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Bengaluru auto driver chases and helps nab bike-borne chain snatcher, rewarded by cops

In what has resemblance to a dramatic movie scene of a hot pursuit in search of a criminal, a Bengaluru auto rickshaw driver gave chase and helped catch a bike-borne chain snatcher. The entire incident was caught on CCTV cameras in the vicinity. The incident occurred on Sunday as widely reported

Tipu lessons in Karnataka school textbooks to stay, rules expert panel

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the history of Tipu Sultan being taught to children in schools in Karnataka. Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, had earlier made it clear that they were trying to remove all mention of Tipu Sultan from textbooks. However now, the expert committee which was

NRC fallout: Mosques in Karnataka urge members to keep identity documents handy

Anticipting the nation-wide roll out of NRC (National Register of Citizens), mosques in Karnataka have given a call to Muslims to keep their documents up-to-date. Imams and Moulvis have been appealing to the community to set right their documents. The Jamia Masjid in Bengaluru even opened a 'C

Kalaburagi: Woman delivers baby boy in moving train

Kalaburagi: A woman delivered a baby boy in a moving train while she was travelling from Yadgir to Bengaluru on Monday, December 9 night. Geetha, a resident of Saidapur in Yadgir district, went into labour in the moving train. As per the source, some Anganwadi workers from Nalawara village in

High command yet to accept Siddu, Dinesh’s resignation: MB Patil

Bengaluru: Congress leader MB Patil on Tuesday said the party high command has not yet accepted their resignations. Addressing presspersons here he said, “Our party will assess what went wrong in our strategies for bypolls which resulted in the embarrassing loss.” Speaking on former chief mini

Rave party in Karnataka district raided by cops, 17 people arrested

In the early hours of Sunday, police officials from Ramanagara station in Karnataka received a call from concerned villagers in Ramanagara stating that over 500 people had gathered at a mango grove on the outskirts of town. After receiving the call, the police officers from the station conducted

Cong, JDS “disqualified” in people’s court: Nalin Kumar Kateel

Bengaluru: Expressing joy over BJP’s stellar performance in the Assembly byelections in Karnataka, the party’s state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Monday said Congress and JD(S) have been “disqualified” in the people’s court. “Siddaramaiah (Congress) and H D Kumaraswamy (JDS) had created a narrativ

Tipu in textbooks: Karnataka govt and expert committee reach stalemate

The Karnataka Textbooks Society, which was due to submit its report on Tipu in school textbooks, has delayed submission. Several media reports suggested that the delay was due to political pressure as the committee recommended that the chapter on Tipu remains, in its draft report. The special com

Bengaluru: Rs 96 lakh seized, 40 detained during raids at BTC

Bengaluru: Sleuths from Central Crime Branch (CCB) acting on the complaints that bookies of the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) the have been involved in illegal activities, raided the BTC and seized Rs 96 lakh cash. During the raid, the CCB officials seized Rs 96 lakh cash and detained 40 men, includi

66.59% turn out in Karnataka bypolls

Bengaluru: The crucial byelection to 15 Karnataka assembly constituencies that would have a bearing on the stability of the B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government saw an estimated 66.49 per cent voter turn out on Thursday and was by and large peaceful. After a slow pace in the first half of the day s

BJP candidate KC Ramamurthy elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka unopposed

Bengaluru: BJP candidate K C Ramamurthy was on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka, for which bypoll was necessitated following his resignation as the Congress member. “With other political parties not fielding any candidates, and nomination of two inde

Gold biscuits worth Rs 90 lakh seized in Kannur airport

Kannur: Twenty gold biscuits worth Rs 90 lakh and found abandoned were seized from a flight that arrived here from Abu Dhabi early on Wednesday, airport sources said. Security personnel noticed a packet underneath a seat of the Go Air flight during an inspection after all passengers disembarked a

Bengaluru cops pose as passengers, collect Rs 8 lakh in fines from errant auto drivers

Traffic police in Bengaluru on Tuesday went on a crackdown against errant autorickshaw drivers who refused to ply on metered fares or denied rides in three out of the seven zones of the city. To catch offenders in the act, police officials posed as regular commuters in prime junctions under these zo

Dr. H S Venkateshmurthy to preside over 85th Akhil Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan

Bengaluru: Noted Kannada poet and writer Dr. H S Venkateshmurthy was on Wednesday selected to preside over the 3-day 85th Akhil Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan that is slated to be held in Kalaburagi between February 5 –7. Venkateshmurthy’s name was decided during a meeting of Kannada Sahitya

Karnataka bypolls: Rs 42 lakh seized by SSTs

Bengaluru: Ahead of the December 5 by-polls in the state, Static Surveillance Teams (SSTs) seized cash worth Rs 42,00,000 in the last 24 hours. The official press release with this regard stated, “Static Surveillance Teams have seized cash worth Rs 42,00,000 in the last 24 hours. Cumulatively, th

Karnataka bypolls: Offices, schools, colleges to remain shut on Dec 5

Bengaluru: The state government has announced a holiday to all government offices, schools and colleges, in the constituencies that will go for by-polls on December 5. Vidhana Soudha, Vikas Soudha and offices in MS Building would function, as usual, read a notification released by the state gover

Karnataka temple poisoning: SC dismisses Maramma Temple pontiff’s bail plea

Bengaluru: A bail plea filed by the pontiff of ‘Kitcchu Gutti Maramma Temple’ at Chamarajanagara district, where 17 persons had died on December 14, 2018, and as many as 164 persons sustained severe health problems due to consumption of poisonous prasadam, was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Monda

Bengaluru metro to allow women to carry pepper spray post Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) has decided to allow women to carry pepper spray as a means of self-defense. This after stiff opposition both online and offline over the unofficial ban on women being allowed to carry pepper spray on the metro. Speaking with The Hindu, BL Yeshwan