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BENGALURU: The Congress govt has decided to grant Rs 255 crore worth of land in Bengaluru to 22 Dalit and OBC mutts, overruling red flags raised by key departments on giving away gomala land and parcels that are within the city corporation limits.Documents reviewed by TOI show that the departments of finance, and law and…
BENGALURU: A 32-year-old businesswoman from South Korea accused an airline ground-handling staff member of sexual harassment at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) here Monday. In the name of “manual frisking”, the accused allegedly touched her inappropriately, hugged her and thanked her.The woman, who arrived in India on a tourist visa in November, was returning to her…
BENGALURU: Karnataka DGP (Civil Rights Enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao was suspended on Monday night after the state government ordered a probe into unverified sleaze videos allegedly showing the senior IPS officer in intimate acts with women inside his office. Chief minister Siddaramaiah said disciplinary action would follow a detailed inquiry. “We will take action. No…
How Chitradurga highway fire unfolded CHITRADURGA: The blaze that engulfed a private sleeper coach on National Highway 48 in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district in the early hours of Thursday was triggered when a fuel tanker truck jumped the road divider and rammed into the bus, causing it to burst into flames, police said to news agency…
BENGALURU: Basavanagudi police have arrested a 46-year-old woman for allegedly stealing gold ornaments, cash and other valuables from wedding functions by posing as a relative of the bride or groom. The accused, Revathi, has been remanded in police custody for 12 days.Revathi, a former guest lecturer and a resident of Udayanagar in K R Puram…
BENGALURU: What began as phone calls and mushy messages soon revealed itself as a carefully staged “love trap” — one that ultimately collapsed because a police inspector refused to play along. The woman has been arrested.It all began on Oct 30 when the first call was received by inspector Sathish GJ, who had taken charge…
KARWAR: More than 30 houses developed cracks, windows and doors rattled in a cluster of villages following an explosion near Indian Navy’s ammunition storage facility in Uttara Kannada district around Thursday noon.The blast sent out thick plumes of smoke and caused alarm in Alageri, Mavina Keri, and surrounding villages of Ankola in the district. Residents…
Chief minister Siddaramaiah visited DCM D K Shivakumar’s house for breakfast on Tuesday morning BENGALURU: A remark by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah to a female reporter during a breakfast meeting with deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday drew attention, after he told her she was “missing something in life” for being vegetarian. Siddaramaiah had…
The closed-door meeting at the CM’s residence, which featured a traditional idli-vada-sambar spread BENGALURU: “Being the party president, I know my limits. Nowhere have I made any comments or expressed a difference of opinion with the CM,” said Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar after a much-discussed breakfast meeting with chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday.Speaking…
