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Bengaluru: The Food Safety and Quality Department of Karnataka has issued a statewide ban on the use of liquid nitrogen in food and beverages. This follows earlier bans on the colours used in Gobi Manchuria and Bombay Mithai (cotton candy). The order, initially issued on May 3, restricts the use of liquid nitrogen in the preparation and serving of smoked biscuits, desserts, ice creams, and other foods in hotels and restaurants. The state government has reiterated this announcement to ensure public awareness and compliance. Violations of this order will result in severe penalties, including up to seven years of imprisonment and fines up to Rs 10 lakh. Also Read Bengaluru girl develops hole in stomach due to ‘smoky’ paan with liquid nitrogen Liquid nitrogen is often used for the rapid cooling of food items and in the preparation of smoked biscuits, beer, and ice cream. However, its use poses significant health risks, including damage to the lips, tongue, throat, lungs, and stom

Bengaluru : Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has demanded that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) should investigate Prajwal Revanna’s case thoroughly. He said that Prajwal surrendered to the police legally. “However, the people are demanding that the SIT should conduct the probe in a committed manner,” he said. Also Read Prajwal Revanna taken to hospital for medical examination He said that the case had raised the debate on how the scandal came to light, who wanted to turn it into propaganda, who possessed the pen drive and why selected persons were arrested. “The political intent was clear. As per the law, it is against the law to distribute the pen drives, the SIT should also look into who distributed these pen drives,” Bommai said. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You can also download our app for Android and iOS

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was arrested after completing due process, and further legal procedures will follow. He said the arrest would help the Special Investigation Team formed by the state government to probe cases against the Hassan MP. Arrest on Friday Prajwal was arrested at the early hours of Friday by the SIT, minutes after he arrived from Germany. “Prajwal Revanna landed around 12.40 am -12:50 am from Germany’s Munich. As there was an arrest warrant against him, SIT accordingly arrested him and took him into custody and further legal procedures they will follow today. I’m yet to discuss with our officials,” Parameshwara said. Speaking to reporters here, he said, “As of now, the only information is that he (Prajwal) has come. He has been arrested and according to law, what action should be taken, like — medical examination, presenting him befor

Bengaluru: Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was interrogated after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested him as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Friday. The 33-year-old MP, who arrived from Munich, was taken to the CID office for interrogation, sources in the SIT said. The SIT is also contemplating a potency test on Prajwal. The Special Court for Public Representatives will hear the bail plea of Prajwal and his mother Bhavani Revanna on Friday. Prajwal’s attempt for bail Before reaching Bengaluru from Munich, the Hassan MP had made a last attempt to avoid arrest and had moved the court seeking bail. Prajwal faces three sexual abuse cases, while his mother has sought anticipatory bail in an alleged kidnapping case. Also Read Sex video scandal: Prajwal Revanna brought to SIT office in Bengaluru Though Bhavani is not an accused in the case, SIT has repor

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) officers who arrested the absconding JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, the prime accused in the alleged sex video scandal, have sent him to their office located in the premises of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Friday. Prajwal Revanna was sent to the SIT office in a Bolero vehicle and was made to sit in the middle seat. The woman officers posted with the SIT sat on his either side. Also Read SIT prepared to arrest Prajwal Revanna, says Karnataka Home Minister Barring the driver and one male staffer, all others were women staffers. Sources say that the SIT officers had given the official intimation to Prajwal Revanna. He will spend the night as an accused at the SIT office on Friday. He was arrested from the Bengaluru International Airport soon after his arrival from Munich, Germany, in the wee hours of Friday. Thirty three-year-old Prajwal Revanna was taken into custody by the Central Ind

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated on Thursday that political opponents are performing black magic through ‘Aghoris’ and ‘tantriks’ at a temple in Kerala against him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He added that it is an attempt against their government. Speaking to reporters, Shivakumar said he has credible information that a yagya (special worship) is being conducted by ‘Aghoris’ in an isolated place near the Rajarajeshwari temple in Kerala. “The ritual is underway and is being conducted against me, the CM, and to destabilize the Congress government,” he reiterated. Also Read Karnataka corporation funds redirected to Telangana for poll campaign? The main objective of the yagya is to eliminate enemies, and the ritual is called ‘Raja Kantaka’ and ‘Marana Mohana Stambhana’ yagyas. Those participating in the ritual informed about this development, Shivakumar stated. He said that through the Aghoris, 21 red goats, three buffaloes, 21 black sheep,

