Bangalore

Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday spoke to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and assured him of all central assistance after a low-intensity blast in Bengaluru injured two people.

A home ministry official said the chief minister apprised Rajnath Singh of the situation.

“The home minister extended all central assistance to Siddaramaiah regarding the blast in Bengaluru,” the official said.

Two people, including a woman, were injured in the blast near a food outlet late Sunday.

(IANS)

The disappearance of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia’s flight from Indonesia’s Surabaya to Singapore early Sunday has not affected its Indian operations, an airline spokesperson said.

“Our operations are normal. No impact of the missing aircraft on our flights in India and we don’t have cancellations,” AirAsia India spokesperson told IANS here.

As a joint venture with Tata Sons and Telstra Tradeplace, AirAsia began its low-cost operations in India from here June 12 with a maiden flight to Panjim.

Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to India, Bulat Sarsenbayev, believes that neither his country nor India should be overly concerned about the expansionist designs of China, but rather both should seek to maximize bilateral and economic contact with Beijing for the overall benefit of the peoples of the three nations.

In an interview given to ANI, Ambassador Sarsenbayev did not agree with the view that Astana and New Delhi are very concerned about growth and expansion of China economically and strategically.

The victim was identified the name Devi, 23-year-old homemaker allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her home Chandra Layout police limits on Thursday

She held two of her neighbours responsible for her death and she wrote in the note “I am taking the extreme step as two of my neighbours abused and assaulted me.”

Added the police,She went inside and hanged herself. The incident came to light after a relative visited the house.The police have taken three women into custody for questioning.

Suleman Khateeb Trust of Gulbarga is organizing a function at 7 p.m. today at SM Pandith Rang Mandir, Public Garden, Gulbarga to award gold medals to meritorious students. On this occasion, Suleman Khateeb’s book “Aap Bhi Ajeeb Aadmi Hai” will be released. Dramas would be enacted based on Suleman Khateeb’s poems. This program will be held on 28th December at 7 p.m. An All India mushaira will also be held. Entry to this program is by a ticket of Rs. 100.

–Siasat News

The South Western Railway Bangalore Division has started a Facebook page and Twitter handle are “@swrbangalore” functional and passengers can get latest updates and post grievances”.

“Social media presence is a great tool to connect with hundreds of people and it will go a long way in sharing information about rescheduling of trains, running of special trains as well as important events,” Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Anil Kumar Agarwal said that.

Two people died and three others were injured when a car in which they were travelling collided with a KSRTC bus at Dharmasthala near Mangaluru today, police said.

The deceased were from Bengaluru.

The accident took place when the KSRTC bus rammed into the car which was moving from Bengaluru to Dharmasthala. The bus was plying from Dharmasthala to Mysuru, they said.

The injured, including a two-year-old child, have been hospitalised.

–PTI

Even as “Ghar vapsi” (home coming) programme is snowballing into a controversy across the country, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) is planning to hold such an event in Karnataka.

Top VHP leaders from Karnataka, however, did not reveal the dates for going ahead with “ghar vapsi”, but maintained it was an ongoing programme which started more than three decades ago.

VHP’s Udupi Unit Chief Suprasada Shetty told PTI that they were thinking about reconverting some Christian families in Udupi District.

The Karnataka government is setting up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to develop infrastructure at tourist destinations across the state under the public-private partnership (PPP), a senior official said Wednesday.

“The state cabinet Tuesday approved the proposal of the tourism department to set up the SPV for tourism infrastructure development at an estimated cost of Rs.14,737 crore. We have identified 1,468 acres of land at tourist spots across the state for the projects under PPP,” the official told IANS here.

Four persons were killed and two others injured in a multiple collision after a city bus went out of control and dashed against a goods auto on a flyover here tonight, police said.

As the driver lost control, the bus hit the median and collided head-on with the auto, setting off a chain of accidents as 3-4 two-wheelers rammed into the rear side of the goods vehicle on the Lingarajpuram flyover.

Facing resistance from Hindu seers and reservations within cabinet, Congress government in Karnataka Wednesday said it would withdraw a bill which religious mutts fear is an attempt to take over their institutions.

Developing cold feet as the bill raised a storm of controversy, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters here “Now we are planning not to pursue with bill. We will take it back.”

On Tuesday, evening at Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology to greet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ,nearly 70 children who were diagnosed with cancer had to wait for over two hours and They sat on the ground at the entrance of Kapoor Block and waited for the dignitaries.

“Were not put to any hardship,” a doctor in charge of overseeing arrangements involving children said they.

The BS Patil-led expert committee on Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) reshuffling on Tuesday gave an interim report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah favouring a “change” in the way Bengaluru’s civic affairs are managed, but said it would require another six months to submit its final report.

