Bengaluru: Aditya Alva who was recently arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police in connection with the drugs case has been remanded to judicial custody. Alva, son of former minister Jeevaraj Alva was untraceable since September after his name surfaced in the Sandalwood drugs case. He was arrested on January 11 from Chennai and […]

Udupi : Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje met Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) H.L. Dattu in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to him on what she said was “the inhuman treatment meted out to prisoners in the Bengaluru Central Jail at Parappana Agrahara violating their human rights.” In the memorandum submitted […]

Bangalore: Notorious serial rapist and murderer Jaishankar had insiders working from him, when he executed his flawless escape plan at Bangalore Central Jail at Parappana Agrahara on Sunday dawn. After being produced in a court in Tumkur on Saturday, he feigned illness and got himself admitted to the hospital block. By that time, he had […]

Bangalore : A drowning schoolboy pulled two of his girl schoolmates, who had rushed to his rescue, into a quarry pit at Shamareddy Bande near Kudlu Gate, off Parappana Agrahara here on Friday. All the three met a watery grave. Lokesh, 14, was playing in water along with his schoolmates, Megha and Aishwarya, both 13 […]

Bangalore : Journalist Muthi-ur-Rehman Siddiqui and electrician Syed Yusuf Nalaband, who were released from Parappana Agrahara prison on Monday, addressed the media on Tuesday and shared their experiences of the ordeal they had been through in the last six months. Siddiqui said he was greatly relieved that he had walked out of jail honourably after […]

Bangalore: Even during Yeddyurappa’s time the Jailor in central prison at Parappana Agrahara, was notorious, and Yeddy was angry with Laxminarayana, the Jailor concerned, who used to ask eagerly who came to see Yeddy in prison, and what did they talk about. Today Laxminarayana was put on a hot plate by his suspension, on the […]

Bangalore: D.B. Chandregowda, a potential CM candidate at one time in congress, crossing even to BJP, had become MP from Bangalore and a former speaker as well, is under the direct vigilance of Karnataka High Court this week, for a case of ‘ contempt of court’ which the court has registered on its own against […]

Bangalore: T.H. Lakshmi Narayana has been unceremoniously sentout on transfer from state Central Jail on October 29 to Bellary prison, and M. Lingaraju was posted in his place here, as Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara, presumably as dictated by a VIP prisoner, ex-CM Yeddyurappa, who stays in cell no.5. The jailor was found guilty of asking […]

Bangalore: The jailed ex-CM B.S. Yeddyurappa, discharged from Jaideva Hospital on Monday and back to his prison cell in Parappana Agrahara, has once again taken to confrontation tactics, but with his own partymen, from his jail. In Jaideva Hospital, he spoke to those who meet him and is reported to have asked them questions like, […]

Bangalore : Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested in connection with two corruption cases, may be back in jail Tuesday as he has no heart ailment, doctors indicated Monday. On Tuesday, his pleas for bail will also be heard by the Karnataka High Court. “Angiogram done Monday shows no blockage in his heart. He […]