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The 12th edition of metal festival Bangalore Open Air (BOA) held on February 8 this year, was arguably not just about metal offering something for lovers of heavy music, but also in their own capacity. That is often the true mark of a festival’s growth. There is something to be said about choosing between staying…
The High Court of Karnataka The High Court of Karnataka has permitted felling of 530 and 1,988 trees to make space for construction a new modern multi-storey hospital complex on the premises of Command Hospital, Air Force, and for the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project’s (BSRP) stretch between Ambedkarnagar and Muddanahalli Line Cross, respectively. A Division…
A scene from Life of Galileo by Bangalore Little Theatre | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Life of Galileo was written by Bertolt Brecht in 1938 and looks at the life of the polymath who discovered the world was round and who single-handedly took on the Church with his progressive ideas. Bangalore Little Theatre has adapted…
A view of the High Court of Karnataka building. | Photo Credit: File Photo A State government or State nursing council cannot deny registration of a graduate in BSc (Nursing) course for the reason that the student has not graduated from a college within that State, the High Court of Karnataka has said while directing…
Karnataka Chief Minster Siddaramaiah | Photo Credit: File photo The High Court of Karnataka on February 7 refused to transfer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Lokayukta police the investigation into the criminal case on alleged illegal allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi by the Mysuru Urban Development…
The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed criminal proceedings against C.T. Ravi, BJP MLC, on the allegation of making derogatory remarks against Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar in the Legislative Council in Belagavi in December last year. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on a petition filed by Mr. Ravi. The court also ordered issue…
State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra speaking to reporters in Mysuru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday said the appointment of office-bearers for the district units, including Chikkaballapur, was done in consultation with the party functionaries in the districts and that the Central leaders took the final call…
High Court of Karnataka was hearing a petition filed by D. Keshavamurthy, a Bengaluru-based social worker. | Photo Credit: File photo Asking how the State Government can reconcile two laws, one against superstitious beliefs and the other to protect illegal religious structures in public places, the High Court of Karnataka granted three weeks’ time to…
Silver articles and gold ornaments found at Jayalalithaa’s residence in 1997. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives A special court in Bengaluru has decided to hand over all valuables confiscated from former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in connection with an disproportionate assets case, to the government of Tamil Nadu on February 14 and 15….
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday reserved its verdict on the petition seeking transfer of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Lokayukta police into the criminal case on alleged illegal allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). Justice M….
