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

The Karnataka government on Monday announced that Rs 900 crore will be released as a part of the farm loan waiver scheme after May 23. Around 1.5 lakh farmers are expected to benefit from the scheme. The scheme was introduced by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy in August 2018 and so far, the governm

In the wake of the serial bomb blasts in Sri Lanka that claimed 253 lives and injured hundreds, the Bengaluru Police have begun an initiative to include residents of the city in reporting suspicious activities. On Sunday, the Deputy Commissioners of Police of various jurisdictions held meetings with

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has asked the Central government to intervene after scores of students who failed to write the NEET exams due to an inordinate train delay. The CM tweeted, “Hundreds of students from North Karnataka districts have missed the #NEET Exam being held today at B

Bengaluru: Bengaluru police on Saturday arrested a 32-year-old youth for sending them into a tizzy by making a hoax call claiming to have seen few women carry explosives into a temple in Annapoorneshwari Nagar in the city. The man identified as Sunil Kumar placed a call to Annapoorneshwari Nagar

Bengaluru: Days after an autorickshaw driver came under IT scanner for possessing a Rs 1.6 crore-villa in an elite gated society in Whitefield, it has now emerged that an American woman had given Subramani the money to buy the villa. The woman, Lara Evison (72) has produced all related documents

BENGALURU: Henceforth, school bags cannot weigh more than 10% of the average body weight of students, the state government stated on Friday. The circular, issued by the department of primary and secondary education, issued clear guidelines on the upper limits that school bags can weigh. As per th

Bengaluru: Yelahanka police arrested three persons, including two BMTC crew members for allegedly circulating fake currency notes. The arrested are Somanna Gowda (38), a native of Raichur and Nanje Gowda (32) from Channarayapatna, both of who are employed with the BMTC and Kiran Kumar (24), a nat

Bengaluru: An inter-state and international drug trafficking racket was busted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The NCB officials based on credible information, seized 26 kg of ketamine drug near Majestic from a person, aged about 33 ye

Bengaluru: Hitting back at PWD Minister HD Revanna, Hassan DC Priyanka Mary Francis said that she was capable of taking independent decisions and has not been seeking suggestions from the previous DC Rohini Sindhuri. Earlier Revanna had accused Francis of ‘working in favour of BJP,’ and has sough

Tumkur: In a road mishap driver of Tata Ace vehicle suffered and died heart attack while driving in Chikkanayakanahalli Taluk’s Huliyar here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Shivkumar (35). Soon after Shoivkumar suffered heart attack his 8 year old son who was sitting next to

At least one person died as a result of heavy downpour in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening. The deceased, identified as Siva Reddy, died after a cow shed collapsed on him in Doddanekundi. There were multiple incidents of damage to property and uprooting of trees. The Indian Meteorological Department

Severe drought conditions in the state are threatening the yield of mangoes this season. This had led to an increase in prices in markets and stores across the state. The recent harvest of the King of Fruits has been drastically affected and farmers are expecting that the produce could be as low

The Siddi dance of Karnataka was presented at an event commemorating International Dance Day in London for the first time. Also, this was the first time ever that the flavour of Phugadi dance of the tribal community was presented on the British soil. The dance was presented at an event titled 'Da