Karnataka

Youths blackmail woman in Bengaluru over nude pics, extort Rs 5 lakhs

Police in Karnataka have launched a manhunt for two youths in connection with blackmailing a woman over nude photos and videos and extorting Rs 5 lakhs from her.

Oct 16, 2021

Will quit politics if proved I met Yediyurappa: Siddaramaiah denies allegations

According to former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, the raids are being done to subdue Yediyurappa and his son B.Y. Vijayendra.

Oct 14, 2021

Religious conversions: K'taka govt to survey Christian missionaries

The decision is being issued against the backdrop of a debate about the high rate of religious conversions.

Oct 14, 2021

Bored with studies: 7 students of class X in Bengaluru disappear; 3 of them promise to return with name, money

Seven students, including a college girl went missing in Bengaluru, in two separate incidents spread over two days, police sources said on Monday. According to the letters recovered from their houses, the police said the teenagers left home as they were not interested in studies.

Oct 11, 2021

Satellite phone calls tracked again, high alert in Karnataka

Karnataka on high alert as satellite phone calls tracked again

The intelligence agencies have alerted the Karnataka government after they tracked satellite phone calls made to foreign locations from the coastal area and Malnad region of the state, sources said on Saturday.

Oct 9, 2021

Sasikala prison facilities case: K'taka HC gives 2 weeks' time to file report

The inquiry into the matter is being purposefully delayed, according to a Public Interest Litigation filed by K.S. Geetha.

Oct 9, 2021

Karnataka's forest man living in Ambassador car survived the pandemic with wild fruits

Dakshina Karnataka's 56-year-old Chandrashekhar left the city life to move into the forest after he got landless owing to non-payment of a Rs 40,000 loan.

Oct 8, 2021

K'taka IT raids: Action done to 'tame' Yediyurappa and his aides [Report]

Despite his limitations, Yediyurappa continues to have widespread support throughout the state.

Oct 8, 2021

Teen killed by mother, her paramour in Bengaluru

The Karnataka Police have arrested a woman and her lover, on charges of killing her 16-year-son in Bengaluru, police sources said on Wednesday.

Oct 6, 2021

Resisting rape, married woman burnt alive in Karnataka; Police launch hunt for accused

In a shocking incident, a married 23-year-old woman was burnt alive for resisting a rape attempt in Karnataka's Yadgir district and police have launched a hunt for the accused.

Oct 5, 2021

BJP finally picks Yediyurappa's son for team in-charge of bypoll in K'taka

Vijayendra will work along with ministers J.C. Madhuswamy, Murugesh Nirani, B.C. Patil, Shivaram Hebbar and Member of Parliament Shivakumar Udasi.

Oct 5, 2021

Frequent quakes,sound reported in Bijapur, K'taka; Govt asks expert panel to study

People reported loud sounds emanating from the earth and whenever they hear these, they run outside their houses.

Oct 4, 2021

Man stabs lover in moving bus for calling his wife to inform about the affair

The accused after coming to know that the victim is travelling in the bus, joined her in the journey and picked a fight

Oct 2, 2021

K'taka switches to 'electric mode', replaces scrapped buses with e-buses; To run 1,500 in 3 years

After travelling 120 kilometres, the buses must be recharged, which takes 45 minutes per vehicle.

Oct 1, 2021

No fee hike in Karnataka private engineering colleges this year, Kannada medium begins: Minister

Previously,' miscellaneous fees' ranged from Rs 10,000 to Rs 70,000 per college. Now it should be under Rs 20,000.

Sep 30, 2021

Suicide Aftermath: 2-yr-old girl lived with 5 dead bodies of her family for 5 days [Details]

Though it appears to be a case of suicide, it has to be confirmed after the post-mortem.

Sep 18, 2021

Karnataka on high alert; Terrorist activities suspected along coast

Police say calls were made from Karnataka to foreign locations.

Sep 16, 2021

sexual assault lodges complaint in K'taka, says she was gang raped.

K'taka sexual assault victim lodges complaint one year after, says she was gangraped

The victim of sexual assault in Yadgir district of Karnataka on Monday came forward to lodge a complaint with the police. In her complaint, she has said that she was kidnapped in a car by the accused while she waited for the bus.

Sep 14, 2021

Shocker: K'taka woman stripped, sexually abused in viral video; 4 men arrested

Four men have been arrested after a shocking video of a woman being stripped off, and then sexually abused and assaulted by a group of five in Karnataka's Yadgir district went viral, police said on Monday.

Sep 13, 2021

7 die, 5 injured in Karnataka road accident

At least seven people were killed and five others seriously injured as an overloaded jeep collided head-on with a truck in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district on Sunday, police said.