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Bengaluru CCB busts international drug racket; drugs worth Rs. 1 crore imported from Canada seized

Bengaluru: CCB Anti-Narcotics Wing of Bengaluru Police on Thursday busted an international drug racket and arrested one person along with drugs worth Rs. one crore in a major breakthrough in crackdown on the drug supply and mafia in the state. The arrested person has been identified as Atif Salim
Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy booked for sedition over protest against I-T raids

Bengaluru: Police have booked former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy along with the then Bengaluru police commissioner T Sunil Kumar, his subordinates and some Congress and JD(S) leaders on sedition charges for protesting the income tax raids during Lok Sabha polls. Based on a co
CCB sleuths arrest gang that honey-trapped politicians, businessmen
Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch arrested eight people, who were honey-trapped and blackmailed politicians and businessmen in the city. The police are yet to reveal the identities of the accused. As per the sources, a Whitefield-based woman, who was the member of this gang used to honeytrap men. A
Congress submits complaint to Governor alleging non-functional govt in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress party on Thursday alleged that the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa led state government’s functioning has come to a standstill as all the party ministers are assigned for election campaigning. The party has also submitted a note to the Governor Vajubhai Vala with this
Bengaluru: Doctor attacked for not knowing Kannada, 3 held
Bengaluru: The Kengeri police arrested three people for allegedly assaulting, abusing and humiliating a 28-year-old doctor after he told them that he did not know Kannada. The arrested are identified as Mahesh, Yogesh and Tejas Yadav. As per the sources, one of the three accused asked the doct
Over 40 students injured as bus collides with diesel tanker in Vijaypura

Vijaypura: At least 40 college students sustained injuries when a KSRTC bus collided with a diesel tanker on Wednesday on National Highway 50 at Yumkunji by-pass in Sindagi village of Vijaypura District. The condition of several students is said to be critical. One of the student has reportedly l
MLA Tanveer Sait discharged from hospital
Mysuru: Congress leader and MLA Tanveer Sait, who was attacked by a man with a knife at a wedding in Mysuru, was discharged from a hospital on Monday, November 25. After his discharge, Tanveer Sait directly proceeded to his Bengaluru residence. Sait had been shifted to the ward four days ago afte
41,000 kgs of flowers shipped from Karnataka to make record-breaking carpet in Dubai

41,444 kilograms of marigold flowers were shipped from Bengaluru to Dubai to create the world's largest flower carpet, an official at the Bengaluru International Airport said on Monday. "The flowers were laid out at 'Flowers of Tolerance' at the Dubai Festival City. It has entered the Guinness Bo
Nigerian drug peddler arrested in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) of Bengaluru Police on Monday arrested a Nigerian drug peddler and seized a sizable amount of drugs from his possession. The arrested was identified as Nonso Joachin (36). During the raid, the CCB seized 28 grams of cocaine and 10 slips of LSD from his po
Bengaluru pharmacy owner held for illegally selling painkiller that killed 2 youth

The Bengaluru Police have arrested the owner of a pharmacy in Rajajinagar for allegedly selling Tydol tablets to two the two youths who died on November 19 due to an overdose. On Friday, the Vyalikaval Police arrested Manish Kumar, the owner of Mandeep Pharmacy located in Rajajinagar’s Dr MC Modi
Mandya: Eight killed in head-on collision between Tata Sumo, goods tempo
Mandya: Eight persons, including two women, were killed in a head-on collision between a Tata Sumo vehicle and a goods tempo at Nagamandala near Doddajataka Gate here on Friday, November 22. Al Falah Minorities Credit Co-operative Society president Akbar Naseem Pasha (40), and directors
Tanveer Sait doing well, security tightened

Mysuru: Congress leader Tanveer Sait, is continuing to make good progress at the Columbia Asia hospital, where he is being treated for the deep wounds he suffered on his neck after he was stabbed at a wedding here on Sunday night. Satisfied with his rate of recovery, doctors shifted him from the ICU
Bengaluru is India’s top-ranked city in new global prosperity index

Bengaluru: Bengaluru emerged as India’s highest-ranked city at No. 83 in a new index of the world’s 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity, topped by Zurich in Switzerland. The first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index, released in the Basque Country
Attack on Tanveer Sait: Shobha seeks ban on PFI

Bengaluru: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje on Wednesday, November 20 informed that she has written a letter to the union government seeking ban PFI follwoing the murderous attack on former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader Tanveer Sait on Sunday, November. Addressing presspe
ED attaches Rs 117cr assets of man who used fake adoption deed to Con Mysore Maharaja’s Taxidermist

New Delhi: Assets worth over Rs 117 crore, including 70 animal trophies and rosewood furniture, of a man who allegedly cheated a British taxidermist of the Maharaja of Mysore have been attached under the anti-money laundering law, the ED said on Wednesday. The agency said a provisional order has
Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 18 lakh at MIA

Mangaluru: Gold worth Rs 18 lakh was seized by the Customs authorities at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) from a passenger who arrived at the airport from Dubai on Tuesday, November 19. It is gathered that the passenger who arrived with 483.57 grams of Gold on an Air India flight, was held
Karnataka school introduces 'water bell' to create awareness about drinking water

Dakshina Kannada: The Indraprastha School in Uppinangady town of Dakshina Kannada district has introduced a separate 'water bell' to create awareness about drinking water among the students. The objective is to make students drink enough water every day. Speaking to ANI, Jose MJ, Principal of
248 candidates file nominations for upcoming Karnataka bye-polls in 15 segments
As many as 248 candidates, including 128 independents are in the fray for the 15 assembly by-elections in Karnataka on December 5, a poll official has said. "The 248 candidates have filed 353 nominations by November 18 evening, which was the last date for submitting the papers to contest in the b