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Bengaluru : In a second similar incident in Karnataka, an elderly man tested positive for COVID-19 has died at a hospital in Belagavi district, a senior official in health department said. Harsh Gupta, Principal Secretary, Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare department confirmed the death. According to health department sources, the 70-year-old patient, a resident of Benakanahalli village in Belagavi , died late Wednesday night, after being tested positive for Covid-19 in the morning. Also Read Kerala tops India’s COVID-19 active cases in latest rise He was allegedly suffering from age-related diseases and was admitted to Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences District Hospital for treatment. When the Covid test was positive, he was immediately shifted to the Covid ward, added the sources. On May 17, an 84-year-old-man with severe comorbidities died at a private hospital in Whitefield, Bengaluru and his Covid-19 test results came positive after his death. The health departme...

Bengaluru: A 36-year-old man, who became a thief allegedly to take care of his three wives and nine children, has been arrested in Bengaluru, a police officer said on Thursday. Police recovered 188 grams of gold ornaments, 550 grams of silver ornaments and Rs 1,500 in cash from Babajaan, he added. A case has been registered at the Electronic City police station in Bengaluru. “With the arrest, we have solved eight theft cases,” the officer told PTI. Also Read From real estate to Zomato delivery agent: Story of hope, resilience “It’s difficult for him to maintain the family. So he became a thief. This is how it appears prima facie,” he added. According to him, his wives are in Shikaripalya near Anekal on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Chikkaballapura and Srirangapatna. “He is in contact with all the three wives and nine children and he is one who is taking care of all of them. He has become a professional thief,” the officer said. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , ...

Kadapa: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday clarified that he had never proposed to the Centre to shift Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a TDP meeting, Naidu said that neither he nor his party ever intended to shift HAL from the neighbouring state to Andhra Pradesh. “Some people in Karnataka say that I requested (the Centre) to shift HAL from Bangalore. I never indulge in such activities. It is not in my history. Telugu Desam Party never intended to get projects from other states and thereby get a bad image,” Naidu said. Also Read AP: Goods train derails in Visakhapatnam, restoration underway He further said the Lepakshi area in Anantapur District is suitable for the aerospace industry, including aircraft manufacturing-both civil and defence. Referring to reports of Naidu requesting the Centre to shift some plants of HAL to Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday “questione...

Bengaluru : In the wake of heavy rains lashing various parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed district in-charge ministers and secretaries to immediately visit rain and flood-affected areas to assess the situation and oversee relief operations. The Chief Minister issued the directive after receiving reports from officials detailing the extent of damage caused by the inclement weather. He stressed the need for swift precautionary measures and on-ground coordination to minimise further risk and ensure timely assistance to affected residents. District in-charge ministers and secretaries have been instructed to promptly inspect severely affected areas and conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage. Deputy Commissioners and district-level officials have also been asked to remain on high alert and carry out relief and rehabilitation work on a war footing. To streamline efforts and ensure effective coordination, Siddaramaiah has instructed the Chief Se...

Bengaluru: Amazon India, launching the second phase of its women’s health initiative on Monday, estimates it will reach 2 lakh women and girls by 2025. The initiative addresses period poverty through locally manufactured sanitary products, education, and entrepreneurship opportunities, a press release said. At the launch event held at Singahalli Community Centre in Bengaluru, Karuna Shanker Pande, Vice President of Amazon Logistics, India, said, “This initiative goes beyond hygiene—it fuels economic opportunity, dismantles long-standing taboos, and builds local leadership. From access to action, we are enabling women to lead change for themselves and for generations to come.” Also Read US: Boy orders 70000 lollipops worth Rs 3.5 L from mother’s phone Amazon is currently operating four sanitary napkin manufacturing facilities in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, and has already reached more than 50,000 women and girls from underserved communities across 130 villages an...

Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader and chief whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, N Ravikumar, made an insulting remark at a Muslim IAS female officer during a recent protest rally on May 24 as part of the party’s ‘Kalaburagi Chalo’ campaign. A video emerged on Monday, May 26, showing Ravikumar allegedlly remarking that the district collector of Kalaburagi, Fauzia Tarannum, “came from Pakistan.” “The Kalaburagi DC (district collector) office has also lost its independence. The DC madam is also listening to what they [Congress] say. I don’t know whether the DC has come from Pakistan or is an IAS officer here,” Ravikumar says in the video. BJP leader and chief whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, N Ravikumar, made insulting remarks at an IAS female officer during a recent protest rally as part of the party's 'Kalaburagi Chalo’ campaign. Ravikumar allegedly remarked that the district… pic.twitter.com/POZ5DSRqH9 — The Sias...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to list for hearing on Tuesday a plea of the Karnataka government challenging grant of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to the legal heirs of the erstwhile Mysore royal family in connection with the acquisition of 15 acres of Bangalore Palace Grounds. Initially, a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal , appearing for the state government, as to how it can review the order passed by another bench. On May 22, another bench comprising Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar had directed the Karnataka government to issue TDR certificates worth Rs 3,011 crore to the royal heirs in a contempt proceeding. However, the senior lawyer said the TDR provision, introduced through a 2004 amendment to the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, cannot be applied retrospectively to land acquired in 1996 under the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act. Also Re...

