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Rapid Action Force personnel take out a flag march at Jalahalli junction in Bengaluru on Wednesday (Photo: Satish B.)

Garment workers' protest: Finally, cops out, Bengaluru cools

20 platoons of KSRP, 3 companies of RAF make the day event free.

21 April 2016 4:20 AM IST

In their rush to make the most of the situation, those involved in the tanker business sink borewells at will, caring little that they are dangerously depleting the citys groundwater table in the process.

Bengaluru: Do you know where this water came from?

Visit Sarjapur road between 6 am and 9 am and you see hundreds of water tankers lined up on it.

21 April 2016 4:09 AM IST

The Earth Day Network, which is the worlds largest environmental movement working in 197 countries to build environmental democracy, has declared Trees for the Earth as the theme for this year. (Representational image)

Earth Day Network's mission: A tree for every human

The Earth Day Network says, Trees reverse the impacts of land degradation. They provide food, energy, and income.-"

21 April 2016 3:57 AM IST

The Met department has warned that the maximum temperatures could touch 49ÂºC in parts of the state this year. Mostly elders, the homeless and labourers are victims of the high temperatures. (Representational image)

Maharashtra heat wave hits Karnataka: 40 degree Celsius in 20...

Districts of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru, known for cool climes during summer, also registered a high of 40 degrees during...

21 April 2016 3:51 AM IST

Women personnel from the Rapid Action Force take out a flag march at Jalahalli junction in Bengaluru on Wednesday (Photo: DC)

Bengaluru: The not so Rapid Action Force!

All 3 injured in police firing were bystanders.

21 April 2016 3:46 AM IST

Members of the promoter and promoter group of Wipro have indicated their intention to participate in the proposed buyback.

Wipro to buyback shares worth Rs 2,500 crore

The buyback is proposed to be made from all existing shareholders of the company.

20 April 2016 8:38 PM IST

Protesting garment workers set several vehicles ablaze and attacked a police station. (Photo: Deccan Chronicle)

PF issue: 18 cases registered, 50 held as Centre deploys forces in...

Protesters had gone on a rampage, pelting stones and torching seized vehicles in different parts of Bengaluru.

20 April 2016 3:17 PM IST

Buses that were set on fire by protesters near Jalahalli Circle on Tumkuru Road.

Bengaluru garment factory agitation put brakes on traffic movement

Govt holiday Due to Mahaveer Jayanti, government offices were closed, otherwise the vehicular traffic would have been...

20 April 2016 3:59 AM IST

The police seemed to have learnt no lessons from their failure to anticipate Mondays protests.

Bengaluru garment factory workers, protesting new PF rules, outwit...

Seized vehicles set on fire at Hebbagodi police station; coordinated effort by mischief mongers, says police.

20 April 2016 3:52 AM IST

Godavari Tunnel Boring Machine break through at Majestic North Shaft Metro Junction in Bengaluru on Tuesday (Photo: Shashidhar B.)

At last: Godavari TBM's tryst with Bengaluru's Majestic station

Tunnel will help in commissioning line between Sampige Rd, Majestic stations.

20 April 2016 3:40 AM IST

The police seemed to have learnt no lessons from their failure to anticipate Mondays protests.

Bengaluru garment workers' protest: In 2001, too, it was the same...

This is not the first time that the issue of Provident Fund (PF) has stoked the garment employees' anger.

20 April 2016 3:35 AM IST

Bengaluru protest: Neither police nor union leaders knew who was behind rioting

Bengaluru protest: Neither police nor union leaders knew who was...

They were protesting against the unlawful amendment to the Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) Act by the Central...

20 April 2016 3:32 AM IST