A special court in Bengaluru convicted former Congress minister Vinay Kulkarni (L) and 16 others for plotting and executing the murder of BJP worker Yogesh Gowda (R) in 2016. BENGALURU: A court here Wednesday held former Congress minister and Dharwad Rural MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others guilty of plotting and executing the murder of…
Bengaluru: What began as an Instagram business contact spiralled into an alleged honeytrap, with a 31-year-old Jayanagar entrepreneur claiming he was forced to pay Rs 10 lakh and hand over valuables — only for his intimate videos to be sent to his wife anyway.The man stated in his police complaint that he came across the…
Bengaluru: Congress Wednesday suspended MLC K Abdul Jabbar, who quit as chairman of the minority department three days ago, from the party’s primary membership for anti-party activities linked to the Davanagere South assembly bypoll, triggering unease among minority leaders.The action comes days after Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president DK Shivakumar dissolved minority-welfare committees formed by…
Bengaluru: Karnataka may soon revamp its employee appraisal system, with a proposal to switch from seniority-based evaluations to a corporate-style, key performance indicators-based (KPI) model. The Karnataka State Policy and Planning Commission (KSPPC) has proposed the Karnataka Performance-Driven Governance and Civil Services Accountability Bill, 2026, to provide statutory backing for reforms while retaining safeguards under…
Bengaluru: After witnessing a surplus-rainfall year in 2025, Karnataka now appears to be heading towards a potential drought, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a below-normal southwest monsoon for 2026, raising serious concerns over the state’s water security. Following months of relentless heat and rapidly depleting reservoirs, IMD’s latest long-range forecast for the June-Sept period…
Bengaluru: The Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NKPL) project once again came under the Karnataka Rera radar as multiple allottees have approached the authority against BDA, seeking relief for delays in the handover of units. However, the authority disposed of the complaints for lacking proper documents.The saga began when multiple allottees filed complaints seeking a refund of…
Bengaluru: What seemed like a convenient solution to pay overseas university fees quickly turned into an expensive mistake for a parent, who lost Rs 2 lakh to online fraudsters posing as intermediaries.According to a complaint filed by Navya (name changed), 40, a resident of Lingarajapuram in east Bengaluru, her daughter is a first-year student at…
Bengaluru: Opposition leaders have welcomed Karnataka high court’s order directing a CBI probe into Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’s acquisition of prime Hebbal land for a non-existent private entity, which the court termed a “monumental fraud”. BJP MLA Suresh Kumar said BMRCL had sought the land for a multi-modal transit hub and agreed to pay…
Bengaluru: When Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IAM) wrapped up their high-altitude human behaviour simulation near Leh on April 9, much of the focus was on what it would reveal about crew psychology. A notable aspect of the simulation was also that it was set up by Bengaluru-based firm…
Bengaluru: City police Wednesday arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly passing lewd comments at an 18-year-old girl in Koramangala on the night of April 11. The accused, Sarvesh, is a resident of Koramangala.According to police investigation, Sarvesh, a private company employee, was getting out of his car when the girl walked by. “He passed lewd…
