The murder came to light when skeletal remains were found during a cleanliness drive at the vacant site. BENGALURU: A 32-year-old man allegedly strangled his wife to death following a quarrel and spent three days in their house with her body before dumping it at a vacant site in north Bengaluru, police said.Sagar Chandra Ravath…
Khalin Joshi achieved a significant victory at the Bengaluru Open, marking his first title on home turf. BENGALURU: For years, the Karnataka Golf Association had been a stage where Khalin Joshi had watched others have their moment. On Friday, finally, it was his turn.The 34-year-old Bengaluru golfer completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Bengaluru Open,…
Bengaluru: The ‘Freedom from Waste’ drive, launched by Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda to get property owners to clean up vacant sites, has had an unintended consequence: It led to the discovery of a woman’s skeletal remains in Sampigehalli, north Bengaluru, and unravelling of a murder mystery.The drama started when the owner of a…
BK Hariprasad had accused Abhay Patil of BJP of asking EC to delete voters from the rolls because they were from ‘Pakistan’ Bengaluru: A day after Congress state president BK Hariprasad accused him of demanding deletion of 2,500 minority voters from Belagavi South, BJP MLA Abhay Patil hit back saying he had written to the…
Bengaluru: Name change is a constant with Bengaluru City University: After the varsity underwent three name iterations in eight years, its campus headquarters is now facing a similar battle, caught between preserving a legacy and attempts to give it a new look.The key question is: Should the campus be called ‘Central College Campus’ or ‘Jnanajyothi…
Bengaluru: “Dad, please give them whatever they are asking, don’t delay.” Little did 13-year-old M Prajwal know that the words he was being asked to act out were part of a chilling script for his own murder.The class 8 student from Vinayakanagar in Yelahanka thought he was doing a prank video. But the ugly reality…
Shivakumar made the remark on Thursday while responding to a debate on the drought situation. (File Photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar’s remark that around a dozen MLAs have two marriages triggered a political controversy on Friday, with BJP leaders demanding that he identify the legislators, news agency PTI reported.As per the PTI…
Bengaluru: Rattled by spurious drugs flooding the market, govt is contemplating a new system for procurement of medicines by hospitals that could require them to source drugs directly from manufacturers, cutting out intermediaries such as carrying and forwarding (C&F) agents and stockists, health minister UT Khader told TOI.The proposal comes amid an ongoing investigation into…
Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar having lunch with Pourakarmikas (civic workers) during the Pourakarmika Day programme at Palace Grounds, in Bengaluru on Friday Bengaluru: Pourakarmikas requesting that their daily snack allowance be raised from Rs 35 to Rs 50 got an unexpected boost Friday, with chief minister DK Shivakumar announcing that it would instead be…
A four-month-old Telegram message app trail has put two youngsters in the police net in Chikkaballapura, with investigators probing allegations of terror-related discussions, recruitment and plans to raise funds for extremist activities. The accused are Shabbir, a resident of Bapujinagar in Chikkaballapura, and Salman, who is reportedly from North India.Acting on intelligence inputs, police first…
