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BJP MLA Munirathna, four others booked for gang-rape

Bengaluru, May 22 -- A first information report (FIR) was registered against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna and four others on Wednesday after a 40-year-old woman accused the MLA of masterminding a gang... Read More


Karnataka government plans to ban basement parking in flood-prone areas

Bengaluru, May 22 -- As torrential rains continued to batter Bengaluru leaving several areas submerged, Karnataka's top political leadership took stock of the situation on Wednesday and announced a se... Read More


Karnataka: SBI branch manager transferred over 'refusal to speak Kannada'

Bengaluru, May 22 -- A State Bank of India (SBI) branch manager posted in Surya Nagara, Chandapura-an area in Bengaluru's Anekal Taluk-was transferred on Tuesday after a video emerged on social media ... Read More


GBA elections in four months, says DK Shivakumar

Bengaluru, May 17 -- The Karnataka government will conduct elections to the newly formed Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) within four months, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced on Friday... Read More


Ranya Rao's mother challenges detention under smuggling law

Bengaluru, May 17 -- The mother of Kannada film actor Ranya Rao, arrested in a high-profile gold smuggling case, has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking relief from a preventive detention orde... Read More


Karnataka caste survey begins; to be completed in 3 stages

Bengaluru, May 6 -- The Karnataka government on Monday began a state-wide caste survey for Scheduled Castes (SC) sub-classification, marking the first step towards implementing internal reservation fo... Read More


Siddaramaiah denies knowledge of 'link' between aid to Fazil and Suhas Shetty murder

Bengaluru, May 5 -- Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said he had no prior knowledge of reports that a portion of the Rs.25 lakh ex-gratia compensation paid to the family of Mohammed Fazil, who wa... Read More


Man held in Kerala for molesting woman in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, April 15 -- Over a week after a woman was groped in BTM Layout, the police arrested the 29-year-old accused in Kerala, an officer said on Monday. In the early hours of April 3, CCTV footag... Read More


SIT files probe report in suicide of 33-year-old harassed by DySP

Bengaluru, April 14 -- A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police has submitted its final report in connection with the suicide of a 33-year-old Bengaluru-based lawyer, who had accused CID... Read More


Graft charges against BJP government, SIT to probe

Bengaluru, April 12 -- The Karnataka government on Friday decided to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe corruption charges levelled by the state's contractors' association against ... Read More