BENGALURU: From the dusty streets of Dodda Alahalli village to the pinnacle of Karnataka politics, D K Shivakumar’s four-decade journey has been defined by challenges, victories and unwavering loyalty to the Congress.Popularly called ‘Kanakapura Bande’ — the granite rock of Kanakapura– the assembly segment he represents, Shivakumar has also earned the reputation of being the…

Bengaluru: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw-founded cell and gene therapy company Immuneel Therapeutics has raised over Rs 100 crore from new investors, including Singularity AMC, Rainmatter by Zerodha and several high-net-worth individuals.Immuneel is an integrated cell and gene therapy platform focused on developing and commercialising advanced therapies for cancer and other diseases.Following the commercial launch of Qartemi, an…

Bengaluru: A special NIA court in Bengaluru Saturday sentenced Vikram Kumar aka Chota Usman to seven years of rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)-linked terror conspiracy. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the 28-year-old convict, who was the ninth accused in the high-profile Bengaluru Central Prison radicalisation case….