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Bengaluru: The Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office has rejected media reports claiming that Bharat Ratna awardee and renowned scientist Prof CNR Rao was served a notice over a discrepancy in his name in the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The election authorities clarified that neither Prof Rao nor any member of his family was issued a notice in connection with the discrepancy. The clarification came following reports published under the headline “SIR: Bharat Ratna CNR Rao gets notice over name discrepancy,” which the authorities said contained information contrary to facts. According to the official clarification, Prof Rao is enrolled as a voter in Part no 59 of the 157-Malleswaram Assembly constituency. During the SIR exercise, officials noticed a difference between the name appearing in the current draft electoral roll and the 2002 electoral roll. No Notice Served to Bharat Ratna C.N.R. Rao Over Voter List Discrepanc...

Bengaluru : The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday, September 9, carried out a search at the Bengaluru residence of Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi, escalating its investigation into suspected financial irregularities linked to the state excise department. The ED team reached Jarkiholi’s house in Dollars Colony early in the morning on September 9 and entered the premises to conduct a detailed search. Two vehicles were used by the officials who arrived at the residence. Security arrangements were also strengthened in the area during the operation. The development assumes significance as the agency had in June searched multiple premises linked to Y. Manjunath, an excise official who is also related to Jarkiholi. Those searches were carried out in Bengaluru, Belagavi, Mysuru and Athani as part of a probe into alleged corruption in the granting of bar licences. Investigators are now understood to be examining whether the financial trail in the excise-related case ex...

Bengaluru: Karnataka is considering legal action against a Cauvery Water Management Authority directive to release 6,000 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days. The order has come as Karnataka grapples with reduced inflows into its Cauvery reservoirs. The state government had requested that the release be brought down to 2,000 cusecs from 9,000 cusecs, citing the decline in inflows and the need to safeguard drinking water supplies. However, the Karnataka government’s request was rejected. Tamil Nadu had, meanwhile, pressed for additional water. Agriculture and District In-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy expressed strong opposition to the decision and said the state could not accept the order under the prevailing circumstances. “The situation in Karnataka is extremely difficult. The inflow into our reservoirs has been falling since last week. Releasing 6,000 cusecs is not possible,” Cheluvarayaswamy said. He said authorities in Delhi could no...

Bengaluru : Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar made a surprise visit to the Yeshwanthpur APMC market on Tuesday, September 8, and interacted with farmers, traders and workers to understand the issues faced by them. During his inspection, Shivakumar visited the potato market and sat on sacks of potatoes brought from Hassan and Agra. He personally cut open and examined the potatoes to assess their quality. Farmers from Hassan told the chief minister that inadequate rainfall had affected crop yields. They also complained about power supply problems despite having borewells, making it difficult for them to irrigate their fields. Shivakumar later visited the onion market and spoke directly to farmers and traders about transactions and market practices. He specifically asked farmers whether they faced any cheating in the weighing of their produce. The farmers told him that they were not facing any irregularities in weighing. However, they complained that the agriculture minis...

Bengaluru : Arogya Kavacha-108 ambulance employees have threatened a major agitation, including mass resignation from September 20, if the state government fails to address their demands relating to salary revision, working conditions and compensation for employees who die in accidents. Two employees’ organisations representing personnel working under the 108 ambulance service have submitted a representation to the Health Minister and the department’s Principal Secretary, giving the government 15 days to resolve their grievances. The Suvarna Karnataka Arogya Kavacha-108 Employees’ Association and Karnataka State Arogya Kavacha Ambulance Employees’ Association said a large workforce is engaged in operating the emergency ambulance network through GVK. The unions claimed that around 35,000 workers are involved in the service. A major grievance is the alleged delay in regular salary revision. The employees said they were assured that their salaries would be revised every year...

Bengaluru: A five-year-old schoolboy was killed after he was run over by a tipper lorry while he was travelling on a scooter with his mother to school near Uttarahalli in Bengaluru on Monday, September 7. The incident took place near Savanadurbar Ashram. The deceased has been identified as five-year-old Bhaveen. According to the police, Bhaveen was travelling with his mother, Shubhalatha, who was taking him to school on a scooter. She had reportedly dropped another child at school shortly before the accident and was proceeding to drop Bhaveen when the incident occurred. The tipper lorry allegedly brushed against the scooter, causing Bhaveen to fall onto the road. The lorry then ran over the child, resulting in his death on the spot. Following the accident, the tipper driver allegedly fled from the spot. The Kengeri Traffic Police have registered a case and seized the vehicle. Efforts are underway to trace and apprehend the driver. The police are investigating the ...

