Bengaluru: A chaat shop owner and his employee have been arrested for allegedly murdering the man’s estranged wife at Dwarakanagar, Rajarajeshwarinagar, west Bengaluru. The accused are Virupaksha Gowda, 29, a native of Kunigal taluk, Tumakuru district, and his employee, Pundalika Janappa Lamani,19, of Gavipuram, originally from Vijayapura district.Asha S,31, a native of Kunigal, was found…
Bengaluru: In a striking case of “remote clearance,” a senior vehicle inspector attached to Bengaluru Central RTO has been suspended for issuing fitness certificates (FCs) to 41 vehicles that were never anywhere near the city. The official had issued fitness certificates to vehicles plying in distant Gujarat without physically verifying them.The inspector who came under…
Bengaluru: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) carried out 14 demolition drives between July and Dec last year and reclaimed encroached properties worth over Rs 704.3 crore across the city.During the drives, more than 25 acres of encroached land were reclaimed across south, north and east Bengaluru. The authority demolished unauthorised RCC buildings, sheds, compound walls and…
Bengaluru: Vice President CP Radhakrishnan urged students to avoid drugs and to be cautious about their social media activities.During the silver jubilee celebrations of CMR Institute of Technology in Whitefield Wednesday, he stated, “Drugs should not ruin the lives of the youth in our country. Just three days ago, we held a similar event at…
Bengaluru: A 29-year-old man from Haryana was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 34-year-old sports nutritionist and freelance fitness professional for nearly a year.The accused, Sudhir Kumar, a resident of Rewari district, arrived in Bengaluru on Jan 12 and visited a gym in Kathriguppe, Banashankari, where the nutritionist, a native of Haryana, regularly works out….
Bengaluru: A juvenile and another person were arrested on charges of stealing 18 two-wheelers worth Rs 15 lakh. One of the arrested is Hasnain, a habitual offender who stays in west Bengaluru. The juvenile is 17 years old. Police recovered the stolen two-wheelers from an empty plot in Maruthinagar and near a park in front…
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Area (GBA) Advertisement Rules-2025 herald a turning point in the city’s visual and regulatory landscape. Bengaluru’s skyline is poised to grow denser—and louder—as control over outdoor advertising shifts decisively from the once-dominant BBMP to the newly empowered Greater Bengaluru Authority, constituted under the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act-2024.The GBA has slashed spacing…
Bengaluru: Even while speculation over a possible chief minister switch continues to swirl, attention is shifting to what is being seen as the next major political and administrative development — a cabinet reshuffle in the Siddaramaiah govt. Sources say Siddaramaiah’s pre-budget meetings, scheduled from Feb 2, could emerge as a key exercise in assessing ministerial…
Bengaluru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar Wednesday invited investors at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos to invest in Bengaluru, projecting the city as a “future-ready global hub” with strong human resources, expanding infrastructure and a growing urban economy. Addressing investors, Shivakumar described Bengaluru as a preferred destination for global companies and said the…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court Tuesday stayed the operation of two orders issued by the trial court in the Renukaswamy murder case that allowed home-cooked food for the accused, including actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda and others.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Kamakshipalya police challenging the trial court’s clarificatory order…
