Bangalore swami in sex scandal
A controversy has erupted over an alleged sex scandal involving Swami Nithyananda who has an Ashram outside Bangalore. The Swami was allegedly filmed in a room with a woman in Tamil Nadu. People attacked the ashram – even as his followers say the video was a defamatory conspiracy.
“For us it is a very, very [...]
Bangalore fire: Did lapses lead to deaths?
Nine people dead, 59 injured. Twenty two people are still in hospital – 14 in the ICU, 13 of them on ventilator. Of these 13, three are critical.
A day after the Carlton Towers fire, Bangalore is picking up the pieces and asking an important question: Did lapses lead to deaths? Fire officials have denied [...]
Iranian women who assaulted cop to be produced in court
Two Iranian women students who were arrested for assaulting a traffic Sub-Inspector and manhandling a press photographer on Thursday when they were stopped for drunken driving will be produced on court today.
“The accused Farima (26) and Azar Fasle (29) were nabbed, the former for punching Traffic SI Ganesh Rao and biting his hand and [...]
House panel indicts Murthy for faulty airport design
BANGALORE: The Joint House Committee (JHC) probing the construction of the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has indicted Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy, MP Rajeev Chandrashekar, bureaucrats V P Baligar, K Jairaj and other officials for "faulty" design and construction.
It has also recommended blacklisting of infrastructure majors L&T, Siemens and Unique Zurich Airport [...]
Man sheds 27kg in 6 mths by walking
BANGALORE: Birds are meant to fly, human beings to walk and run. Though common sense as well as sport research highlight the benefits of walking, it is still a surprise to learn that 24-year-old Chris Thomas, an obese 120 kg at one point, shed a humongous 27 kg in six months by merely walking. [...]
Bangalore shifts into 1-BHK homes
BANGALORE: A city that rarely saw a 1-bedroom hall kitchen (BHK) apartment or a studio apartment could soon have a plethora of them. Many developers in the city are looking at building such units — 1-BHK ranging between 500 sqft and 800 sqft with a price tag of around Rs 10 lakh to Rs [...]
IIM-B is No.1 B-school once again
BANGALORE: The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore has, for the second consecutive year, been recognized as the No. 1 business school in India, which is part of the Central Asia region, according to the 2009 worldwide business school ranking carried out by Eduniversal, a unit of the French consulting firm SMBG.
In the Eduniversal Palmes [...]
Nanny sedates baby, ‘rents’ him out to beggars
BANGALORE: The worst nightmare of working parents entrusting the care of their children to nannies became a reality for a city couple recently. As soon as they would kiss their little one goodbye, the nanny would feed him and get him ready – for a day of begging on the streets of Bangalore. Instead [...]
