State Congress Muslim leaders demanded that C K Jaffer Sharief should be the party candidate from Bangalore Central constituency in the coming Lok Sabha elections here on February 11.
Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief will be visiting India soon from February 18 to 27.
He has been invited by Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy on behalf of the civil society organisations and Indian Social Institute, New Delhi.
A circular has been issued by the department of public instruction to all deputy directors of public instruction (DDPI) and block education officers (BEO) to fill the quota of seats (25%) reserved in unaided schools for underprivileged children under the Right to Education Act for the academic year 2014-15.
Allocation of funds for other backward classes (OBCs) and minorities is abysmally low and there are no guidelines for allocation to these groups, according to findings of a study by Centre for the Study of Social?Exclusion and Inclusive Policy of National?Law School of India University.
Allocation for minorities ranged between 0.07 per cent and 0.64 per cent of total expenditure in the last 10 years. Allocation for OBCs was little better between 0.53 per cent to 0.74 per cent during the same period.
Kumar, 45year-old was found stabbed to death at his house in Nanjamaba Agrahara.
According to police, Krishna, 34 year-old of Bangarpet had lent Kumar Rs 5,000 two years back. The duo had bear a grudge against each other as Kumar failed to repay.
Krishna allegedly barged into Kumar’s house on Monday and stabbed him in the abdomen and fled. Police arrested Krishna for murdering his friend, Kumar.
On Monday Health officials of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) shut down a Big Bazaar outlet in Bhadrappa Layout, Outer Ring Road, North Bangalore, for putting seven types of food items on sale whose expiry dates had elapsed.
During an inspection BBMP health officers found expired food items like mixed nuts, cheese, banana chips and four other food products.
According to Vijay Kumar S Biradar, deputy health officer (Yelahanka zone) of BBMP, the expired food items have been seized and the supermarket shut down.
On Tuesday, KJP founder-president Padmanabha Prasanna Kumar shed light on by saying that his party hasn’t merged with BJP, as stated by former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.
Kumar said the Yeddyurappa’s statement on the issue is far afield from the truth. “We haven’t merged with any party. Only Yeddyurappa and his supporters have joined hands with BJP. Hereafter, Yeddyurappa has nothing to do with KJP.” He said that his party will contest from 28 constituencies.
Officials from the City Crime Branch’s (CCB) Women and Narcotics Wing have busted an alleged prostitution ring in the City involving Iranian women.
Bidhubhushan, the accused is a native from Orissa and was operating the prostitution ring. He started out with two pornography websites a couple of years ago. He was advertising the services on two websites.
38 bonded labourers hailing from Odisha, including six children, were rescued by the district administration from a brick kiln in the City on Tuesday.
With the help of a non-government organisation, International Justice Mission, the rescued tribals from Bargarh and Bolangir districts in Odisha, were sent to their native villages.
Sleuths of anti-human trafficking unit of the Criminal Investigation Department, in a joint operation with a team consist of officials of the district administration, raided the brick kiln at Bagalur village near Lingarajapuram.
A “one-time opportunity” is provided by the Bangalore University to students who were unsuccessful in obtaining a degree as they failed to clear one or more papers during the course of their education.
The students from all streams (Science, Commerce, Arts and Engineering) and stages (undergraduate and post graduate) are included.Former students will be permitted to appear for the exams in the odd and even semesters of the 2014-15 academic year.
The coastal town has come back to normalcy despite efforts of certain communal forces to increase unrest in the region.
In order to help the localities to reach essential commodities, prohibitory orders have been temporarily lifted from 10 am to 6 pm. However, prohibitory orders under Section 144 will remain during the night, as a precautionary measure. In a bid to provoke further disturbances, two persons on a motorbike pelted stones on a masjid in Konage in the early hours on February 8.
High Court on Monday directed the State government to make arrangements for the 11th edition of the Bangalore Book Festival which will be held from March 4 to 10 as the event to be held at Palace Grounds.
Justice A S Bopanna allowed a petition filed by the Bangalore Book Sellers and Publishers Association, directing the government to ensure that no other event or function go along with the book festival.
On Sunday, five workers sustained injuries when two groups of construction workers came to blows over a trivial issue in Yamalur in HAL police station limits.
Labourers hailing from different parts of north India were working at two construction sites adjoining each other and living in makeshift houses by the construction sites in Yamalur.
Two groups of workers, allegedly intoxicated, attacked each other with clubs and iron rods. A couple of them suffered head injuries, according to the police.
In a party meeting held in Udupi district at the residence of minority unit president Maravanthe Mansoor Ibrahim here on February 8, the State JD(S) General Secretary Abdul Azeem said “the minority community has been supporting the Congress party, for the past 66years. Now, they have to change their direction and support JDS because the party is trying to develop the minority community.
