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Bengaluru: Four people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly running a prostitution racket in spas and a house in the city, police said on Tuesday, April 21. In the same operation carried out by the Women Protection Wing of the Bengaluru Police’s Central Crime Branch (CCB), six women who were allegedly forced into prostitution by the accused were also rescued, they said. According to police, Based on credible information received from informants on various dates, officers and staff of the CCB ‘s Women Protection Wing learned that prostitution activities were being conducted by keeping women in spas located Marathahalli area, near Sunkadakatte as well as in a house in Manjunatha Nagar in the city. Following this, raids were conducted at the identified locations on different dates during which, six women who were allegedly forced/induced into prostitution by the accused were rescued, the Bengaluru Police said in a statement. Also Read Telangana HC grants bail ...

New Delhi: E-commerce firm Meesho has allotted nearly 94.8 lakh equity shares to its eligible employees under the company’s employee stock ownership plan. “We wish to inform you that the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of Meesho Ltd, by way of a circular resolution passed on April 20, 2026, has approved the allotment of 94,79,380 equity shares of face value of Re 1 each to the eligible employees, upon exercise of vested options under the company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) 2024 Plan. The said equity shares shall rank pari-passu with existing equity shares of the company in all respects,” Meesho said in a regulatory filing. Following this allotment, the issued, subscribed, and paid-up equity share capital of the Bengaluru -headquartered company has increased from Rs 456,40,55,196 to Rs 4,57,35,34,576. Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegra...

Bengaluru : The Enforcement Directorate on Monday, April 20 raided the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris, grandson of ex-Union cabinet minister K Rahman Khan and some others in a crypto currency-linked money laundering case , officials said. More than a dozen premises in the city have been covered as part of the action executed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This includes the premises of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA, Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader and ex Union minister in the UPA regime K Rahman Khan and an alleged crypto hacker named Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki, they said. The money laundering case stems from some Karnataka Police FIRs and chargesheets filed in a 2017 case of hacking of national and international websites, stealing of bitcoins and sale of these ‘stolen’ virtual digital assets (VDA) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates. Mo...

Bengaluru: A Fly91 flight from Hyderabad to Hubballi was diverted to Bengaluru due to adverse weather conditions, with airport officials maintaining that all passengers were safe. The incident caused panic among the passengers as the aircraft remained airborne for three-and-half hours on Sunday. Some of the scared passengers were in tears and started praying for their safety. The flight, which departed Hyderabad at around 3 pm, was scheduled to land in Hubballi at about 4.30 pm but was unable to do so due to unfavourable weather, sources said. Due to bad weather, the flight from Hyderabad to Hubballi was diverted to Bengaluru, an airport official said, adding that such diversions are a standard safety measure. Also Read 2 Hyderabad-bound flights diverted to Gannavaram in AP due to fog According to the official, the aircraft hovered over Hubballi for about an hour in anticipation of improvement in weather conditions before being diverted. “This is general practice. Aircraft c...

Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) MP Tejasvi Surya on Sunday, April 19, called the Congress “a party of illiterates” amid the uproar over his recent speech comparing the bifurcation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to India-Pakistan partition. “I really feel the Congress party is a party of illiterates. They should go and listen to what I have said and try to understand it. The sentences I have spoken are simple. I do not want to justify or glorify their ignorance with a response. I want the Congress party to try to understand what I have said. The Congress party is either deliberately ignorant or suffers from deliberate ignorance,” he told reporters. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Sunday called the Congress "a party of illiterates" amid the uproar over his recent speech comparing the bifurcation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to India-Pakistan partition. "I really feel the Congress party is a party of illiterates. They should go… pic.twitter.com/IMSoTX3ohl —...

