Bangalore News

'I own a tree' campaign to save Bangalore's greenery

A silent 'green revolution' is in the making in India's tech hub Bangalore as citizens come together to sponsor trees to save the city's 'green heritage' which has of late come under threat owing to development activities.10:00 AM on November 18

Bangalore's sex workers fight stigma of HIV/AIDS

They all have a common story to narrate - stigma and discrimination by the society because of their profession and the disease with which they are infected.6:06 PM on November 17

Yeddyurappa makes political rival Shettar minister

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday inducted Jagadish Shettar, who has resigned as the assembly speaker, into his ministry as part of the deal to buy peace with dissidents seeking his removal.6:02 PM on November 17

An amiable BJP leader who became an unlikely dissident hero

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, Monday quit his post to return to active politics at a time the party's first government in southern India is battling dissidence.8:04 PM on November 16

An amiable BJP leader who became an unlikely dissident hero

Karnataka Assembly Speaker Jagadish Shettar, a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the state, is set to return to active politics at a time when the party's first government in southern India is battling dissidence.12:03 PM on November 16

Free for all in Karnataka BJP, government

It's free for all in Karnataka's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government even though it just about survived a dissident assault to unseat Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa.10:00 AM on November 15

Children's Day just another working day for Bangalore's urchins

On Bangalore's bustling M.G. Road, located in the heart of the city, Raghu swiftly crosses from one corner of the road to another as he tries hard to sell magazines and newspapers to motorists and pedestrians during regular traffic jams Saturday.12:00 PM on November 14

Woman denies 'love jihad', court lets her to go with lover

The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam.6:02 PM on November 13

Hard times for Karnataka executive, judiciary

For the first time in Karnataka, both the executive and the judiciary are simultaneously passing through troubled times.10:01 AM on November 13

Multinationals flock to IIM-Bangalore for internees

In a clear sign that the impact of the slowdown is behind, multinationals flocked to Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) to offer placements to the entire batch of 348 first year students of the two-year post-graduate programme in management.8:02 PM on November 12

Infosys to buy US insurance back office firm for $38 mn

Infosys Technologies will acquire the US-based insurance business process solutions provider McCamish Systems for $38 million (Rs.1.77 billion/Rs.177 crore) in an all-cash deal, the IT bellwether said Thursday.6:06 PM on November 12

Yeddyurappa survives, but faces uncertain future

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has survived the threat to his chair from powerful dissidents but faces an uncertain future in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which he had thought of leaving five years ago.2:05 PM on November 09

Lawyers protest outside Dinakaran's courtroom

Hundreds of lawyers Monday laid siege outside Karnataka High Court chief justice P.D. Dinakaran's courtroom, protesting his continuation despite serious allegations of land grabbing and holding of disproportionate assets against him.2:02 PM on November 09

Lawyers protest outside Dinakaran's courtroom, journalists hurt

Hundreds of lawyers laid siege outside Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran's courtroom Monday to protest his continuing in office despite allegations of land grabbing and the amassing of assets disproportionate to his income.2:00 PM on November 09

Food prices to decline after winter crop: Sharad Pawar

Food prices will decline after the rabi crop as production of wheat, rice, pulses, oil seeds and sugarcane during the winter is expected to be higher than in the drought-hit kharif season, union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Saturday.10:02 PM on November 07