Bengaluru: Police have arrested 12 people for allegedly leading a violent mob attack on a private factory in Doddaballapur, where 30 to 40 armed men stormed the premises, assaulted employees with knives, longs, maces and wooden sticks, vandalised property, and allegedly threatened workers in what police are investigating as a case of moral policing. The…
Bengaluru: A food delivery executive was allegedly robbed and forced to reveal his UPI PIN by a gang of four unidentified men in Kaggadasapura in the early hours of Thursday.According to a complaint filed by Jiban Miah, 29, a Murugeshpalya resident, he was returning home on his two-wheeler after completing a delivery in Kaggadasapura from…
Bengaluru: The National Federation of Girls Islamic Organisation (NFGIO) Saturday launched its month-long nationwide campaign, ‘Embracing Femininity,” which will run from Aug 1 to 31.Drawing on the Islamic concept of fitrah—the innate nature of human beings—the campaign advocates what it describes as a “third space” between two perceived extremes: cultural confinement on one hand and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called on India’s youth to build on the country’s achievements in science, technology and sports, while leading efforts to conserve water, protect natural resources, keep the nation clean and promote Indian handicrafts.Inaugurating the Viveka Smaraka — the Vivekananda cultural youth centre — in Mysuru, Modi said Swami Vivekananda believed that…
Bengaluru: The goal of haemophilia treatment is no longer just to prevent life-threatening bleeds, but to help people with the inherited bleeding disorder live lives as close to normal as possible, experts said at National Haemostasis Update 2026, an annual scientific meet organised by Indian Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (IAHAD) Saturday.Clinicians said advances…
Bengaluru: Karnataka high court has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take over probe into a 2022 case involving allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape, holding that the police investigation was incomplete and had failed to examine the full scope of allegations.Allowing a petition filed by the survivor, Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that…
Bengaluru: With heavy rain in Kerala and Kodagu filling the Kabini and Harangi reservoirs and easing the immediate pressure over releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka govt has turned its focus back to the long-pending Mekedatu balancing reservoir project, chief minister DK Shivakumar’s flagship initiative that he championed through a high-profile padayatra in 2022.The…
Bengaluru: With recruitment for 74,000 posts set to begin, the state govt has rolled out a multi-layered security system to make recruitment examinations leak-proof and transparent.Home minister Priyank Kharge Saturday said the new safeguards include one-time lockable security trunks that trigger automatic alerts if opened without authorisation, five-layer tamper-proof packaging of question papers and high-security…
Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar has drawn up a shortlist of around 20 Congress MLAs for the much-awaited cabinet expansion, with the final list expected to be cleared by the party high command Sunday night ahead of the likely swearing-in Monday.Party insiders said 18-20 legislators could take the oath as ministers, depending on the high…
fdfkfmdskfsldknfsldkns Kota: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi interacts with students during the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme in Kota, Rajasthan, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Wasim Sarvar) Bengaluru: A member of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) legal cell has lodged a complaint with cybercrime police, alleging that a defamatory Instagram…
