Bengaluru airport and schools receive hoax bomb threats; FIR registered

Bengaluru airport and schools receive hoax bomb threats; FIR registered

Several schools and Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru recently received emails with bomb threats that were found to be hoaxes upon investigation. On June 13, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which oversees security at Bengaluru airport, received a threat email from chitrakalas_gopalan@outlook.com. The message, claiming to be from “Madras Tigers,” warned of “Human … Read more

Witness in murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh complains of receiving threat call ahead of court appearance

Witness in murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh complains of receiving threat call ahead of court appearance

A panchnama witness involved in the identification of a house in the Belagavi region of Karnataka that was allegedly used to finalise the conspiracy to kill the journalist Gauri Lankesh has complained of receiving a threat ahead of his visit to a special court in Bengaluru to testify in the trial of 17 persons arrested … Read more

Karnataka Bhovi Corporation scam: ED attaches former officials’ property worth Rs 26 crore

Karnataka Bhovi Corporation scam: ED attaches former officials’ property worth Rs 26 crore

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 26.27 crore in the Karnataka Bhovi Development Corporation (KBDC) scam case. The properties belong to former KBDC general manager B K Nagarajappa, former managing director R Leelavathy, and others. The attachment was made as part of ongoing investigations into alleged financial irregularities within the corporation. The … Read more

Bengaluru rain: Siddaramaiah announces Rs 5 lakh for kin of woman who died in wall collapse

Bengaluru rain: Siddaramaiah announces Rs 5 lakh for kin of woman who died in wall collapse

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday announced Rs 5 lakh in compensation for the relatives of a woman who died in a flood-related incident in Bengaluru. Shashikala, a 35-year-old housekeeping employee, died after the compound wall of the IT firm she worked at collapsed on her following heavy rain. Siddaramaiah announced this as he and … Read more

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders crackdown on fake news, statewide mock drills

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders crackdown on fake news, statewide mock drills

Hours before the ceasefire announcement by India and Pakistan, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Saturday issued directives to curb the spread of fake news and bolster security across the state, given the then prevailing situation. In a high-level meeting with state government officials, CM Siddaramaiah underscored the need to maintain law and order, stating, “Nothing is … Read more

BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for ‘provocative’ speech days after communal tensions erupt in coastal Karnataka districts

BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for ‘provocative’ speech days after communal tensions erupt in coastal Karnataka districts

BJP MLA Harish Poonja has been booked on Sunday for making an alleged provocative speech in the communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district. Poonja, a two-time MLA from Belthangady constituency in the district, made the alleged provocative remark at the renovation ceremony of a temple in Thekkaru, located around 50 km from Mangaluru. The MLA, in … Read more

Victim records statement as trial begins in first of 4 rape cases against former MP Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru court

Victim records statement as trial begins in first of 4 rape cases against former MP Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru court

The trial of former member of Parliament Prajwal Revanna, in one of the four rape cases registered against him in 2024, got underway on Friday with the recording of the statement of the rape victim in a special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru. The statement of the victim, who worked as a domestic help … Read more