Bengaluru : Karnataka Home Minister Dr G. Parameshwara said on Thursday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) will arrest Prajwal Revanna, the JD(S) MP and prime accused in the alleged sex video scandal, immediately upon his arrival at the airport on Friday. Sources stated that Prajwal is expected to board a flight from Munich at 3 p.m. Thursday and will land at Bengaluru International Airport at 12.30 a.m. The agencies are closely coordinating with the airline and authorities to monitor Prajwal’s boarding. Sources also revealed that Prajwal Revanna had booked a business-class air ticket with Lufthansa and had not given his contact number and email ID while booking the ticket. The sources further said that the SIT has found that the video of Prajwal Revanna announcing his return on May 31 was uploaded from Budapest, Hungary. Also Read Sexual abuse videos case: Prajwal Revanna moves anticipatory bail plea Speaking to reporters here, Parameshwara said the SIT has made all ne

Bengaluru: The prime accused in the sex videos case, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, moved an anticipatory bail petition in court on Wednesday. After hearing the plea, the court adjourned the matter to May 31. Earlier, the fugitive MP, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, had announced that he would return to India on May 31. The videos in which Prajwal Revanna can be seen sexually assaulting and abusing various women have taken Karnataka by storm. Prajwal Revanna’s anticipatory bail petition was filed before the Special Court for People’s Representatives. Counsel Arun, who appeared for Prajwal Revanna pleaded with the court to admit the petition and hear it on May 30 and submitted that the MP would land in India on May 31. The counsel said he had received communication in this regard from him via email. The anticipatory bail petition had been submitted in three cases, of which, two cases are registered by the SIT of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

Bengaluru : Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, will be arrested as soon as he arrives at the airport here. The statement comes two days after Prajwal released a video statement promising that he would appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, on May 31. According to official sources, the Hassan MP has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, and is expected to land in the city in the small hours of May 31. Also Read Prajwal Revanna books flight from Munich to Bengaluru, likely to reach on Friday midnight Addressing reporters here, Parameshwara said, “All necessary measures have to be taken, as a warrant has been issued against him (Prajwal). He has to be arrested. SIT is waiting, they will arrest him and will take his statement, and their (SIT) process will start.” Asked if Prajwal would be arr

Bengaluru : Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse charges, has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, official sources said on Wednesday. According to sources in the Special Investigation Team, the 33-year-old grandson of JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda is expected to land in Bengaluru in the small hours of May 31. The SIT is maintaining vigil at the Kempegowda airport here to arrest him as soon as he lands, they said. The MP, who is seeking re-election as the NDA candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, fled to a foreign country as soon as the news broke out that the Karnataka State Commission for Women requested Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to order an investigation into the huge cache of explicit videos showing several women being sexually assaulted allegedly by him. Also Read Karnataka HM welcomes Prajwal’s statement on appearing before SIT So far two cases of sexual assault have been registered against Prajwal. Two days

Aliya Assadi, who spearheaded the protest against hijab ban in Udupi, took a jibe at former BJP MP Raghupathi Bhatt, who was expelled from the party saying, “God will do what He does.” Taking to microbloging site X, Assadi, who led protest against Karnataka Hijab Ban, said, “When I was an expelled student, you earned a degree in the party. Today, I am a law student, and you are the one being expelled. I was able to witness that moment right here in Udupi.” ದೇವನು ತಾನಿಚ್ಚಿಸಿದ್ದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿಯೇ ತೀರುವನು. ವಾರ್ಷಿಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಇನ್ನೇನು 60 ದಿನಗಳಿರುವಾಗ ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ಧರಿಸಿದ ಏಕಮಾತ್ರ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಲೇಜಿನಿಂದ ಹೊರದಬ್ಬಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಸಾಧನೆ ಮಾಡಿ ತೋರಿಸಿದರಲ್ಲವೇ, ಆದರೆ ಇಂದು ಅದೇ ಪಕ್ಷ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಹೊರದಬ್ಬುವ ಆ ಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ನೋಡುವಂತಾಯಿತು.(1/n) — Aliya Assadi (@Aliyassadi) May 28, 2024 She expressed happiness at Bhatt’s expulsion and said, “You kicked me out of college solely for wearing hijab with 60 days left for the annual exam, but I also got to witness the moment when the same party

