Bengaluru: A suspected case of child marriage reported from Roopena Agrahara in southeast Bengaluru Thursday turned out to be a misunderstanding arising from an argument between a man and his minor daughter’s boyfriend.Acting on an alert to the police control room, a Hoysala patrol team reached the house within about 10 minutes but found no…
Bengaluru: A 2025-26 baseline survey on gender minorities submitted to the Karnataka govt on Saturday identified 10,365 transgender persons across the state.Vijayapura district reported the highest number of gender minorities at 1,428, followed by Chikkaballapur (1,252), Bengaluru Urban (757), Kolar (638) and Belagavi (618). Bengaluru Headlines Today — The Biggest Updates You Need to Know….
Bengaluru is set for a partly cloudy Sunday, January 25, 2026, experiencing mild morning conditions that transition into a warm afternoon, with temperatures anticipated to reach approximately 26°C. Air quality, however, remains a significant concern, as yesterday’s conditions were categorized as “poor” due to elevated particulate pollutants, a situation that may persist today, particularly during…
BENGALURU: Devanahalli police arrested a 30-year-old woman on drug peddling charges and seized one kg of ganja from her.The accused, identified as S Mamatadevi, a resident of Poojanahalli village in Devanahalli and originally from Bihar, was caught red-handed while allegedly selling ganja near her house following a tip-off. She has been remanded to judicial custody…
Bengaluru: City recorded the highest number of missing children in Karnataka over the past three years, with 3,268 cases. Police data show that girls make up nearly three-fourths of these cases, though officials say most incidents are not actual kidnappings.Under Supreme Court guidelines, police register all missing minor cases as kidnappings. Police say only 2%…
Bengaluru: An Instagram lure has triggered a police case against a beauty clinic in Nagarbhavi, west Bengaluru, with a 27-year-old woman alleging cheating, harassment and threats after undergoing skin treatment.The complainant, a teacher from Beguru, told Annapoorneshwarinagar police that the reel — uploaded by a person identified as Chaithanya — promoted treatments for pimples, acne,…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has stayed proceedings against a city resident booked for rash driving after videos of his loud Lamborghini surfaced online.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by BR Chiranth, a resident of CV Raman Nagar, east Bengaluru. The court noted that Chiranth had already paid the…
Ballari: Police on Saturday detained eight persons, including two adults and six minor boys, in connection with the fire that broke out at a house owned by Aruna Janardhana Reddy, wife of Gangavathi MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy, at the secured G-Square layout on Ballari-Belagallu Road here.According to IGP P S Harsha, preliminary inquiry indicated that…
Karwar: Police on Saturday arrested three people for allegedly circulating a video suspected of having driven a pharmacist to shoot himself to death. Ankola police took Subhash, Harishchandra and Anil, all residents of Wailawada in Karwar taluk, into custody. The case relates to the death of Rajeev Pikle, associated with Pikle Nursing Home, who allegedly…
Bengaluru: Experts from across disciplines have called for a fundamental rethink of how digital tools and artificial intelligence are designed and deployed in autism care, urging that technology remain flexible, human-centred and responsive to individual needs. The recommendations emerged at the third Global Autism Convention organised by St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, in…
