"Yes, We Encroached On Storm Water Drain": Bengaluru's Tech Park Giant
A tech park in east Bengaluru has admitted to encroaching on a storm water drain, but blamed it on Purvankara, the builder of the adjacent Purva Parkridge. | Read more|
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Mahua Moitra Of Trinamool Says, "I Celebrated Kali"
Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra -- who had a clutch of police cases filed against her over her remark on Goddess Kali as a "meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess" that has offended the BJP -- on Wednesday said she stands by her comment and challenged the party to prove her wrong. | Read more|
India Daily Covid Cases At 12,213, Cross 10,000 For 1st Time Since Late-Feb
India added 12,213 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, witnessing a 38.4 per cent jump from 8, 822 cases recorded yesterday. This is the first time since February 26 that the viral infections have crossed the 10,000-mark in a day. | Read more|
Shakti Kapoor’s son Siddhanth detained for alleged drug consumption
The police in Bengaluru have detained Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor’s son Siddhanth Kapoor and four others for allegedly consuming drugs at a party Sunday night, said a senior official Monday. | Read more|
DGCA suspends ATC who okayed IndiGo flights that came too close after take-off
India’s aviation safety regulator DGCA has suspended an air traffic controller for three months for approving simultaneous departures of two IndiGo flights at Bengaluru airport on January 7 — a move that led to the planes coming dangerously close to each other just after take-off. | Read more|
7 Bengaluru Schools Get Bomb Threat Through Mail, Police Conduct Searches
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant on Friday said seven schools in the city have received bomb threat through e-mail and police teams are at the spot conducting checks. | Read more|
Mamata Banerjee Calls For Opposition Meet Over Probe Agencies' "Misuse"
Mamata Banerjee has written to opposition leaders across the country expressing "deep concern" over what she alleges is central agencies misused by the ruling BJP to target rivals, and has called for a meeting to discuss a "way forward". | Read more|
On Camera, Trinamool MLA's "Vote At Your Risk" Message For BJP Supporters
The BJP has targeted the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal over a video in which a party legislator is seen asking Trinamool workers to threaten BJP supporters against voting in the upcoming bypoll in Asansol Lok Sabha seat. | Read more|
High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Bengal Violence
The Central Bureau of Investigation has been told to take over the case of eight people burnt alive in West Bengal's Birbhum. The Calcutta High Court transferred the case to the CBI after denying a request by the Mamata Banerjee government to not hand over the investigation to the central agency. | Read more|
On Bengal Violence That Killed 8, High Court Steps In Amid Blame Game
The Calcutta High Court today registered a suo motu case in the incident of violence at Rampurhat in West Bengal's Birbhum district in which eight people died. A bench headed by the Chief Justice will hear the matter today at 2 pm, news agency ANI reported. | Read more|
Multiple Tax Raids At Premises Of Chinese Telecom Major Huawei
The Income-tax department has conducted searches at multiple premises of Chinese telecom company Huawei in the country as part of a tax evasion investigation, official sources said on Wednesday. | Read more|
Crowded Gangasagar Mela As Bengal Tackles Over 30% Positivity Rate
As Makar Sankranti celebrations commence, lakhs of devotees are seen taking part in the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal's Sagar Island, even as Covid cases surge in the eastern state amid the country's third Omicron-driven wave, during which India's coronavirus cases have multiplied 30-fold within a month. | Read more|
9 Killed, 37 Injured In Bengal Train Accident, Railway Minister At Site
The death count in yesterday's train accident in north Bengal has climbed to nine and 37 people are in hospitals as officials said no more passengers are trapped in the derailed coaches. | Read more|
Another Church Vandalised In Karnataka
A church has been vandalised in Chikkaballapur district in southern Karnataka. The 160-year-old St Joseph's church has a broken statue of St Anthony. | Read more|
"Khela Hobe" In 2024; Will Defeat BJP In Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asserted that the BJP will be defeated across the country in the next Lok Sabha polls due in 2024, and claimed that the party would face similar drubbing that it had tasted in the last assembly polls in the state. | Read more|