A two-year-old boy died after choking on a wild gooseberry (bettada nelikayi) at Malur in Kolar district Monday afternoon.Police said the victim, Vijayendra, accidentally swallowed the large gooseberry while playing at home. The boy soon began struggling to breathe, prompting his parents to rush him to the govt hospital in Malur, where doctors declared him…
Bengaluru: Director-general of prisons and correctional services Alok Kumar Monday dismissed as “completely baseless” rumours claiming that actor Darshan Thoogudeepa had tried to kill himself in Bengaluru Central Prison.Alok Kumar clarified there was no such incident and appealed to the actor’s fans not to believe in such false information. “The rumours (of Darshan trying to…
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old graduate who was undergoing a course for banking and insurance-related exams at a private institute in Amruthahalli allegedly killed himself in his hostel room Monday evening.The deceased has been identified as Chinnu Kumar, a native of Uttar Pradesh. Based on the preliminary investigation, police said that Kumar was studying at the institute…
Bengaluru: A 37-year-old cab driver was found dead inside his parked car, with the air-conditioner running, near Nelagedarahalli in north Bengaluru Monday morning.The deceased, Puneeth, was a resident of HMT Layout and a native of Channarayapatna in Hassan district. He came to Bengaluru a month ago and was working as a cab driver for a…
Bengaluru: Bus services across Karnataka are likely to be disrupted from May 20 as transport employees’ unions prepare for an indefinite strike after conciliation talks with state-run corporations failed on Monday. The meeting, convened by the labour commissioner, was attended by representatives of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of trade unions and officials of the…
Bengaluru / Madikeri: A woman tourist from Tamil Nadu was killed after a male captive elephant attacked another at the popular Dubare elephant camp near Kushalnagara in Kodagu district Monday, with the victim getting trapped under the second jumbo as it fell while trying to evade the attack. The victim, Jinsu, 33, was a resident…
Bengaluru: A 30-year-old pourakarmika died under suspicious circumstances at a rehabilitation centre in Kengeri, with family members alleging the staff assaulted him in front of his nephew and other relatives.The deceased, Ramesh, a resident of Gavipuram in south Bengaluru, was a chronic alcoholic. His family had admitted him to Poornapragna Rehab Foundation two months ago….
Bengaluru: Unless there are exceptional circumstances, a detainee cannot dictate the place of his/her confinement, the high court said in a recent order. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum made the observation on April 29 while dismissing a petition filed by Irfan Pasha alias Batan, who was under detention in Central Prison, Ballari.On April 6, additional director…
Bengaluru: The high court dismissed a petition by 72-year-old Ambarish S Kapadia, a Mumbai resident and convict lodged at Central Prison, Bengaluru, seeking two months’ parole on the ground that he has been in jail for 14 years.The court observed that length of incarceration by itself does not entitle a convict to parole when weighed…
Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy Monday warned employees of state-run road transport corporations against participating in the statewide bus strike scheduled for Wednesday, stating that disciplinary action will be initiated against those abstaining from duty.The warning comes after the joint action committee (JAC) of transport unions decided to go ahead with the agitation over wage revision…
