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Now, the scenario is completely different and an overhaul of criminal justice system is much needed, says Senior advocate Pramila Nesargi. (Representational image)

Legal hawks: No bail for those who rape and rape

Senior advocate Pramila Nesargi said that it surprising that a rape offender gets away on bail even after committing...

17 March 2017 2:41 AM IST

Legal eagles are calling for amendments in laws related to sexual offences. (Representational image)

Bengaluru: A rapist is a rapist, once, twice, thrice

Activists asked for proper coordination between police and prosecution to ensure that rapists are kept off the streets.

17 March 2017 2:32 AM IST

Suresh alias Suri, Shivakumar alias Kumara, Avinash alias Avi, Kanakaraj, Somashekhar alias Soma, and N. Nagaraja, who had allegedly murdered Suresh alias Lodde (inset) of Uttarahalli

Bengaluru: Bar workers murder man for refusing to pay bills

They were working in Hamsa bar & restaurant on Chikkalasandra Main Road in Uttarahalli.

17 March 2017 1:57 AM IST

Rationalist Nayak shows people how godmen and fraudsters cheat them.

Mangaluru: Bid on rationalist Narendra Nayak's life

Security cover beefed up after the alleged incident near his house.

17 March 2017 1:51 AM IST

Childhood friends Payal Shah and Gitanjali Budhrani with Payals fiancÃ© Shreyas Patel decided Bengaluru needed another taste of its original pub culture and gave the city its first Bootlegger in 2013.

Bisi Bengaluru: Bamboozled by the Bootleggers!

The new Bootlegger in Indiranagar's 80 Feet Road, which opened on Wednesday, is earthy, classic and simple.

17 March 2017 1:43 AM IST

In China, this instrument further developed for hundreds of years, where it was known as Erhu. Japan, the final destination of the Silk Route in the east, finally met this two stringed bowed musical instrument thousands of years after its original creation and was called the Niko.

Niko, pulling your strings

Study says legendary King Ravana who ruled Southern India and Ceylon Island invented the original form of Niko, known...

17 March 2017 1:32 AM IST

It was precisely this sense of inscrutability that drew Delhi-based art historian and biographer, Yashodha Dalmia (who was last in town for the exhibition, Amrita Sher-Gil, The Passionate Quest, which she curated) to consider writing a biography on Keyt.

Sri Lanka's Picasso, Yashodhara Dalmia's passion

A Cubist painter, Keyt's works have often been compared with the likes of Picasso and his contemporary, Henri Matisse.

17 March 2017 1:18 AM IST

Karnataka Budget: Rs 424 crore for Kannada and Culture

Karnataka Budget: Rs 424 crore for Kannada and Culture

For a state that has a thriving theatre and performing arts scene, there were complaints of artistes not having enough...

16 March 2017 4:11 AM IST

Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar and other legislators during the presentation of the state Budget at Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday.

Karnataka's economy did not perform well in any sector: RS Deshpande

State's economy has not performed satisfactorily in any sector during last year with aggregate growth rate falling to...

16 March 2017 4:10 AM IST

The CM has proposed an allocation of Rs. 20 crores for Namma Grama Namma Yojana (GPDP).

Karnataka Budget: Bonanza for panchayat bosses, CM gives them a big...

Gram panchayat presidents will draw Rs 3000 as against an earlier honorarium of Rs 1000, and vice prez, Rs 2000 as...

16 March 2017 4:03 AM IST

Apart from this long pending demand of the Kannada film industry, the government has also decided to make it compulsory the exhibition of Kannada and regional language films in one of the screens of multiplexes during prime time between 1.30 pm and 7.30 pm.

Karnataka Budget: Cinema ticket max limit fixed at Rs 200

The state government has proposed to implement uniform admission fee policy in all cinema theatres, including...

16 March 2017 4:03 AM IST

An incentive of 20,000 per head given to former devadasis, sex workers and transgenders under SCSP is modified and a subsidy of 25,000 and a loan of 25,000 per capita

Karnataka Budget: Push for Ayush department, health centres

Rs 5,118 crore for Health and Family Welfare Department , salaries of Asha workers increased.

16 March 2017 3:59 AM IST