The term of the present BBMP council ends in April 2015. Spread across more than 800 sq km, Bengaluru has around 10.1 million populations, according to the 2011 census. The Palike has 198 wards and the BBMP council has 270 members, including corporators, MLAs, MPs, MLCs and nominated members.

A 3 year old seriya from Bangalore was kidnapped 8 days ago, was recovered at Rajahmundry today.

According to police the accused is identified as grandfather of seriya, the accused was having a dispute over property with his son.

He planned of kidnapping his granddaughter and escaped to Rajahmundry, based on photage, police recovered the child.

Tata Chemicals Limited today unveiled ‘Salt of the Earth: The Story of Tata Chemicals’, a chronicle of the company and the people who shaped it over the 75 years of its existence.

“After 75 years of commendable service, Tata Chemicals, today, is India’s rendition of the changing face of chemicals where science, consumerisation, sustainability and technology merge together to identify the requirement and resolve possible issues by providing contemporary solutions,” former Infosys Vice-Chairman S Gopalakrishnan said.

Total of 5,172 cases were booked against drivers and 934 autos were seized. In view of complaints by passengers of drivers refusing to ply or demanding excess fare, the city traffic police carried out an inspection on Monday between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Additional Commissioner of police B Dayananda told, “The police received a large number of complaints about autorickshaw drivers through social media. Most of them related to demanding excess fare and refusing to go on hire to the destinations of passengers’ choice. Hence, the police conducted a special drive and booked the violators.”

Karnataka unit of Aam Admi Party on Saturday announced the launch of a new fund raising campaign called “Selfie with Mufflerman” to collect donations for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.

Out of participating donors in the campaign, 25 would be selected through a lucky draw, who will get an opportunity to join party Chief Arvind Kejriwal over a high tea when he is in the city on January 11, 2015, and take a selfie with him.

The Youth Congress staged a protest over the religious conversion row in Bangalore on Monday.

Earlier today, opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Janata Dal had staged a protest against the government in Parliament over black money and religious conversions.

According to reports, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday converted about 200 tribal Christians to Hinduism at Aranai village in Gujarat’s Valsad district.

Indian School Certificate Examination Have been announced the timetable of the board Exam for Class 10 and Class 12 student. Checking the timetable for ICSE on this website,
http://www.cisce.org/.

ICSE 10 class exam will being on 26 February, end on 30 March with Economics(Group II elective).And ISC12 Class exam will start on 9 February, with Physics Paper 2(Practical),end on April 1 with Environmental Science theory paper.

A 28-year-old jilted man, who had tried to kill his colleague, was found hanging in an empty shed of an under-construction building in Hulimavu on Sunday.

He was a garment factory employee and had fallen in love with his co-worker Puja, also from Madhya Pradesh. Puja had turned down his proposal, according to the police.

On Saturday, he went to the paying guest where she was residing and again asked her to marry him.

United States Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard on Sunday called for collaboration of between the public and private sectors in creating and enhancing cyber security , discussing the various areas of cooperation between New Delhi and Washington DC which take place in Bangalore.

A 7-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four minor boys at Chidi Tanda here, police said.

All the boys were arrested.

The incident took place on December 19. The boys, three of them studying in 6th standard and another in 8th standard, are relatives of the victim, police said.

The girl was residing with her grandmother while her parents stay in Mumbai.

Police said a complaint was registered and the boys were arrested under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act.

–PTI

More than 10,000 people participated in a midnight marathon, presently in its eighth edition, in Bengaluru on Saturday night.

The marathon saw runners of all age groups, professional athletes and enthusiastic runners, taking part in full enthusiasm.

The event which is organised around a different theme every year has ‘Run for Bengaluru’ as this year’s theme.

Opposition BJP members staging dharna in front of Speaker Kagodu Timmappa’s chair demanding to remove the tainted Ministers at Legislative Assembly during Winter Sessions at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi on Friday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also seen. – DH Photo/ ANAND BAKSHI

The Karnataka Assembly was today adjourned twice after Speaker Kagodu Thimappa rejected BJP’s demand for discussing alleged corruption cases involving “tainted” ministers through an adjournment motion, saying the matter was in courts.

Karnataka police find out that some people were interacting with Mehdi on Twitter, therefore, they were checking people from within the country who had acted in response to the tweets and re-tweets of the alleged pro-Islamic State (IS) Twitter handle, Mehdi Masroor Biswas.

Police as of now had not come across any follower of Mehdi’s Twitter handle @shamiwitness in Bengaluru.
The source said, “The biggest challenge is to decipher the direct messages, which is yet to be received from the people concerned.”