Police in Bengaluru on Wednesday arrested an ATM mechanic and his associate for stealing Rs 1 crore cash from ATMs. The prime accused has been identified as 28-year-old Kishore Kumar who ran away after allegedly stealing the money. Police have also arrested 30-year-old Rakesh Samuel who allegedly he

If things go as planned, Bengalureans can soon travel cashless on metro trains and buses across the city. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation will soon introduce an interoperable smart card that would work for both modes of public tra

A grandmother and her two grandchildren died in north Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Tuesday after a building collapsed on them in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Yallavva Gadad (53), Jyoti Meti (9), and Shravani Radhai (4). Speaking to TNM, a policeman attached to Ku

Depleting reservoir levels, dried up lakes, wells and borewells has resulted in a drinking water scarcity looming over Karnataka. The state government has declared 3,122 regions to be severely affected by drinking water scarcity. According to data obtained from the Department of Rural Development

Police in Bengaluru arrested one person for accepting bets for the IPL final match held in Hyderabad on Sunday. Sleuths of the Central Crime Branch arrested 25-year-old Chand Pasha, a resident of Tannery Road from a Koramangala 3rd block house and recovered Rs 70 lakh in cash. Two mobile phones have

Only 110 candidates have registered for the National Eligibility Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) re-exam scheduled for May 20 for the students who missed it earlier due to a seven-hour train delay. Earlier reports had suggested that 365 students had missed the exam due to the delay in the arrival of the

The Criminal Investigation Department probing the death of the 23-year-old engineering student from Raichur has stated that the woman was not raped. According to CID sources, the autopsy performed by Dr Karadi in the Raichur District Hospital states the cause of death to be due to asphyxiation by ha

Residents of south Bengaluru’s Girinagar held a demonstration on Friday to protect the only open space they have in the vicinity – a community ground – against the state government’s decision to use it to set up a new police station. The 120 sq feet area, commonly referred to as the ‘Volleyball g

Bengaluru: Cab rides continue to be a nightmare for women passengers in Silicon City with cab drivers continuing to behave rudely with them and threatening them with dire consequences if they report such incidents to their aggregators. In one such incident, a cab passenger, Vanitha Bhoopal, took

The Ashoknagar Police on Wednesday arrested a 29-year-old sound engineer for allegedly disrespecting the national anthem. According to the police, Jithin, a sound engineer had come to Bengaluru from Australia a week ago and had decided to watch the movie Avengers: Endgame. Jithin is a resident of

A Bengaluru movie-goer was brutally beaten to death at a movie theatre parking complex by a parking attendant and his assistant, over a parking fee of Rs 10. Bharani Dharan, a 38-year-old resident of Austin Town had gone to Lavanya Theatre, a cinema hall in Bharatinagar, to watch a movie on Thurs

The Karnataka government has relaxed regulations banning the conversion of land in Kodagu district, and now allows small landowners to build their homes by converting agricultural land. "Land conversion for commercial purpose in Kodagu is still banned. The state government, however, has allowed c

The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a Karnataka law granting reservation in promotion to SC/ST government employees. A two-judge bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and DY Chandrachud upheld the provisions of the Karnataka Extension of Consequential Seniority Act. The Act, which provided f

Bengaluru: Unable to bear with harassment from her former classmate, a 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide at her house in Akshay Nagar in K.R. Puram police station limits on Tuesday night. The deceased has been identified as Lina, a class 12 student and daughter of Srinivas Murthy. Poli

The Karnataka High Court has issued a notice to Bengaluru police over an FIR registered against Sharada Diamond, an engineer and BJP sympathiser accused of propagating fake news, under a section that does not exist in the Information Technology (IT) Act. Sharada was booked by police officials at

Bengaluru: A 11-year-old girl died while enacting a suicide scene from a teleserial she was watching. The deceased is identified as Pooja, a daughter of Rangegowda and Sharada, who runs a roadside eatery near their house was a fifth standard student of a private school in Mallasandra. Reported

Bengaluru: Police are searching lodges and other places and tightened vigil in the city on Tuesday, May 7 after a man gave the slip to security personnel at the Metro Railway Station here on being questioned after a metal detector sounded. Metro Rail officials said the man, dressed in kurta-pyjam

A total of 365 students from Karnataka will get a chance to appear for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on May 20 as they missed it on Sunday as the train in which they were travelling from the state's northern districts reached Bengaluru 7 hours late. The National Testing Agency