Archive for July, 2009

The ongoing tussle regarding the identity of Iskcon took an interesting turn on Friday with the two officiating judges receiving one more letter

Farmers in Karnataka are increasingly banking on credit cards, much like urban professionals. Not because they are lured by the modern lifestyle, but because they have become mandatory while applying for bank loans

The fact that their newborn baby boy had congenital heart defects hit Basavaraju and Akkamahadevi, a poor young couple of Chilawadagi village in Koppal district, like a bolt from the blue two months ago. They had almost given up hope of the survival of their little one

Software giant Infosys Technologies’ campus in Electronic City will now be guarded by the elite Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). This is the first instance in the country of a private company being provided security cover by the paramilitary force

If there’s one issue the men-in-white approve without uttering a word in the legislature, it’s enhancement in their status and increase in pay and perks.

With no green signal from the government for the one-month extension in rebate, Thursday was the last day for the 5% rebate on property tax for 2009-10.

The government will soon train bank officials and defence personnel about cyber crime.

Prof S Japhet of the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy of the National Law School, told The Times of India that its research had found fewer and fewer cases of atrocities against dalits were being registered under PCRA.

The village well is where castelines cut deep between the ‘we’ and ‘they’ notion in Waganagere village of Gulbarga. While the upper castes have their own wells, the pariahs living on the outskirts have one well.

Garden on BTC land

30, Jul 2009

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa wants to develop a garden at Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) on Race Course Road.


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