Karnataka

Bengaluru: A routine forex transaction after a Bangkok trip landed three Electronics City residents in a consumer dispute, with a Bengaluru consumer dispute redressal commission holding a KIA airport money exchange outlet guilty of unfair trade practices for charging differential currency conversion fees and ordering compensation for the complainants.The commission bench, comprising president Shivarama K…

Bengaluru: The high court quashed proceedings under Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against techie Junaid Hussain Haveri, ruling that the case was registered only on the confession statement of a co-accused and allowing it to continue will amount to abuse of law.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Junaid,…

Bengaluru: A 42-year-old milk booth owner was attacked with a knife by a rowdy-sheeter and his associates after he objected to them creating a public nuisance in Avalahalli on Mysuru Road.The accused, Seena alias Havali Seena, 24, a resident of Avalahalli, was arrested Monday evening for the attack. The injured milk booth owner, identified as…

Three loot gold, cash from jewellery shop BENGALURU: Three armed men entered a jewellery shop at Dasanapura, Nelamangala, Tuesday evening and escaped with Rs 50,000 in cash and 30 grams of gold.Shop owner Manikya Ram told police the men walked into Ramdev Jewels around 6pm, pretending to be customers interested in buying a pair of…

BENGALURU: A 33-year-old man was killed after he was allegedly deliberately run over by a car following a drunken brawl after a local cricket tournament in Bengaluru, police said on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Prashanth M, a bodybuilder who lived in Veerasandra in the city. Police said the incident took place on…

Bengaluru: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have shed new light on how “Staphylococcus aureus” (S. aureus), a common but dangerous bacterium that damages human cells. The findings are significant as infections caused by S. aureus are becoming harder to treat due to rising antibiotic resistance and the lack of an approved…

Bengaluru: Police are searching for five staffers from a cash logistic firm, including a woman, after they allegedly misappropriated nearly Rs 1.4 crore in cash, meant to be deposited in different Automated Teller Machine (ATM) kiosks.According to police, two separate FIRs were registered by officials from HITACHI Payment Service Pvt Ltd. “Two teams were assigned…

Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has found itself in a spot after social-media posts alleged residential sites in Shivaram Karanth Layout, spread over the northern and western parts of the city, were carved out of what appeared to be a graveyard. “It’s impossible, none can acquire a graveyard,” said BDA, trashing the allegations.Photos shared on…

Bengaluru: The killing of a tiger in Karnataka’s forests last year exposed a critical financial gap in wildlife crime investigation, with field officials struggling to immediately arrange over Rs 2 lakh for mandatory forensic tests, a high-level inquiry report submitted to the govt revealed. In the MM Hills wildlife sanctuary incident of Oct 2025, where…

Bengaluru: The IT hub’s fast-paced, high-pressure lifestyle is casting a long shadow on public health, with the city recording between 2,800 and 3,000 sudden deaths every year, most of them linked to cardiac arrest and other cardiovascular conditions.The grim statistic, which is often reflected in disturbing viral videos of people collapsing while walking, exercising or…