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Colleges told to curb risky activities during educational tours
Bengaluru: Educational tours organised by Karnataka’s government first-grade colleges will come under stricter supervision, with the Department of Collegiate Education introducing a series of measures aimed at preventing accidents and ensuring the…
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Bengaluru metro passengers face long queues for security checks
Bengaluru: Passengers using Bengaluru’s Namma Metro are facing long queues at several stations, with commuters reportedly spending 20 to 30 minutes waiting for baggage checks before entering the stations. The problem has…
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Bengaluru encroachment: Repeat offenders to face fines, FIRs
Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has directed civic authorities to take strict action against street vendors who return to footpaths after encroachments have been cleared. He instructed officials…
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Husband strangles wife over unanswered calls in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 38-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband following a quarrel over her failure to answer his phone calls at Bilekahalli in Bengaluru’s Mico Layout. The accused allegedly…
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BMTC workers oppose private drivers for 4,500 new e-buses
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government’s approval for 4,500 new electric buses for BMTC under the Centre’s PM E-DRIVE scheme has opened a fresh dispute over who should operate the vehicles, with the transport…
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Karnataka HC lays down strict safety norms for Bengaluru PGs
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued a comprehensive set of directions for monitoring, regulating and inspecting paying guest (PG) accommodations in Bengaluru, stressing that safety norms must be strictly enforced to…
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13-year-old boy kidnapped and killed in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A 13-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped and killed by his neighbour in Yelahanka, with the accused later caught after his car was involved in a series of accidents on the night…
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Vande Mataram row deepens as leaders clash over full rendition
Bengaluru: The dispute over the singing of Vande Mataram at government and public programmes has escalated in Karnataka, with Kannada and Culture Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi warning that action would be initiated against…
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Woman rescued after sexual assault ordeal in Karnataka
Yadgir: A 22-year-old woman was rescued with the help of emergency police personnel after allegedly facing repeated sexual assaults, threats and illegal confinement at multiple locations in Karnataka. Six people, including two…
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Bengaluru: Car carrying abducted woman crashes into 20 vehicles
Bengaluru: A speeding vehicle crashed into more than 20 vehicles, injuring six people in Bengaluru on Wednesday night, September 16, while attempting to abduct a 21-year-old girl from Rajasthan who married a…
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Nirmala Sitharaman moved by M S Subbulakshmi’s legacy
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was visibly moved while attending a special musical programme organised in Bengaluru on Wednesday, September 16, to commemorate the 110th birth anniversary of legendary Carnatic vocalist…
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Kalaburagi constable booked after woman’s assault, house fire
Kalaburagi: A police constable has been accused of assaulting a woman, setting her house on fire and later torching the private car of a police sub-inspector who had registered a case against…
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Police complaint filed after KPCC chief defends Umar Khalid
Bengaluru: A police complaint has been filed against Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president BK Hariprasad following his remarks describing Umar Khalid as a “nationalist” during the ongoing controversy over a documentary…
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Ex-soldier, daughter killed during property dispute in Karnataka
Belagavi: A dispute over ancestral property ended in the brutal killing of a 67-year-old former soldier and his 26-year-old daughter at a gram panchayat office in Avaradi village of Kittur taluk on…
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Fake food test certificates raise safety concerns in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Concerns have been raised over alleged irregularities in laboratory testing of packaged food products, with some private laboratories accused of issuing certificates without properly testing samples. The issue has prompted the…