Bengaluru : The Congress government in Karnataka has decided to initiate a defamation case against the state BJP for allegedly indulging in false propaganda about its performance. The government in an official notification issued on Sunday has cited, alleged misinformation, distortion and lies by BJP through its campaign in visual media and print media under the title — “charge sheet about two years failure of the state government”. Opposition BJP has termed the move as the beginning of the second chapter of emergency in Karnataka . Also Read BJP slams Siddaramaiah for skipping NITI Aayog meeting The notification said, the government has decided to file a defamation case in Bengaluru’s 42nd Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in this regard, and the Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) has been authorised to file a complaint. Government prosecutors B S Patil from the 67th City Civil and Sessions Court and Shailaja Nayak from the 61st City Civil a...

Bengaluru : Slamming Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for not attending the 10th meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council in New Delhi, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Sunday said that Karnataka deserves better. State BJP President B Y Vijayendra termed the CM’s absence as a deliberate withdrawal from opportunities that could shape Karnataka’s future, as he accused Siddaramaiah of being desperate to cling to a slipping chair, and being more focused on appeasing the Congress high command. Sources close to the CM have cited a “prior engagement” in the state as the reason for Siddaramaiah skipping the meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, and said that he had sent his speech to be read out at the council. Also Read Siddaramaiah must apologize for sacred thread ban into CET exam halls: BJP They had clarified that the Chief Minister did not boycott the meeting. “The Congress government in Karnataka, unable to hide its complete lack of development work, keeps harping abou...

New Delhi: Backing the Karnataka government’s decision to rename Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’, SP Maharashtra chief Abu Asim Azmi said there was “nothing wrong” with the move and took a swipe at name changes in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that only Muslim names were being deliberately altered in the northern state. “There is no hate in this name. In UP and other places, including Maharashtra, Muslim names were deliberately changed. If Karnataka has renamed Ramanagara to Bengaluru South, what’s wrong with it? Many names have been changed similarly in Mumbai without targeting any particular religion. I don’t think this is anything different,” Azmi told IANS. Also Read Karnataka govt to rename Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South Azmi’s remarks came shortly after the Karnataka government formally issued a notification renaming Ramanagara district to ‘Bengaluru South’. The state’s Revenue Department said Ramanagara city will continue to serve as the district headquarters u...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the renaming of neighbouring Ramanagara district as ‘Bengaluru South’. Ramanagara, about 50 kms from here, will remain as the headquarters of the renamed district, which will also consist of Magadi, Kanakapura, Channapatna and Harohalli taluks. “We have checked the rules, regulations and acts and amendments. Ramanagara was originally a Bengaluru district, today in the cabinet it was decided to name it as the Bengaluru South district. Order regarding this will be issued. This is happy news for the Bengaluru South district,” Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said. Also Read Rahul to visit Poonch to meet families bereaved during shelling by Pakistan Speaking to reporters, he said, there will be no change in Ramanagara functioning as the headquarters of the district, and it will continue. “Notification will be issued and the necessary process will follow. There will be no financial implication from this decision… all land rec...

Bengaluru : In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted a stay on all FIRs filed against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in connection with allegations made by the Indian National Congress (INC). The FIRs, which stemmed from claims that Congress had an office in Turkey and posts suggesting Rahul Gandhi and Pakistan were “speaking the same language”, have been put on hold following serious legal contentions raised in court. The matter took a dramatic turn when Senior Advocate Aruna Shyam, appearing for the accused, informed the court of alleged procedural misconduct by the investigating authorities. He revealed that while the original FIR was registered under IPC Section 352 (a bailable offence concerning assault or use of criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation), the notice served to the accused cited IPC Section 353 (a non-bailable offence pertaining to assault on a public servant). Shyam alle...

Bengaluru: In a shocker to women who travel via public transport, an Instagram page with photos of young women and girls, travelling on the Bengaluru metro and moving around the stations surfaced on Wednesday, May 21. The Instagram account ‘Bangalore Metro Chicks’ with over 5000 followers published objectionable and vulgar photos of women commuters on the Bengaluru Metro online, police said. People have appealed to the police to register cases against all those following the page. In a social media appeal, the whistleblower urged the Bengaluru police and the police commissioner to take action against the person responsible. Also Read Heavy rains with strong winds lash Hyderabad The matter has been brought to the attention of the Bengaluru police, and citizens, expressing outrage over the violation of women’s privacy, have demanded action against the accused. A hunt has been launched since. “There is a pervert travelling in Bengaluru Metro trains, secretly capturing videos of...

London: Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London. Mushtaq described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize on Tuesday night at a ceremony at Tate Modern along with her translator Deepa Bhasthi, who translated the title from Kannada to English. 12 short stories of women The winning collection of 12 short stories chronicles the resilience, resistance, wit, and sisterhood of everyday women in patriarchal communities in southern India, vividly brought to life through a rich tradition of oral storytelling. Shortlisted among six worldwide titles, Mushtaq’s work appealed to the judges for its “witty, vivid, colloquial, moving and excoriating” style of capturing portraits of family and community tensions. “This book was born from the belief that no story is ever small, that in the tapestry of human experience every thread hold...