Bengaluru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday said that around 300 candidates want to contest the Legislative Council elections on the Congress ticket. “It is not possible for us to accommodate all these 300 candidates who come from every segment and region of our state. The party high command will decide on who will fight from which segment,” the Deputy Chief Minister told media persons before leaving for New Delhi to meet the high command. He said that there is demand from all regions to give representation. Also Read Siddaramaiah to leave for Delhi on Tuesday to discuss MLC poll candidates “Some seats have sitting MLCs and others have worked for the party at various levels,” the Deputy Chief Minister said. Earlier, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwar said that the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister should not make all the decisions regarding the selection of the candidates. “We will of cours

The woman who had accused former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa of sexually assaulting her minor daughter died in a hospital in Bengaluru’s Hulimavu on Sunday, May 26. She had left for the hospital along with her daughter, citing weakness, The Newsminute reported. After some time, the daughter was told that her mother had passed away. Her body was taken by her son and brother without conducting an autopsy. Also Read No response from Centre on request to cancel Prajwal’s passport: Karnataka Minister An activist who was working with the woman said, “Three days ago, she had asked to meet a lawyer to take over the case. She was supposed to meet him on Monday and this happened.” On March 14, she filed a complaint at the Sadashivanagar police station under Sections 8 (sexual assault) of POCSO and Section 354A (assaults or uses criminal force to any woman) of the Indian Penal Code. The woman accused Yediryurappa alleging he sexually assaulted her minor child when they had

Bengaluru: Exactly a month after he left the country, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, has said he will appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, on May 31. Terming the cases against him as “false” and part of a “political conspiracy”, he said he had gone into depression. “I will personally come before the SIT on Friday, May 31 at 10 am and cooperate with the investigation and also respond to it (charges). I have faith in the judiciary and I am confident that I will come out of false cases, through court,” Pajwal said in a video statement that is now widely being circulated. There was no independent confirmation from the JD(S) or the family of the suspended party MP immediately over the matter. “Let the blessings of God, people and my family be on me. I will surely appear before SIT on May 31, Friday. After coming, I will try to put an end to all this. Keep faith in me,” he added in his vi

Belagavi: Anger has erupted at the border as the Maharashtra government has halted the natural flow of water from the Rajapur barrage into Karnataka. This move comes after the barrage reached its full capacity due to three to four days of rain in Maharashtra.  In recent days, an additional 2,500 cusecs of water have been flowing into the Krishna River from the Rajapur barrage. However, on Sunday, the Maharashtra government intervened by installing a gate on the barrage, effectively stopping the water from entering Karnataka. The Karnataka government has yet to issue a statement explaining the halt. To ensure the stoppage, the Maharashtra government has stationed personnel from both the Irrigation Department and the Police Department at the site. This measure has led to frustration among the residents of the Krishna River basin in Karnataka, who had been relying on the water for drinking purposes. With the flow now blocked, there is a growing concern that the water level in the Kris

Bengaluru : Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday said the state has not yet got any official response from the Centre regarding its request seeking cancellation of the diplomatic passport of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing women. Taking a dig at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s reported statement that the state government’s request to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal was received only on May 21, he sought to know what happened to the letter sent by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 1. “As far as I know, we have not got any information or letter so far (from the Centre). I have seen that the External Affairs Minister has told the media that they are taking action and in a couple of days they will cancel it (diplomatic passport), but we have not got any written communication on this,” Parameshwara said. Speaking to reporters here, he said the Chief Minister on May 1 wrote a letter to th