A city court today framed charges against a French consular official for allegedly raping his three-and-a-half year old daughter.
Judge of the Special Court for child’s rights Shubha Goudar recorded the plea of Pascal Mazurier, Consular Attache to Consulate General of France, seeking discharge from the case and posted the matter to February 15 for fixing the date of trial.
The charge was framed under section 376 of IPC (punishment for rape).
The Court had on January 7 refused to discharge Pascal with the Judge ruling that there was sufficient evidence for him to face trial.
The country’s technology hub, Bangalore, is today one of the largest bioscience clusters on the planet with about 10,000 bioscience researchers and professionals located here, a top Karnataka government official today said.
“The highest number of biotech startups anywhere in the country happen out of Bangalore and these are growing at the rate of 30 per cent year on year, something which is very exciting for the biotechnology industry and the biotechnology research world,” Secretary IT, BT, S&T Government of Karnataka Srivatsa Krishna said.
The Karnataka government is planning to make the Bangalore-Mysore road an eight-lane highway with flyovers to alleviate traffic congestion at key restricted access.
The traffic density, as per recent survey conducted by the public works department, has almost doubled in the past decade with the 130-km stretch recording 40,000 passenger car unit (PCU).
When the four-lane was built in 2004, vehicular traffic was 20,000 PCU. “Traffic volume apart, illegal speedbreakers add to the delay,” a senior PWD official told TOI.
Going well with academics and their passion, a group, which give the title of Ramose to their group, has collected and redistributed over 3,000 CET books, make a contribution of clothes to pourakarmikas and armed government school children with student kits containing basic stationary items by working part-time and holding fund-raising events.
It look as if this group of budding enginners have dedicated themselves to social upliftment, whereas children of their age are often point the finger at — and not without reason — of being lazy, gadget-minded and social network mesmerized.
On Saturday, a police constable on night patrol was beaten by a group of young men who were found busy in substance abuse at Padarayanapura in JJ Nagar police station limits.
Lokesh, a constable attached to JJ Nagar police station, stopped a group of young men who were engaged in sniffing correction fluid at an isolated place.
Hen they noticed the policeman, the youths took to heels and threw stones at him as he attempted to catch them.
On Saturday night, a newborn baby girl was found abandoned on the premises ofMariyamma temple in Chellakere, Hennur police limits.
According to police, the baby was enveloped in white cloth and left on the temple premises. The neighbours become aware of the baby when they hear its cries. On information, the police shifted the infant to Dr Ambedkar Hospital.
A said by the police officer, “The baby’s health had deteriorated as it was left out in the cold. It appears that the infant is just a couple of days old. A case has been registered.”
On Sunday, an autorickshaw driver was allegedly stabbed to death by his friend following a clash over money matters at Nanjamba Agrahara in Chamarajpet.
The victim was identified as Ramesh 45year-old, a resident of Nanjamba Agrahara.
According to police, Krishna, a construction contractor, picked a quarrel with Ramesh over a financial issue.An inebriated Krishna after that stabbed Ramesh.
A case has been registered by the Kempegowda Nagar police.
On Sunday, a written examination was held for direct recruitment to 248 postman jobs, and it was surprising to say that half of the candidates were girls. The two-and-a-half-hour exam was held at 171 centres across the state. It means that the postal department is not a male domain as the term ‘postman’ seems to suggest.
Even if SSLC or class X pass was the minimum qualification prescribed for the job, a number of aspirants were graduates and diploma holders.
16-year-old Shaikh Jabeena, a first-year PU student at Jyoti Nivas College in Koramangala, who stays at a paying guest facility in Ejipura, had not answered her father’s phone calls on Friday, who was suspected to have been kidnapped, was traced in Mumbai and brought back to the City by a police team on Sunday night.
A three year old girl was allegedy raped by a 6th standard boy in Soladevanahalli on Saturday.
The boy took the girl, who was his neighbour, with him, on the pretext of teaching her the alphabet, at around 5 pm to his house and allegedly raped her.
After reaching home, the girl was tired and remained silent. The mother be suspicious of something and found some rashes on her. The mother rushed to the police and filed a complaint, on confirming sexual assault. The boy has been taken into custody and sent to a juvenile home. Both the boy and the girl have been subjected to medical tests.
Shaikh Jabeena, 16-year-old was missing from her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Ejipura on Friday.According to Koramangala police, the victim is a student of Jyoti Nivas College, attended classes and went back to her PG in the evening.
Jabeena used to call her parents every night and on Friday night she called her father and told him that she was in Mumbai and would return as soon as possible. Since then her phone has been switched off. Jabeena neither enlightened the matter to her parents why she was going to Mumbai nor did her parents know who accompanied her.