Taking camera into Lalbagh will cost Rs 50

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Taking camera into Lalbagh will cost Rs 50

Bangalore : The cultivation office has altered a charge of Rs 50 on the individuals who bring Polaroids into the recreation center; this is notwithstanding the section expense. Bangaloreans who mellow out with Polaroids at the recreation center throughout weekends are none to joyful. Like novice camera person Prashantini R, who’s doing her Bsc Medicine […]

10 tips women should keep in mind in cases of sexual harassment

Thursday, March 27th, 2014
Sexual

New Delhi: Wake up women! If you are a rape survivor or a victim of molestation or any such case, then you must know all these rights which you have been legally provided by the Indian law body so that you do not have to beg for seeking justice. Fight for justice with these rights […]

Tibetan mastiff – world’s most expensive dog – sells for $2million in China

Thursday, March 20th, 2014
Tibetan mastiff

Beijing : In 2011, when a Tibetan mastiff called Big Splash sold for 10million yuan (970,000 pound) to a coal baron, everyone was stunned over what was then the most expensive dog sale ever. A Chinese man bids farewell to two Tibetan mastiffs in Tongxiang city in China’s Zhejiang province. APThree years later, a Tibetan […]

Pakistani girl kidnapped, stripped naked, gang raped as brother elopes with girl of different caste

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Pakistani girl

Lahore: In a heinous incident, an innocent Pakistani girl was on Tuesday kidnapped and forced to get married twice. She was even gang raped and stripped naked just because people wanted to take revenge of her brother’s act as he had eloped with a girl of different caste of but of the same area in […]

Why are women in Chennai shaving their heads?

Thursday, March 6th, 2014
Head Shave

Chennai : Why would you shave off your head for someone you haven’t met and probably don’t know of? Yet Rennee Saradha didn’t think twice. It wasn’t for fashion; it was for a cause. Read on why women in Chennai have been donating their hair all of this month. When something as simple as a […]

Airlines warned to beware of possible shoe bombs

Thursday, February 20th, 2014
Shoe Bomber

Washington : The U.S. government has warned airlines to pay particular attention to the possibility of terrorists attempting to hide explosives in shoes, a result of new intelligence, according to two people familiar with the situation. The officials stressed there is no specific threat or known plot. Intelligence collected by the United States and other […]

Syrian girl stoned to death for joining Facebook

Monday, February 17th, 2014
siriyan girl

New Delhi : While you were busy liking someone’s post or uploading that cute photograph of your puppy, a young Syrian girl was reportedly being stoned to death in Syria. Her crime? She had opened a Facebook account. The incident took place in the Syrian city of Rakka. The girl, Fatoum Al-Jassem, was sentenced to […]

US to get a Kannada speaking surgeon general

Sunday, February 9th, 2014
Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy

Bangalore: After a Telugu speaker from Andhra Pradesh has taken over as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft, a Kannada speaker from neighbouring Karnataka is set become the new Surgeon General of America. The healthy competition between two southern states has seen one more interesting development. The 36-year-old Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy or Dr […]

Bangalore ATM attack: Banks seek more time to upgrade security

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
ATM

Bangalore: Nearly two months since the brutal attack inside a Bangalore ATM left a lady partially paralyzed, there have been no arrests. What’s more is that banks have sought more time to implement the strict guidelines recommended following the incident. The Bangalore police reviewed security at ATMs after the 45-day deadline to banks to comply […]

Karnataka MLAs to get laptops

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
Laptops

Bangalore:  If the members of the 13th Legislative Assembly were beneficiaries of computer tablets, those of the 14th Assembly will get a laptop each. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa said that all members have been asked to purchase laptops not exceeding Rs. 60,000 each. Members have been given the option to buy […]