Right-wing organisations have decided to go ahead with the bandh on Tuesday, demanding the celebration of Hindu festivals at Idgah Maidan in the Chamarajpet area of Karnataka’s Bengaluru. The Chamarajpet Citizens’ Union has called for a bandh demanding that the Eidga ground should not be handed over to the Waqf Board and it should […]
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Bengaluru: BBMP issues show-cause notice to engineers over ‘sub-standard’ asphalting of road
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued a show-cause notice to three engineers of RR Nagar Division over “sub-standard” asphalting of Mariyappanapalya main road in Bangalore University campus on Thursday. The road near Dr BR Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) was laid just a couple of days before PM Modi’s visit […]
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PM Modi inaugurates Centre for Brain Research at IIS in Bengaluru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day visit to Karnataka, inaugurated the Centre for Brain Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru on Monday. PM Modi was welcomed by BJP workers and supporters on his arrival in Bengaluru. The Centre is developed as a one of its […]
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PM Modi arrives in Bengaluru to launch infrastructure projects worth over Rs 27,000 cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Karnataka’s Bengaluru to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for several rail and road infrastructure projects worth over Rs 27,000 crore. The Prime Minister was received by Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and other dignitaries. “The Prime Minister landed in […]
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Actor Shraddha Kapoor’s brother Siddhanth detained in Bengaluru
Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor’s brother Siddhanth Kapoor has been detained by Bengaluru Police for allegedly consuming drugs at a party in the city on Sunday night, Bengaluru City police’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) Bheemashankar S Guled said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a hotel on MG Road […]
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Bengaluru will be developed in planned manner with a long-term vision: Karnataka CM
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai launched numerous development works in Bengaluru and said that the city would be developed in a planned manner with a long-term vision. “Bengaluru would be developed in a planned manner with a long-term vision. It is imperative to draw new plans. Our government is working […]
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29 injured in Bengaluru KSRTC bus accident; 4 seriously injured
As many as 29 people were injured after a Karnataka State Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus with 45 passengers on board met with an accident in Bengaluru. Four people sustained severe injuries, police said. The accident took place early this morning at 1:30 am under the Kengeri Police Station limits in […]
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Bengaluru schools get bomb threat through mail, police conduct search operation
Bengaluru Police on Friday said that at least five schools in the city received “threat emails” warning about “powerful bombs” planted on their premises and that the police teams are conducting search operations. The mail informing about the “bombs” also warned against taking the e-mails as a “joke”. “A very […]
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Karnataka: Three arrested for stabbing one to death after argument over bike collision in Bengaluru
The Bengaluru police have arrested three people for stabbing a person to death after an argument over a bike collision in Bengaluru on Tuesday midnight. Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru city, tweeted, “During midnight of April 5, Simon Raj and Chandru had gone to an eatery on Mysore Road. […]
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Bengaluru ACB raids underway at locations of 9 middlemen, agents suspected of influencing public servants
Bengaluru Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raids are underway at locations of nine middlemen and agents suspected of influencing the public servants by corrupt or illegal means and by exercising their personal influence. They are suspected of being involved in the malpractices and other irregularities in the activities of the Bangalore Development […]
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Bengaluru: Couple arrested for stealing traffic signal batteries
Bengaluru police arrested a couple for stealing traffic signal batteries on Tuesday. A senior police officer from Ashok Nagar police station told ANI, “With the increase in cases of stealing of traffic signal batteries, we started scanning the CCTV footages and spotted a couple moving around suspiciously between 3 am and 5 am on […]
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23-year-old man arrested for running over stray dog in Bengaluru
A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running his car over a stray dog in the Jayanagar area of Bengaluru, said police on Monday. The police said that the accused is the grandson of a Bengaluru-based businessman. The incident took place on January 26 and the CCTV footage of the […]
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Bengaluru schools, colleges reopen today, Tamil Nadu, Pune, Haryana and Rajasthan schools and colleges would reopen from February 1
All schools and colleges in Bengaluru on Monday reopened and offline classes resumed for students of classes 1-10. “We have reopened schools with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. LKG & UKG classes yet to be started,” says Sujata, Headmistress of Government Primary Scool, Shivaji Nagar. She added that it is difficult for the […]
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Traffic Police ASI suspended after kicking woman in Bengaluru
A Traffic Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in Bengaluru has been suspended after he was seen allegedly kicking a woman near the Town Hall in Bengaluru in a video that went viral, informed the traffic police in the statement. Traffic Police said that he had attacked her after she tried to hit him with a […]
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Bengaluru: Drugs worth Rs 3 cr seized, 2 held
The police has seized drugs worth Rs 3 crore and arrested two Nigerian nationals, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East informed on Saturday. The seizure includes 15 kg MDMA crystal, 120 GMs of MDMA block, 16.5 kg MDMA mixed water, 300 gms of weed oil and a car. “East Division of Bengaluru […]