Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl, who allegedly left home to elope with her boyfriend, succumbed to head injuries following a road accident near Hoskote Saturday night.According to police, four 18-year-old youngsters have been arrested on charges of kidnapping the minor, based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s parents. A separate case of causing death due…
Bengaluru: A fearless freedom fighter, VN Narasareddy, who risked his life to destroy British revenue and administrative records during the freedom movement, passed away Monday at the age of 103 at Pavagada in Tumakuru district, 168km from Bengaluru. Sources close to the family revealed Reddy was suffering from age-related ailments. The last rites of Reddy…
Bengaluru: The state govt Tuesday clarified to the high court that until the next date of hearing on the pending public interest litigations (PILs), there are no plans to cut trees inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden for the construction of the proposed 16.7km Bengaluru Twin Tunnel Road project. On the other hand, Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi…
Bengaluru: B-khata property owners looking to get their holdings converted into A-khata units under a govt initiative that begins on November 1 will first need to obtain an e-khata before seeking the conversion.Under the initiative, B-khata plots up to 21,527 sq ft adjoining public roads are eligible for conversion to A-khata. However, the new digital…
Bengaluru: Ministers from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, led by home minister G Parameshwara, have revived plans to hold a community convention titled ‘Dalita Aikyatha Samavesha’ in Chitradurga or Davanagere next month. The proposed rally, seen as a potential show of strength, has stirred political circles as it comes amid a growing…
Bengaluru: The conviction of a Mandya tutor for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl has underscored how recent reforms in forensic science infrastructure have significantly improved the pace of justice in Karnataka.In Oct 2024, a special Pocso court in Mandya sentenced 51-year-old tutor N Kantharaju to life imprisonment for raping and killing a…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Bar Council has extended the deadline until Oct 31, for submission of certificate of practice applications by advocates.The certificate of practice is a document that legally authorises an advocate to practise law in the country and is issued by the Bar Council of India (BCI) to law graduates who pass the…
Bengaluru: A 26-year-old man allegedly murdered his neighbour following an altercation over his mother being abused in Ramachandrappa Layout, Ullal Upanagar in western part of the city. The accused, identified as school bus driver Karthik, later called police and confessed to the crime.The victim, 36-year-old Avinash, lived in a shed adjacent to a house owned…
Bengaluru: A policeman lost Rs 5 lakh after falling victim to a cyber fraud involving a fake bank update last weekend.According to the complaint filed by Shabbir MP, a resident of Adugodi police quarters who works in a city police station, the fraud occurred between 4pm and 5pm on Oct 25. Shabbir told police that…
Bengaluru: India is home to 1.9 million developers building on GitHub, making it the second-largest developer community in the world after the United States. According to the Octoverse 2025 report, GitHub projects that by 2030, India will have over 57.5 million developers, surpassing all other countries. This year alone, more than 36 million new developers…
