Bengaluru | Four persons beat a 24-year-old man to death in Bengaluru and brought his body to a police station early on Sunday as they gave themselves up, police said. According to police, the deceased was identified as Bhaskar, and he was killed for trying to elope with the married sister of main accused, auto-driver Muniraju, 28. […]
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Youth kills mother, sister for ‘not cooking tasty sambar’
Bengaluru | A youth shot his mother and sister dead on Thursday apparently for not cooking tasty sambar at Kodagodu in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district. The incident took place on Wednesday and the accused, Manjunath Haslar (24), was arrested on Thursday. The deceased have been identified as Manjunath’s mother Parvathi Narayana Haslar (42) and sister Ramya […]
High Court dismisses PIL challenging appointment of Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police chief
New Delhi | The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ruled that there was no irregularity in the appointment of Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as Delhi Police Commissioner and also the petitioner could not remotely demonstrate any blot on his service career, as it dismissed a PIL challenging his appointment. A bench of Chief Justice D.N. […]
TN rural body polls: BJP candidate gets only one vote
Chennai | A BJP candidate in the rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu got only one vote even though his own household had five voters. D. Karthik, who contested for the post of ward member in Periyanaickenpalayam union in Coimbatore district, has become a butt of jokes on social media platforms with the hashtag #Single_Vote_BJP […]
Incessant rains flood Bengaluru airport, passengers board tractors for travelling to airport terminal
Bengaluru | Incessant rains flooded Bengaluru’s Kempe Gowda International Airport (KIAL), causing inconvenience to international travellers, who were ferried by tractors to terminal. The airport premises turned into a ‘town bus stand’, as local people who ferried international travellers to the terminal were found to be announcing the destination ‘airport terminal’ on top of their voices. […]
Suspected Pakistani terrorist arrested from Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar
New Delhi | The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a suspected Pakistani terrorist from the Laxminagar area of the city, an official said here on Tuesday. According to the official, the suspected Pakistan national, who had obtained fake Indian identity cards through forged documents, has been identified as Mohd. Ashraf alias Ali, a resident of […]
Mysuru court blast: Three Al Qaeda-linked terrorists get 10, 5 years jail
Bengaluru | The special National Intelligence Agency court, Bengaluru on Monday sentenced two of the Al Qaeda – the Base Movement terrorists convicted in the 2016 Mysuru court blast case to 10 years imprisonment and another to five years. Accused Nainar Abbas Ali @ Library Abbas will undergo rigorous imprisonment for seven years and simple imprisonment […]
Techie held for selling child porn videos on messaging platforms
Hyderabad | Telangana Police have arrested a 23-year-old software engineer for selling child porn videos on messaging platforms. V. Madhukar Reddy, an employee of an IT firm in Hyderabad, was arrested from his house in the Nustullpur village in Karimnagar district. The 23-year-old was making money by circulating child sexual abuse material on social media, police […]
Bengaluru cab driver files complaint against Kannada actress Sanjjanna Galrani for allegedly abusing him over taxi AC
Bengaluru | A Bengaluru cab driver has filed a complaint against Kannada actress Sanjjanna Galrani for allegedly abusing him when he did not switch on the air-conditioner in the taxi. The cabbie says putting on the AC is against the Karnataka’s Covid-19 guidelines, but Galrani went on social media stating that she was harassed by the […]
Hindu woman’s heart transplanted to Muslim man in Mumbai
Mumbai | Setting a perfect example of religious harmony and humanity, the heart of a brain dead Hindu woman was transplanted to a Muslim man at a private hospital in Mumbai. Her kidneys, liver, pancreas and lungs were also donated to six different persons. The woman, 41, was admitted to the Global Hospital in Parel on […]