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Mangaluru: CCB police bust prostitution racket, arrest two

Mangaluru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) police busted a prostitution racket being carried out from a rental apartment at Kottara Chowki here and arrested two persons, including a woman on Thursday, July 12. Sajith Shekar (30), a Padubidri resident is one of the arrested persons while the identity

Major tragedy averted after two IndiGo planes come face-to-face in Bengaluru Airspace

New Delhi: A major tragedy was averted after two IndiGo aircraft came face-to-face over Bengaluru airspace, seconds away from a mid-air collision. The incident occurred on Tuesday when 6E 779 (from Coimbatore to Hyderabad) and 6E 6505 (from Bengaluru to Kochi) were just 200 feet away from each ot

B'luru boy hangs self for not being elected as class leader

Bengaluru: A class nine student of a Bengaluru school committed suicide, on Tuesday night as he was not elected as class leader. The boy, Dhruvraj(14), a student of Baldwin Co-Education Extension High School, RR Nagar was found hanging at his residence in Rajarajeshwarinagar, southwest Bengaluru.

Excise officials arrest 2 for possession of deer meat

Madikeri: The Excise Department officials arrested two persons for possessing deer meat at Tholpatti Gate, Kutta Gadi here on July 11. The officials confiscated 3.3 kg deer meat from the accused identified as Vijesh and Ajeesh, both residents of Mahe. Acting on a tip-off that the meat of the w

JD(S)'s Farooq to donate salary, allowances to needy patients, orphans

Bengaluru: BM Farooq, a Mangaluru-based businessman and one of the richest MLCs in the Legislative Council has said that he would use the money that he receives as salary and allowance to help needy patients. With assets over Rs 770 crore, as per an election affidavit filed by the JD(S) leader, F

Poisoning of prawns at fish pond; Loss pegged at Rs 35 lac

Kundapur: A man engaged in fish farming (pisciculture) had to suffer losses to the tune of Rs 35 lakhs after miscreants allegedly mixed chemicals into a farming pond here at Hosadu near Arate. The incident was known on Monday morning when the fish pond owner Narasimha had gone to feed the prawns

Bengaluru graduate picked by Google for AI research, will make Rs 1.2 cr a year

A 22-year-old Integrated MTech student of Indian origin was selected to join Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) team with a package of Rs 1.2 crore per year. Aditya Paliwal is among 50 candidates selected from around 6,000 applicants who appeared for a global test conducted by the technology g

Hoarding for which 25 trees were culled in Bengaluru pulled down for the second time

Marking a victory for citizens and activists in Bengaluru, a hoarding was pulled down on Saturday after it was put up for the second time in two months. On May 9, as many as 25 trees were cut down at Green Glen Layout between Iblur and Bellandur junctions to increase the visibility for the advertis

11 days after murdering wife, 75-yr-old man gets convicted for life

Chitradurga: A 75-year-old man convicted of murdering his wife, suspecting infidelity was sentenced to life imprisonment by the district and sessions court in Chitradurga within just 11 days of the crime. Chennabasaiah, the convicted had battered his wife, Putamma, 65, to death in the wee hours o

Family pays with heavy cash and valuables for watching too much TV!

Mandya: Parents always tell their children that watching too much TV is bad for them. One family learned this the hard way when they were looted right under their nose while they were still in their house... watching TV. The incident happened on the SBI Bank Road in the Vivekananda locality on th

Teachers to face cut in salary for poor SSLC results

BENGALURU: The state government plans a crackdown on ‘non-performing’ aided schools and one of its proposals is to cut salaries of teachers if SSLC students perform poorly, a recent circular issued by the education department reveals. The government is in the process of analysing performances of ai

Krishna Reddy is Karnataka Deputy Speaker

Janata Dal (Secular) leader J.K. Krishna Reddy was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Friday. Speaker K.R Ramesh Kumar announced the MLA’s election. He was the only candidate to file nomination papers for the post. Mr. Reddy, 51, was a member of the 13th Legislat

Recently married cop gets honeymoon package for show of bravery

Bengaluru: A cop was given a rather unusual reward after he chased down a thief and brought him to justice despite getting injured in the process. Hanumanth, a policeman attached to the Bellandur police station here, was posted near Big Bazaar on Sarjapur Road on night duty when he heard calls fo

Denied money, alcoholic son stones mother to death

Dharwad: In a horrifying incident, an alcoholic son, angered by his mothers' refusal to give him money to purchase liquor is said to have battered the latter to death in Yalavadala village of Kalagatigi taluk in Dharwad district. The victim has been identified as Shankravva (68). As per reports,

Dyeing units operating illegally seized in Mysuru

Mysuru: A day after nearly eight auxiliary colouring units that were operating illegally were shut by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) authorities and police cases were filed against the owners of these units, KSPCB along with Tahsildar, Corporation health officials with the help loca

Police raids pub forcing women to perform obscene acts for customers

Bengaluru: Acting on a tip-off that a pub located at Bengaluru's Indiranagar was allegedly forcing its women employees to perform obscene acts for the pub customers, the city police, on Saturday night raided the premises and rescued 32 women. Six persons, including the manager of the Mango Tree R

Karnataka waives Rs 34,000 crore farm loans

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday waived farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, giving relief to distressed farmers across the state. "I propose to waive farm loans totalling Rs 34,000 crore, with Rs 2 lakh per farmer family," Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced in the Assembly while presenti

Father-Daughter duo drowns in Krishna River

Bengaluru: A father and his daughter riding on a bike were thrown off the bridge and washed away in the Krishna river on July 4, as the rider lost control when a sudden gust of strong wind blew. According to an eye-witness, the incident happened on the bridge connecting Galagali-Chikkagalagali wh