karnataka’s Madikeri. Former president of Madikeri Congress unit and current Chairman of the Silk Board TP Ramesh was seen attempting to hold MLC Veena Achaiah’s hand in full public view. “We are […]
» Read more‘Indira Canteen’, aimed at serving the poor at subsidised rates, was inaugurated in Bengaluru on Wednesday by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Mr. Gandhi, who had the first breakfast at the canteen in Jayanagar, said ‘Indira Canteens’ would serve the migrants who came to Bengaluru with a dream to build something. “No person in Bengaluru should ever go hungry and […]
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