Bengaluru: David Miller sort of redeemed himself with two last-over sixes after KL Rahul made a 57 rooted in classicism and Tristan Stubbs produced an equally chic 60 as Delhi Capitals edged Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by six wickets in their IPL 2026 match on Saturday. Considering the slow nature of this particular Chinnaswamy strip and the quality in RCB bowling ranks, the chase of 176 was never going to be straightforward. Miller (22 not out 10b) could not take Delhi home in the outing against Gujarat Titans when they needed two off 2 balls, inviting sharp criticism. However, he did not make any mistake today, hammered Romario Shepherd for two huge sixes as DC, who needed 15 runs off the last over, scampered home and RCB crashed to their second defeat of the season. DC found saviours at various times in Rahul (57, 34b), Stubbs (60 not out, 47b) and Axar Patel (24 retired hurt) to make 179 for four, ending a two-match losing streak. Rahul played an innings of rare qual...

New Delhi: India’s three major southern cities, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, saw a 58 per cent increase in leasing of industrial and warehousing spaces during the January-March period on better demand, according to Colliers. Real estate consultant Colliers India data showed that the leasing of industrial and warehousing spaces in these three cities stood at 4.9 million sq ft in January-March this year from 3.1 million sq ft in the year-ago period. Third-party logistics firms, e-commerce entities and light manufacturing companies are major demand drivers. As per the data, the leasing of industrial and warehousing spaces in Bengaluru more than doubled to 1.7 million square feet from 0.8 million square feet. In Chennai, the leasing activities grew 15 per cent to 2.3 million square feet from 2 million sq ft and jumped threefold in Hyderabad to 0.9 million square feet from 0.3 million sq ft. Colliers India said leasing grew 22 per cent to 11 million sq ft in January-March acro...

Bengaluru: A representative body of Ulema (Islamic religious scholars) in Karnataka on Thursday, April 16, expressed dissatisfaction over recent political developments surrounding the Davanagere Assembly by-election and raised concerns about the representation of the minority community. The statement came after MLC Naseer Ahmed was removed as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s political secretary, while another MLC, Abdul Jabbar, was expelled from the party days after Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar , who is also the Congress state president, accepted his resignation as the party’s minority cell chief in the state. The CM is said to have reprimanded Housing, Minority Welfare, and Waqf Minister, BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, for not campaigning in the Davanagere Assembly by-election, where the party fielded Samarth Shamanur, the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa, whose death necessitated the bypoll. VIDEO | Bengaluru: “Congress should have given Davanagere South constituency ticket ...

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, April 14, urged his counterparts from other southern states and the Union Territory of Puducherry to unitedly resist the Centre’s moves to push a ‘pro rata model’ to increase Lok Sabha seats, saying this would be highly detrimental and inimical to the interests of southern states. Revanth Reddy wrote separate letters to the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy sharing his deep concern regarding the proposed move to increase number of Lok Sabha seats, using the pro rata method, saying that this has far-reaching implications for the federal balance of the country. He emphasised the growing need for collective engagement among southern states and all like-minded states to ensure that our concerns are articulated effectively at the national level. The Te...

Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based construction firm was allegedly duped out of Rs 4 crore by a man posing as the corporate social responsibility executive for Infosys Technologies in Bengaluru . A complaint regarding this matter was submitted to the Central Crime Station (CCS) of Hyderabad, local reports stated. The complainant, Mohd Khaja Naseeruddin, a representative of the construction firm, first met the accused, Gagan Deep N, at the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) office. There, the accused claimed to have links with Karnataka ministers and said that Infosys had undertaken infrastructure development for new school buildings in rural Karnataka. He offered Naseeruddin a Rs 150 crore contract for the project and arranged a field visit to nearly 30 government schools in Karnataka in May 2025. Also Read Folk singer Mangli booked for Rs 10 crore investment scam, threats Naseeruddin accepted the deal and remitted Rs 3 crore as Earnest Money Deposit (E...

Bengaluru: Voting was underway for bypolls to two Assembly segments–Bagalkot and Davanagere South in Karnataka on Thursday, April 9. The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Counting of votes will be taken up on May 4. Although the outcome of these by-elections is unlikely to have an immediate impact on state politics, the contest is seen as a matter of prestige for both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. While the Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP is aiming to wrest them and deliver a setback to the ruling party, which is currently witnessing an “internal power struggle” over leadership. Over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes in 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray. In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchsie across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting. Elaborate ...

