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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
 The Indian Premier League matches in Bangalore would be dry, as liquor would not be served even in the corporate boxes of the Chinnaswamy Stadium if things go as Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari wants.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and the Chinnaswamy Stadium authorities have on Tuesday been asked to follow the Karnataka Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Amusement (Bangalore City) Order, 2002, and prevent people from getting drunk while watching the match.
“About 41,000 people, including sports officials, players and complimentary pass holders, are accommodated in the stadium, and even if 10,000 of them are in inebriated state, it would lead to a number of problems.” KSCA authorities are shocked. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
 In what is a new turn to the Swami Nithyananda scandal, the spokesperson of his Bidadi ashram said on Monday that the godman wants to break his silence but was not making a public appearance ‘due to security reasons.’ Swami Sachidananda, the spokesperson of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetm, Bidadi said, “Give us some time. Swami Nithyananda will speak soon.” On Nithyananda’s whereabouts, Sachidananda told mediapersons that the swami was attending the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar.
Meanwhile, local police officials said that they have not been given charge of the case yet. On Sunday, Tamil Nadu police had said that the case will be transferred to Karnataka as most of the alleged criminal acts were said to have taken place in the Bidadi ashram.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 |
 Tourism Minister G Janardhan Reddy lost his temper, once again. On Wednesday, in the Legislative Council, Reddy called senior Congress MLC K C Kondaiah a ‘broker’ while accusing him of looting mining wealth of the state conniving with few mining companies.
Reddy’s sudden outburst came when Kondaiah accused the state government of adopting different yardsticks in giving permits to mineral transport in Bellary district.
While those ion the ruling party got on-the-spot permissions, other applicants had been made to wander for months despite fulfilling all requirements, he said. |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
 BWSSB is likely to hike water tariff by approximately 8 to 10 per cent in view of the recent hike in power tariffs.
P B Ramamurthy, BWSSB chairman told reporters on the sidelines of an interactive meet organised by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) that he has asked the government to increase the water prices in proportion to the recent hike in power tariffs.
BWSSB is among the largest consumers of power and annually pays around Rs 260 crore as electricity bill to Bescom, which is 51 per cent of its annual expenditure.
Further, a hike in water prices would also help the board to meet its deficit of Rs 45.97 crore. |
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 |
 The Cyber Crime Police Station of CID, Bangalore has busted an online lottery racket involving three Nigerians.
They were using black-inked dollars and cheating people online.
The accused have been identified as Collins Osarbo Jacobs (37), Bamidele Emmanuel Kent (38) and Godson Omorodion alias Junior alias Sir Joseph (36), all from Nigeria. CID officers said the passports of two had already expired and they were based in Mumbai.
Emails sent by them were traced to Mumbai.
Based on a complaint lodged by a retired officer, the cyber crime police took up the case. The complainant had allegedly received an email from a person calling herself Mrs Linda Joy, from Fedex company, who said that a parcel containing an international cashier bank draft/cheque worth USD 800,000 will be delivered to him for winning a lottery, only if he delivered his information.
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