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Karnataka: Govt school teacher arrested for sexual assault on orphaned girl students

Kalaburgi: A 51-year-old physical education teacher of a government high school in Kalaburgi was arrested by the police on Friday on charges of sexual abuse and molestation of female students. The accused, Basavaraj was arrested following a complaint filed by the Superintendent of a state-run Bal

Mistaken identity led to murder of accountant: police

Bengaluru: The city police arrested three persons in connection to the mistaken identity murder case of a 23-year-old accountant at K.R. Puram in Bengaluru. Sai Vardhan, Sunil Kumar, and Kiran were arrested by the police while three others - Vishal, Vishwas and Arbaz - surrendered before the cour

Karnataka launches scheme to fund startups run by SC/ST youth or those with rural focus

BENGALURU: The State Government on Friday launched Unnati, its ambitious programme aimed at promoting technology startups steered by SC/ST entrepreneurs as well as those that are developing a product or a solution with a strong rural-focus. “We will support these startups by way of funding which

Karnataka bus driver loses job for letting Monkey drive

New Delhi: A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus driver lost his job after a video of him allowing a Gray langur (Hanuman langur) to take charge of the wheels has gone viral. The video which has been spilling over the social network for a few days now shows Prakash, from KSRTC’

Newly elected deputy mayor of Bengaluru dies of cardiac arrest

BENGALURU: Deputy mayor Ramila Umashankar, elected just last week as the Deputy Mayor of Bengaluru, died on Thursday night from cardiac arrest. A first time councillor in the BBMP council, she was just 44 years old. Ramila was the JDS councillor from Kaveripura ward in Govindarajanagar. She wa

Janardhana Reddy 's aide gets a non bailable warrant

Bellari: The Karnataka Lokayukta Special Investigation Team (SIT) who were probing into the mining baron Janardhana Reddy and his aides arrested one of the partners from Obalapuram Mining Company, on Wednesday. The accused are BV Srinivasa Reddy, and also issued non-bailable warrant against MLAs

Heavy rain forecast for Karnataka as cyclone looms

Heavy rains have been forecast for Karnataka over the weekend due to a low pressure trough that is expected to form over Arabian Sea, an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. "A low pressure is expected to form over southeast Arabian Sea, which can further inte

In 11 years, liquor sales up 77%, revenue 273% in Karnataka

BENGALURU: In the past 11 years, the consumption of liquor in Karnataka has grown by 77% and the excise revenue by a staggering 273%. Sale of alcohol — Indian Made Liquor (IML) and beer— surged from 468.8 lakh boxes in 2007-08 to 830.6 lakh boxes in 2017-18, while revenue increased from Rs 4,812 cr

Son files case against father on mother's suicide

Bengaluru: After a woman fell off the 16th floor of an apartment, the police had ruled it as a accident. Her son has now informed the police that the woman unferwent torture from her husband which would have forced her taking this extreme step. The police, who had earlier registered a case of unn

Bengaluru City's plog run to enter Guinness Records

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday organised the "Plog Run"— Replicating the Scandinavian trend where the joggers pick up garbage as they run. People from all age group participated in the event in 50 locations across the city and collected about 33.4 tonnes of plast

Controversy after Revanna transfers 700 PWD officials

As many as 700 Public Works Department (PWD) officials, from engineers to first division assistants have been transferred in a overnight decision. This decision has been taken despite regulations against the transfer of officials in the middle of a financial year. This ill advised and sudden move

Madikeri: BJP leader shot dead by GP member

Madikeri: A local BJP leader was shot dead by a gram panchayat member at Maragodu village in the taluk on Monday, October 1. Maragodu BJP local committee secretary Kanadka Thilak Raj, 40, is the deceased. The accused has been identified as Mundodi Nanda Nanaiah. Reportedly, Thilak Raj and Nand

No Rafale fighter for Bengaluru Aero India Show: IAF Official

Bengaluru: "Rafale for India will not be ready by February. We expect Dassault to fly some other Rafale at the Aero India show in Bengaluru on February 20-24, 2019," said Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal R.K. Singh Bhadauria at a press conference in Bengaluru. The 12th edition of the 5-day b

Investigation into Gauri Lankesh murder is in final stage – Dr Parameshwar

Hubbali: "Special Investigation Team (SIT) has done a commendable job in the investigation of the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The inquiry is in its final stage," said DCM Dr G Parameshwar, speaking to media on Sunday, September 30th. He said that the team of SIT officials has cracked

Bengaluru firm dupes Muslim community in name of Halal investments, amasses over Rs 4000 cr

Bengaluru: A Bengaluru-based financial company has shut down its office after allegedly amassing crores of rupees from the city's Muslim community by luring them to invest in their firm while claiming that the investments would be under Islamic and halal principles. An estimated 8,000-10,000 peop

CCB police raid four dance bars in the city

Bengaluru: Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Saturday night, September 29, raided four dance bars across the city and registered cases against them. All the four raids were under the Ashoknagar and Indiranagar police station limits. According to police, these raids were carried out after recei

Bengaluru city's new Mayor and Deputy Mayor are both women

In another instance of the Congress and JD(S) coming together to keep the BJP out in Karnataka, Congress corporator Gangambike Mallikarjun got elected as the 52nd Mayor of Bengaluru city on Friday. In a repeat of the 2017 elections, BJP staged a walkout ahead of the voice vote.  JD(S)’s Ramila Umash

Karnataka: Man walks into police station with severed head of lover

KOLAR: Police personnel at Srinivasapura police station were  going about their day when a man calmly entered the station with a backpack on Thursday. When police asked him what his problem was, he kept quiet and opened his bag. To the horror of the policemen, the bag had a severed head of a woma