Bengaluru : The Karnataka High Court has directed to re-verify the 279 rejected postal ballots polled in Sringeri Assembly constituency during the 2023 election. The court has also said that the Returning Officer (RO), depending on the outcome of the re-verification, will have to undertake recounting of the postal ballots and announce the results. Also Read Gym trainer attacked in Karnataka, police dismiss claims of ‘love jihad’ Justice R Nataraj on Monday passed this order, hearing the election petition filed by BJP ‘s defeated candidate D N Jeevaraj, who challenged the election of Congress ‘s T D Rajegowda, who won by 201 votes. The court, however, has granted a stay for two weeks on this order, on the request from Rajegowda’s advocate to enable him to challenge the same before the Supreme Court . Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News , Technology , Entertainment , Sports , Politics and Top Stories on WhatsApp & Telegram by subscribing to our channels. You c...

Hubballi: A 23-year-old Muslim gym trainer was allegedly assaulted on Friday, April 3, after being taken away by a group following a confrontation linked to his relationship with a girl here, police said. The incident occurred within the limits of the Old Hubballi police station. The youth, identified as Sameer Mulla, sustained injuries in the assault and is undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said. Police dismiss ‘love jihad’ allegations City Police Commissioner N Shashikumar said the incident stemmed from a personal dispute between two families and was not related to “love jihad,” as alleged by certain groups. Speaking to the media, he said the incident took place between 8 am and 9 am, when a group of people went to the youth’s house, leading to a confrontation. During the altercation, the youth was taken away and later brought to a police station. “It was found that the issue was related to a relationship between the youth and a girl. The girl’s family members had co...

Hyderabad: The Department of Anthropology at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has joined a global collaborative project to address mental health issues among farmers and farm workers in India caused by climate change and heat exposure. Titled “TOLAKARI” – transformation of lived experience and knowledge of heat, agriculture, and depression in India – the global project aims to understand the reasons behind heat-related mental health issues among Indian farmers , the university said in a release on Thursday, April 2. Through its research findings, TOLAKARI also aims to co-design a community-owned intervention to address the mental health issues and provide support. Farmers are one of the most vulnerable communities to heat exposure and depression, since extreme heat can reduce overall yield, lower income and potentially increase the risk of depression as a result. Also Read UoH partners with Telangana govt for advanced research on census data With studies to date mainly focu...

Bengaluru : A 29-year-old tech professional has allegedly died by suicide after her 11-month-old son was suspected to have accidentally drowned in a bucket of water at their residence here, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on April 1 within the limits of the Chandra layout Police Station , they said. Police said a letter written in English by the woman was found near the bed, in which she stated that their son had fallen into water and died and that she could not save him, and sought forgiveness. The matter came to light after the woman’s husband, Mahantesh Wali, an engineer, filed a complaint with the police, officials said. The couple had been living in a rented house for the past four years, and they had a 11-month-old son, Agasthya, they added. Also Read Man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Prayagraj According to the complaint, Pratibha Wali was employed at a tech company near Silk Board and had been working from home. On April 1, ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka government on Wednesday, April 1, launched an awareness campaign for Census 2027 Self Enumeration, urging citizens to complete their details online and cooperate fully with enumerators during the upcoming house listing operations. The Self Enumeration process will be open from April 1 to April 15, 2026, enabling residents to submit their Census details through the official portal, a statement issued by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Office said. The campaign highlights a simple digital process, including login through mobile number and OTP, selecting a location, marking the house on the map, filling in household details, and generating a Self Enumeration reference ID. Alongside the announcement, the CMO released an animation video featuring two characters, Pragati and Vikas, depicted as Census enumerators, who appeal to citizens to provide information willingly and accurately. In the video, the characters say, “We are Pragati and Vikas, and we stand for Progre...