Rowdy held

CCB sleuths have arrested Sunil alias Silent Sunil, a rowdy wanted for two double murders. He was arrested from his house in Kodigehalli near Yelahanka.

`Ghatashraddha,’ (Death rites), the Kannada movie based on U R Ananthamurthy’s short story and directed by Girish Kasaravalli, has been voted as one of the 20 best films made in 100 years of Indian film history.

Seventy shops have nearly encroached upon half a kilometre of a storm-water drain in Sultanpet. Settled for years, they clogged much of the drain space, causing floods in many parts of the city.

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Civil aviation minister Praful Patel has promised the Karnataka government that Airports Authority of India will make all possible efforts to operationalize Mysore airport by September 15.

Chaudvin ka chand ho, Ae meri zohra-jabeen, Hey neele gagan ke tale, Chalo ik baar phir se, Baar baar dekho, Choo lene do naazuk hoton ko… The tunesmith behind these popular melodies is 83-year-old Ravi Shankar Sharma.

A private educational institute has been caught conducting classes for college students on the premises of a government school it had `adopted’.

The police might have succeeded in arresting the notorious thieves from Ramjipur, Tamil Nadu, who stole lakhs by diverting the attention of bank customers.

Chief minister B S Yeddyurappa has convened an all-party meeting on Monday to discuss the unveiling of Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar’s statue in Bangalore on August 13.

Now, the spectre of drought looms large across 86 taluks in 20 districts, which have received 40-50% deficient rainfall since June 1.

The deceased identified as Bhagya was stabbed in the neck and chest with a screw driver late Wednesday night, deputy commissioner of police (north-east division) Basavaraj Malagatti said.