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Bengaluru : In an effort to address recurring technical failures, BMRCL has drawn up plans for a comprehensive overhaul of 57 Namma Metro trains operating on the Purple and Green lines. Each of these trains has completed 10 lakh kilometres, making detailed inspections and component replacement necessary. The maintenance drive will focus on identifying worn-out equipment, repairing faulty systems and replacing parts wherever required. Technical snags have affected some older trains during service, occasionally leaving them stranded on the tracks and inconveniencing passengers. Namma Metro ‘s initial operations began in 2011 with five trains on the Purple Line between MG Road and Baiyappanahalli. The fleet has since grown, with 57 trains currently serving the Purple and Green corridors. BMRCL has ordered 21 new trains to strengthen capacity and accommodate passenger demand. Four have already arrived, while 17 are yet to be delivered. The corporation intends to commenc...

Bengaluru : The BJP-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance has swept all four Karnataka Legislative Council seats in the teachers’ and graduates’ constituencies, dealing a significant political setback to the ruling Congress. The BJP won three seats, while the JD(S), backed by the BJP, secured the Bengaluru Teachers’ constituency, leaving the Congress without a victory in any of the four contests. The results provide fresh ammunition to the Opposition to target the Congress government and strengthen the BJP-JD(S) alliance’s claim that the ruling party is losing support among key sections of the electorate. In the Bengaluru Teachers’ constituency, JD(S) candidate A.P. Ranganath defeated sitting Congress MLC Puttanna by 908 votes . Ranganath secured 10,810 votes against Puttanna’s 9,902. Although Puttanna led in the first round of counting, Ranganath moved ahead in the second and third rounds to secure victory. After receiving his election certificate from returning officer Aditya ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka’s final electoral roll, released on Tuesday, October 27, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), has recorded a steep decline in the number of registered voters, with 99.32 lakh names excluded from the list. The state’s electorate has dropped from 5.54 crore before the revision to 4.55 crore in the final list. The scale of the reduction is expected to intensify discussion about the verification process and its impact on eligible voters. The SIR exercise began on June 30. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) carried out door-to-door verification to check voter details and identify entries requiring correction or removal. The revised roll contains approximately 2.29 crore women voters, compared with 2.25 crore men. Women therefore constitute the larger group among those retained on the electoral rolls. The list also includes over 6.83 lakh young voters aged 18-19 and 2,841 third-gender voters. As part of the exercise, 43.82 lakh notices were issued ove...

Bengaluru : A late-night road-rage dispute near Electronics City ended in tragedy when a 25-year-old chef was allegedly dragged for around 150 metres beneath a car and later died of his injuries. Police have arrested three suspects, while a search is under way for the vehicle’s owner. Ranjith Kumar Sahu, who worked as a cook at a paying guest accommodation in BTM Layout, had travelled to Electronics City on October 21 to meet friends during the Dasara celebrations . The incident occurred at about 1.50 am when Sahu and his friends were near a road crossing. According to the police , a Maruti Swift Dzire allegedly passed dangerously close to the group. When the youths questioned the occupants, an argument broke out. The dispute reportedly escalated into a physical confrontation. The occupants then allegedly attempted to flee in the car, during which Sahu became caught beneath the vehicle. He was dragged along the road for nearly 150 metres, sustaining severe injuries. ...

Istanbul:  The pitch almost always began with USD 250. Put that in and watch it grow, the caller would say. For many investors in India who picked up the phone, it was the first step into a scheme that did not let go until their savings were gone, two people who worked inside the fraud said. Both moved from Pakistan to Istanbul for academics. One is a computer science graduate who worked in the industry for about two years. The other a political science student who spent a few weeks there and backed off soon after. Both worked at call centres of the kind Turkish authorities now link to an international forex and cryptocurrency fraud network with Israeli connections.  They spoke to  Saisat.com  on condition of anonymity on how the scam worked. We are using the names Mike and Neha to refer them in the article. Their accounts come a little over a month after one of Turkey’s biggest crackdowns on such operations. On September 18, Justice Minister Akın ...

Bengaluru: A police search at the residence of Janata Dal (Secular) worker Mohan Gowda in Byadarahalli, Bengaluru, in connection with the alleged sting operation involving former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took an unexpected turn after a woman police inspector found that her gold bracelet was missing. The police team had visited Mohan Gowda’s residence with a court-issued search warrant as part of the investigation. Inspectors Mukharam and Kavitha, along with other personnel, were involved in the operation. Scuffle between police and Gowda’s wife According to the complaint, a confrontation broke out when police attempted to seize a mobile phone for investigation. Mohan Gowda’s wife, Pavithra, and another woman identified as her friend allegedly refused to cooperate with the search. An argument reportedly escalated into a scuffle between Inspector Kavitha and Pavithra when the latter allegedly refused to hand over the phone. During the altercation, a gold bra...