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Notification announcing Rs 10L reward for police is fake, says Compol
Mangaluru: City police commissioner Dr PS Harsha on Thursday, December 26 dismissed reports of Rs 10 lakh cash rewards for police peronnel in controlling the situation during the anti-CAA protests. The top cop urged people not to blindly forward the image of a government notification, that states
Hindu outfit seeks to ban New Year parties on MG Road and Brigade Road in Bengaluru
The Hindu Janajagruthi Samiti, a Hindutva outfit, whose members have been accused of killing journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, has written to the Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao, asking him to ban New Year celebrations on MG Road and Brigade Road. The annual New Year celebrations in B
Kids with disabilities buried neck-deep in goat dung during solar eclipse in K'taka village
In a shocking incident, three children with disabilities in Kalaburagi district's Taj Sultanpur village were buried neck-deep in goat dung by their family members in the hope that doing so during a solar eclipse will cure them. The incident came to light at 9 am on Thursday morning when activists
Gold worth Rs 16 crore stolen from Muthoot Finance outlet in Bengaluru
In one of the biggest hauls, burglars made away with as much as 70 kg of gold worth, Rs 16 crore, from a Muthoot Finance outlet in Bengaluru’s Lingarajapuram on Sunday night. According to the police, the accused, at least four in number, drilled a hole through the washroom on the first floor of t
Fancy, faulty number plate will attract Rs 500 fine in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The state transport department has launched a drive against vehicle owners who use faulty, fancy and illegal number plates. Addressing presspersons with this regard N Shivkumar, Commissioner for Transport and Road Safety, said that as per Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper Use)
Hope dignity of God’s own country is not diminished: BSY on Kerala attack
Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday reacting on the attack against him by the CPI(M) SFI and DYFI workers said, “May such an event in the God’s own country does not diminish the dignity of Kerala” Taking to twitter he wrote, “From the very beginning, I believed in divinity. This i
Case filed against MK Stalin, 8,000 others for holding rally against CAA
Chennai: A case has been filed against 8,000 people including DMK president MK Stalin for holding a rally against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Chennai on Monday without police permission. "Case filed against eight thousand people including DMK President MK Stalin (file pic) for holding a ra
CID to probe deaths of two men in Mangaluru police firing
The deaths of two persons in the firing by Mangaluru police during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will now be probed by the CID. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had earlier assured that there will be a CID inquiry into the police firing that killed two people in the anti-CAA stir
Newly-elected Karnataka MLAs take oath at Vidhana Souda
Bengaluru: The newly-elected Karnataka MLAs, who won the recent by-polls on Sunday took oath at the Vidhan Soudha. Karnataka Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde administer the oath. The by-polls to 15 constituencies were held on 5 December, after sitting MLAs resigned in July, triggering the collapse o
Pro-CAA protest held in Bengaluru, but permission denied for anti-CAA 'sathyagraha'
Amidst large-scale protests across India against the Citizenship Amendment Act, several right-wing groups held a protest in support of the CAA on Sunday in Bengaluru. Around 500 people had gathered at Bengaluru’s Town Hall at 10 am and began shouting slogans supporting the CAA. Supporters and mem
VTU cancels exams after curfew, violence in Mangaluru during anti-CAA protests
Owing to curfew announced in parts of Mangaluru following law and order issues during Thursday’s anti-CAA protests, the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has postponed its exam set to be held on Friday. In a press release, the Registrar of Evaluation said, “In view of the announcement of
SC Collegium approves names of 5 judges of K’taka HC as permanent judges
New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Supreme Court Collegium has approved names of five Additional Judges of Karnataka High Court as permanent Judges. The judges whose names have been recommended are Justices Dixit Krishna Shripad, Shankar Ganapathi Pandit, Ramakrishna Devdas, Bhotanhosur Mallikarjuna Shyam
Airtel shuts down 3G network in Karnataka
Bengaluru: In line with its plans to phase out 3G technology across India, Bharti Airtel (Airtel) on Thursday announced that it has shut down its 3G network in Karnataka. Airtel mobile broadband services in Karnataka will now be available to customers on its high speed 4G network along with HD qu
CAA will be implemented in Karnataka: Home Minister Bommai
Bengaluru: Home Minister Basavaraj S Bommai on Tuesday, December 17 said that the Citizenship Act (CAA) will be implemented in the state. Addressing media persons at Vidhan Soudha Bommai said, “As both the houses of the Parliament have passed the bill, it is mandatory to implement CAA in all the
38-year-old woman gives birth to 17th child in 20th pregnancy, infant dies
Belagavi: A migrant labourer woman from Maharashtra recently gave birth to her 17th baby in a sugarcane field in Belagavi, however, the infant did not survive. Lankabai (full name not disclosed), a resident of Majalgaon tehsil of Maharashtra’s Beed district, gave birth to a baby girl in a sugarca
LKG student run over by school bus in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: In a tragic incident an LKG boy was killed on the spot after being run over by his own school bus. The victim has been identified as Deekshit, 4, the only son of Manu and Suneeta couple. On Monday afternoon, the bus is said to have arrived before time and dropped off Deekshit at his
RSS leader booked for making Karnataka school students reenact Babri Masjid demolition
Police in Karnataka have booked members of the governing body of a school run by the RSS in Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal after a video of students re-enacting the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition was circulated. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Laxmi Prasad told the media that Kalladka Prabhakar
Food materials sent for flood victims rot at BJP MLA Renukacharya’s office
Davanagere: As the people of North Karnataka are recovering from the floods that hit the state recently, the food items sent for flood victims in North Karnataka are rotting at MLA Renukacharya’s office in Honnali. The food materials which were meant to be given to the flood victims are rotting a