Category: BANGALURU

A major fire broke out on the fourth floor of a building gutting a pub in the upscale Koramangala locality of Bengaluru on Wednesday, police said. However, no casualties have been reported in the incident so far.

With another victim succumbing to his burn injuries, the death toll in the tragic firecracker incident which occurred in Attibele on the outskirts of Bengaluru increased to 17 on Wednesday.

Sources said the raids were conducted at the residence located in Kasavanahalli locality. The industrialist is associated with two companies and she is holding the position of the managing director and director in the companies.

The Karnataka government on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of 13 people who were charred to death after a fire broke out at a firecracker shop-cum-godown in the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Fourteen persons have escaped miraculously from the shop, located at Attibele in Anekal Taluk, before the fire engulfed it. Emergency services along with fire tenders rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire.

At least 20 activists were detained at the Bengaluru airport on Friday for trying to force their way inside while raising slogans in support of the Karnataka bandh over the Cauvery water issue.

The Income Tax (I-T) department on Wednesday initiated raids at more than ten corporate companies here for allegedly evading taxes and submitting wrong inputs.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has given directions to the state police authorities to ensure peace and law and order in Bengaluru on Tuesday in the view of the bandh call given by various organisations opposing the release of water to Tamil Nadu.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda said on Thursday that the special wing CCB sleuths, who are investigating the BJP MLA ticket scam, have seized Rs 2 crore worth valuables, gold jewellery, and Rs 76 lakh in cash.

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It was alleged that Sasikala, former AIADMK general secretary, had given Rs 2 crore bribe to officers to avail special benefits inside the prison. It was also alleged that Sasikala and Ilavarasi had gone out for shopping from the jail.

It is alleged that when Madhuri went to file a complaint to the Channapatna Rural police station regarding a financial dispute, the cops had not lodged her complaint. The victim had alleged that the cops insulted her at the police station.

The video of a rape accused making an escape after jumping the 40 feet tall prison wall has gone viral on social media in Karnataka. However, the police has nabbed the accused and sent him back to the prison.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while describing the efforts that were channelled towards the success of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, on Saturday stated that the scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had built an artificial Moon at the worksite for experimentation.

With the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission, India will emerge as a global leader in space technology and giant strides in the field will help the country emerge as a modern, developed nation by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday.

While the Chandrayaan-2 landing failure spot will be called “Tiranga point", the day of touchdown of the Vikram Lander on the Moon (August 23) will be celebrated as the “National Space Day” in the country, he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on Saturday to meet and congratulate the scientists of the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) on the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.

After about two hours into its arrival at the Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) train station in Bengaluru, a fire erupted on board the Udyan Express on Saturday, railway officials said.

The country’s first 3D-printed post office was inaugurated in Bengaluru on Friday by Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The Congress-ruled Karnataka government on Monday declared that it would scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) of the previous BJP government from the next academic year.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will do this even in case of engine failure.

The ongoing investigation into the case of a software professional from Andhra Pradesh killing his wife and two daughters and then committing suicide in Bengaluru has revealed shocking facts.

When the girl came back to the house in the evening, she complained of stomach ache to her parents. The mother observed bleeding in the undergarment, took her to a hospital and got her treated.

For the first time since assuming charge as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi.

In a major decision, the Karnataka High Court has ruled that national security is paramount over public interest. The court quashed a tender awarded by the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to a private company having links with a Chinese firm and declared the awarding of tender as invalid.