As elections begin in the state, a group of transgenders and sex workers have alleged that the government is making it difficult for them to get voter ID cards.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tough-for-karnataka-sex-workers-to-get-voter-icard/63472-3.html
A group of over 100 professionals have kick-started a Broadway initiative with innovative music, fun and ethnic frolic. Read on to know more about it.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/heres-the-story-of-ram-broadway-style/63009-19.html
Prices of basic commodities have risen sharply across the country, burning deep holes in pockets of consumers. For single parent Lindwin Reddy, supporting two growing children in an expensive metro like Bangalore is a challenging task. Thanks to the record-breaking seven per cent inflation rate, the challenges have only gotten tougher.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/7-pc-inflation-sees-prices-of--veggies-doubling/62809-3.html
While things have returned to normal after a Kingfisher aircraft takeoff roll failed because the plane hit a dog at Bangalore's HAL airport runway, urgent measures are being taken to contain the animal menace. Dog catching squad at the old airport in Bangalore on Friday rounded up stray dogs in the airport’s vicinity.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/stray-dogs-rounded-up-post-bangalore-airport-mishap/62188-3.html
After road maps and world maps, now come lead maps and Bangalore is on its way to getting one. Lead content is high in paints, batteries, fuel and dust from lead-mining industries. Once it enters the human body system, it can cause hypertension and reduced IQ. A team of doctors is now preparing a data map on lead content in every part of Bangalore
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bangalore-all-set-to-map-its-lead-content/62120-17.html
After a software engineer from Infosys killed his wife and himself on Saturday night, their family members are baffled over their motive. Police say Amit's suicide note indicates matrimonial discord as the reason for the murder. It alleged that Amit's wife had had an extra-marital affair. But parents, friends and relatives of Amit and Rinku say that the couple, who had an arranged marriage in Delhi, appeared perfectly happy.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/matrimonial-discord-reason-for-blore-double-murder/61865-3.html
The Federation of Muslim NGOs in Bangalore are alleging that terror investigations by the police are making the community members feel alienated and victimised.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cops-victimising-us-in-terror-probe-blore-muslims/61658-3.html
Liquor may soon be available in more stores across Bangalore if the Karnataka excise department has its way. It has sent a proposal to the State government to award 500 fresh licenses for liquor shops across Bangalore and a total 1000 across the state.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/karnataka-planning-to-throw-open-more-liquor-shops/61218-7.html
The Rs 2500 crore project, built across 4000 acres, boasts 54 check-in counters and a streamlined baggage check system, and can handle 11 million passengers in its first year. The airport will formally open its doors at midnight on March 29. But as D Day draws closer, several issues continue to bug the authorities.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bottlenecks-fail-to-stop-bangalores-new-airport/60709-3.html
Proprietor, Grasp Technologies, Sunil Nimbalkar is just one among more than a hundred victims of a recruitment scam busted by the Bangalore police recently. Vinceraj Solomon, who ran a placement agency, Silicon Infosys, allegedly duped him.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/it-recruitment-scam-busted-in-bangalore/60551-3.html
The hoardings and advertisements promising the best of health care have put Wockhardt Hospitals in a spot. The Karnataka Medical Council says the advertisements are a violation of the code of medical ethics laid down by the medical council of India in 2002 and a high court ruling.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kmc-questions-ethics-of-healthcare-advertisements/60370-3.html
Two Class 9 students at Bangalore’s Poornaprajna Education Centre have successfully found a way to charge iPods using onions and a popular energy drink. The inventors say onions generate a charge that is just enough to run the iPod for an hour. And if it doesn’t work the first time then one should try again, they say.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/2-blore-kids-find-way-of-charging-ipods-with-onions/60070-11.html
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