Bengaluru: A man posing as a car dealer allegedly cheated several car owners by targeting vehicles listed for sale on OLX.Annapoorneshwarinagar police arrested Guruprasad P, 40, who allegedly promised vehicle owners that he would clear their outstanding car loans before taking possession of the vehicles. Instead, he reportedly resold the cars at low prices without…
Bengaluru: Union cabinet committee on economic affairs, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved a crucial rail quadrupling project for Karnataka as part of PM-Gati Shakti national master plan.The 47km Whitefield-Bangarapet section will have four parallel lines by 2029-30, with the third and fourth lines now given the go-ahead by the Centre. The project was…
Bengaluru: Setting aside a lower court acquittal, the high court recently sentenced a retired KSRTC bus driver to life imprisonment for killing six persons by setting their house on fire after pouring petrol through a window in 2013.The 63-year-old convict, Abdul Sharief of Vajamangala in Mysuru, was acquitted in 2018. The state then moved HC.The…
Bengaluru: A special legislature committee, chaired by MLC Puttanna, has submitted its interim report recommending widespread regulatory relief, document simplification, and financial relaxation for thousands of private aided and unaided schools established prior to the 2017–18 academic year.A central pillar of the committee’s findings is that post-2017 infrastructure and safety norms cannot be retrospectively forced…
The accident occurred as the bus tried to pass a tractor laden with iron rods, which tragically caused the rods to enter the bus MANDYA: A KSRTC bus driver was killed on the spot and eight passengers were injured in a road accident on Bengaluru-Mandya highway near Devirahalli Junction in Nagamangala taluk of Mandya district.The…
Bengaluru: Suspecting a possible conspiracy to obtain compensation from an insurance company by fabricating the circumstances of a 16-year-old accident, the Karnataka High Court has ordered a fresh police investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).Justice Geetha K B, while dismissing an appeal filed by accident claimant Giridhar Pai, directed the Inspector General of Police,…
Horticulture Minister S S Mallikarjun is under fire for reportedly making inappropriate remarks about BJP MLA B P Harish at a recent public gathering BENGALURU: A purported video of Karnataka Horticulture Minister S S Mallikarjun making allegedly objectionable remarks about BJP MLA B P Harish at a public gathering in Davanagere has triggered a political…
Image Credit: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research BENGALURU: Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Prof C N R Rao, 92, has been summoned for a hearing to establish his identity after his name was flagged during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka.Rao has been issued a notice citing a…
Karnataka minister SS Mallikarjun BENGALURU: Karnataka Horticulture Minister SS Mallikarjun has drawn sharp criticism after a video purportedly showing him using objectionable and unparliamentary language against BJP MLA BP Harish during a public programme in Harihar went viral on the internet.The incident reportedly occurred during the inauguration of a veterinary centre in Harihar town, where…
Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi BENGALURU: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday morning launched widespread raids across 18 locations linked to Karnataka Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Satish Jarkiholi and his daughter, Chikkodi Lok Sabha MP Priyanka Jarkiholi.The multi-city operation, conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), has intensified political ripples across the state.Amid…