Hyderabad: Telangana deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka has stated that supplying electricity through underground lines will be beneficial in densely populated urban areas, especially in the upcoming Future City project on the outskirts of Hyderabad. On Tuesday, May 21, Bhatti Vikramarka, along with Telangana Transco and Discom CMDs Krishna Bhaskar and Musharraf Ali, visited Bengaluru to study the underground power supply system. They first held discussions with officials from Karnataka’s electricity departments regarding the construction of these lines. Later, they toured the city to observe the system firsthand. During the study tour, the team inquired with local engineers about various aspects of the project, including bank loans taken for construction, technical challenges, profitability, and potential hazards. Today, we visited Bengaluru to study BESCOM’s innovative underground power infrastructure model — a benchmark in urban power transformation. 💡 Key Learning...

Belagavi: A 27-year-old woman was “strangled to death” by her in-laws, who then attempted to pass it off as an accident to mislead investigators, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on May 17 in Malabad village of Athani taluk, Belagavi district, they added. The deceased, Renuka, was married to Santosh Honakande, a software engineer. Santosh, his father Kamanna, and mother Jayashree have all been arrested in connection with the murder, police said. Also Read Heavy downpour sinks Bengaluru; oppn tears into govt on city infra According to the investigation, Renuka was unable to conceive, following which Santosh married another woman who is now pregnant. Despite being asked to leave, Renuka continued to live in the same house. Her in-laws and husband allegedly conspired to kill her. Terming it a “ghastly incident,” Belagavi Superintendent of Police (SP) Bheemashankar Guled said the police initially received a call from the father-in-law claiming that Renuka had died...

Bengaluru : Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arrived at Jindal Vijayanagara Airport in Karnataka’s Ballary district on Tuesday to participate in the state government’s second anniversary celebration programme. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed Rahul Gandhi and Kharge at the airport, and the party’s General Secretary and Karnataka In-Charge, Randeep Singh Surjewala, was also present. The mega event, ‘Sadhana Samavesha’, is scheduled to be held at Hospet town in Vijayanagara district, located in the northern Karnataka region. Also Read Operation Sindoor: Rahul targets Jaishankar, says his silence is ‘damning’ CM Siddaramaiah said, “In the last Assembly elections , over seven crore Kannadigas placed their trust in us and blessed us with their votes. Honouring that trust and staying true to our promises, we have implemented the guarantee schemes along with development initiatives. Today marks two years of th...

Bengaluru: Unusually heavy overnight rains pounding Bengaluru brought the country’s IT capital to its knees on Monday, with the monsoon-time scenes of inundation, people wading through water and evacuation by inflatables playing out on the streets of this cosmopolitan city. A 35 year-old woman died after a rain-soaked wall collapsed on her, while uprooted trees added to the woes of the people and the administration. Opposition BJP mounted an offensive against the ruling Congress, alleging that the crores of rupees spent over the last two years on the city’s infrastructure have yielded no results. It attacked Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru in-charge D K Shivakumar for the state of affairs, even as the latter admitted Bengaluru’s problems were not new but that the government was now working for a long-term fix. Also Read iPhone shipments likely to begin in June from Foxconn’s Bengaluru unit Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the downpour was “unexpected,” and that he has in...

New Delhi: Taiwanese electronics manufacturing major Foxconn’s facility in Bengaluru is nearly ready for launch, with commercial iPhone shipments expected to begin as early as June, Karnataka Minister for Commerce and Industries, MB Patil, said on Saturday. The country is now achieving “Make in India” at a global scale, as reports suggest that tech giant Apple may shift the entire assembly of iPhones meant for the US to India by next year. According to Patil, “Foxconn’s unit at Devanahalli ITIR is nearly ready for launch, with commercial iPhone shipments expected to begin as early as June”. Also Read RBI imposes over Rs 1.66 lakh penalty on Union Bank of India In a post on X social media platform, he said that this is not just a manufacturing milestone. “It marks a strategic shift. With rising geopolitical and tariff pressures, India is fast becoming Apple’s preferred production hub. This development strengthens Karnataka’s position in global manufacturing and opens the door...

Bengaluru: The Bangalore Wholesale Cloth Merchants Association (BWCMA) has decided to cease all import and export of textiles to and from Turkey and Azerbaijan, with immediate effect, citing their recent “support” for Pakistan in the wake of ‘Operation Sindoor’. The BWCMA have declared their unanimous decision in this regard. “This collective action has been taken after careful deliberation and in alignment with our commitment to ethical business practices, national sentiment, and the interests of our trade community. As responsible stakeholders in the textile trade sector, we believe it is essential to take principled stands when necessary,” BWCMA President Prakash Pirgal said in a statement. “Accordingly, all our members have agreed to: halt all current and future import of textile goods from Turkey and Azerbaijan, cease all ongoing or planned export activities to these nations, and refrain from engaging in any indirect trade through intermediaries or third-party countries that ...