A fierce fight broke out between two groups over an alleged financial dispute at the Udupi-Manipal road where one is reportedly injured. Two persons have been arrested so far over the incident. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media platforms showing two Maruti Swift cars and their passengers engaging in violence. In the video, a white car takes a reverse and hits the black car. Passengers from both vehicles come out and attack each other. The white car then moves forward with a ferocious speed, reverses again and aggressively comes at one of the black car’s passengers, hitting him grievously. At the same time, two other passengers of the white car run towards the injured man and attack him further. The black car passengers rush to their injured friend’s help and put him in the vehicle. The one-and-a-half-minute clip ends here. Very bad state of affairs Gang War at Udupi Incident happened recently late night, 2 groups fought on Udupi Manipal Highway near Ku

Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday took a dig at the Centre, a day after the Ministry of External Affairs said the state government’s request to impound the diplomatic passport of absconding Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna was received only on May 21. He sought to know what happened to the letter sent by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April, seeking revocation of the passport of the suspended JDS leader. Reacting to a reported interview of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar that his ministry got the request for cancelling the passport only on May 21, Parameshwara told reporters: “I too saw the media report. If he (S Jaishankar) said so, then it means that the PMO did not inform the Ministry of External Affairs.” “The Chief Minister wrote the letter in April itself and the EAM says he received it on May 21. What happened to the letter in the Prime Minister’s Office? Didn’t it get the value it deserved or did the PMO not infor

Bengaluru: US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has proposed to develop a “QUAD satellite” involving the partnership of India and the US. During his official trip to Bengaluru on Friday, he visited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters and met with Chairman S Somanath and discussed the ongoing cooperation between India and the US in the field of space. In a statement, the space agency said the US Ambassador proposed the development of a “QUAD satellite”. During the meeting, the ISRO chairman pointed to the opportunity to develop advanced detectors and packaging technologies with US-India academic institutions. He also emphasised the importance of building and standardising docking interfaces across human space programs to enable the utilization of space platforms by other countries and joining hands to build a navigation system on the moon, either in orbit or on the surface. Taking to ‘X’, Garcetti on Saturday shared how he was honoured to meet the ISRO Chai

Bengaluru: Three days after a massive crackdown was launched across four states in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested one more accused who is an ex-convict in a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror conspiracy case. According to an official statement issued by the NIA, the arrested person has been identified as Shoaib Ahmed Mirza (35) alias Chhotu, a resident of Hubbali, Karnataka. Also Read Bengaluru cafe blast: NIA grills software engineer and his brother Mirza is the fifth accused to be arrested in connection with the low-intensity blast that rocked the Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru on March 1, injuring at least 10 persons. The NIA investigation has revealed that Mirza was convicted earlier in a LeT terror conspiracy case, and was released from jail later. In 2018, he befriended and introduced accused Abdul Matheen Taha to an online handler suspected to be living abroad. Mirza also provided an e-mail ID for encr

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru city police department faces a significant challenge as 16,296 of its policemen have failed to maintain physical fitness. In response, the department is developing various strategies to help these officers regain their fitness levels. City Police Commissioner B Dayanand cited uncertain working hours, poor diet, extreme stress, and unhealthy lifestyles as primary reasons for this situation. With 15 to 20 per cent of police posts currently vacant, the existing staff is under increased pressure. “Most policemen sacrifice their personal lives for their work, which has also led to mental health issues,” said Dayanand. He elaborated on the demanding nature of police work, which often disregards shift times in cases of accidents, murders, and security duties. Officers frequently consume food provided by event organizers, which is often of poor quality, or resort to instant junk food to stave off hunger. Night shifts and the use of alcohol to relieve stress durin

Bengaluru : More than 30 victims have approached the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged sex videos case involving Prajwal Revanna, JD(S) MP and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, according to sources. However, none of the victims are ready to lodge a police complaint in this regard. The victims are so frightened that even after assurances of protection, they are not coming forward to lodge formal complaints. The SIT officers are contemplating how to move forward in this regard, sources stated. The SIT has established a helpline for victims considering the seriousness of the case. Also Read MEA processing Karnataka govt’s request to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport Meanwhile, the SIT has issued a notice to Ajith, the driver of Bhavani Revanna (Prajwal Revanna’s mother). The officers suspect that Ajith made a video of one of the victims, allegedly kidnapped by JD(S) MLA HD Revanna (Prajwal Revanna’s father), who is forcing her to gi