Bengaluru : A woman suffered serious injuries after falling from her scooter into a water-filled pothole on Whitefield–Varthur Road, alleging that she underwent plastic surgery and incurred a hospital bill of Rs 1.97 lakh. hidden pothole on Varthur road cost me a crushed ankle, emergency plastic surgery, 5 days in hospital, and₹1.97L.This could happen to ANY of us tomorrow.Fix the roads now! @BBMPCOMM @GBA_office @krishnabgowda @BangaloreMirror @BangaloreTimes1 @BangaloreBuzz #bloreroads @gkcs_ pic.twitter.com/b5z4X2akmr — Aishani Khanna (@Aishani_Khanna) September 4, 2026 Varthur resident Aishani Khanna, who works in the private sector, shared details of the incident on social media on September 4 and tagged the BBMP and Greater Bengaluru Authority, urging officials to repair the road within 15 days. The accident occurred on August 20 when Khanna was travelling to work on her scooter. According to her post, the pothole was filled with water, making it impo...

Shivamogga : In a dramatic attempt to evade arrest, a rowdy-sheeter allegedly hid underwater in a stream for nearly 30 minutes in Bhadravati after learning that police had arrived to arrest him. The accused, identified as Dileep alias Kariya , is a rowdy-sheeter with 16 criminal cases, including theft and attempt to murder , registered against him. A court had issued warrants against him three times in connection with one of the cases. On September 2, personnel from the New Town police station went to arrest Dileep after receiving information about his whereabouts. However, he reportedly fled after noticing the police . Police later received information that Dileep was hiding near a stream at Bhandarahalli and rushed to the spot. Despite a search of the area, the accused was nowhere to be seen. During the search, police noticed that vegetation in the stream appeared to have been disturbed. Suspecting that Dileep could be hiding in the water, New Town police station ...

Kolar : Tension prevailed in Bangarpet after hundreds of people staged a road blockade on Saturday, September 5, demanding action against two more persons allegedly involved in a case concerning alleged sexual misconduct with a six-year-old girl. The protest came days after a 37-year-old man, identified as Raghavendra, was arrested in connection with the incident. Raghavendra, who runs a Nandini milk parlour, allegedly behaved inappropriately with the girl when she had gone there to purchase milk. The incident had triggered protests in Bangarpet on September 3, following which police arrested Raghavendra. However, the victim’s family and local residents later alleged that two more persons had also been involved and demanded that they be booked and arrested. On Saturday, a large number of women and residents gathered near the hospital circle in Bangarpet and blocked the road. Protesters expressed anger that only one person had been arrested despite the incident having...

Bengaluru : Haj pilgrims selected for the 2027 pilgrimage will have to undergo a mandatory two-stage medical screening and obtain fitness certificates before travelling, the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services has said. The first stage involves a preliminary medical examination and fitness certification, with September 15 set as the deadline for completing the process and submitting the required documents . The second stage will be conducted closer to the date of departure and will include a final medical examination and mandatory vaccination. The measures have been introduced in accordance with directions from the Haj Committee of India to ensure that pilgrims are medically fit for the demanding pilgrimage. Pilgrims have been instructed to undergo the first medical examination only at government allopathic health facilities. The screening will be available at taluk and district hospitals as well as government medical college hospitals. In Bengaluru , ...

Vijayanagara: Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday, September 5, launched the ‘Praja Seva Abhiyana’ in Kudligi, promising to take government administration to the doorstep of people and ensure that public grievances are pursued until they are resolved. Under the campaign, ministers, MLAs and government officials will visit gram panchayats, hoblis and taluks on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The initiative is intended particularly to help weaker sections who find it difficult to travel to the Vidhana Soudha or deputy commissioner’s offices to seek redressal. Shivakumar said more than 50,000 applications had already been received under the initiative and assured people that officials would not stop at receiving petitions but would work towards providing solutions. The Chief Minister also announced two decisions aimed at strengthening opportunities for students and recognising teachers. The government has decided to provide 7 per cent internal r...

Bengaluru: Facing mounting concern over notices being issued to voters during the second phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Karnataka election authorities have begun a fresh scrutiny of enumeration forms to identify and rectify discrepancies before citizens are summoned for hearings. The exercise assumes significance as nearly 67 lakh electors have been placed in two categories that require further verification. While 43,81,335 voters have been classified under anomaly or logical discrepancy, another 23,45,500 have been placed in the no-mapping category. The classification has caused anxiety among voters, particularly those receiving notices directing them to appear before Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) with documents to establish their eligibility and citizenship. Officials in the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Karnataka, however, said the categorisation should not be interpreted as an automatic direction for every vo...

Belagavi: A routine rural employment project turned into an unexpected discovery for workers in Inchala village of Savadatti taluk when they unearthed 14 gold coins believed to date back several centuries on Friday, September 4. The discovery was made while workers were engaged in work under the VB G-RAM-G scheme. The coins were immediately taken to the gram panchayat and handed over to officials in the presence of police personnel. According to Savadatti tahsildar Mallikarjun Heggannavar, the coins have a combined weight of about 54.8 grams, with each coin weighing roughly 3.92 grams. “The 14 coins appear to have a similar design. An elephant is seen on one side and an old design is found on the other,” Heggannavar said. Following the discovery, the workers approached Inchala gram panchayat officials instead of attempting to keep the coins. The coins were formally received at the panchayat office in the presence of the PDO, deputy tahsildar and Muragod police personn...

Bengaluru: A prison warder was allegedly assaulted and subjected to an attempted murder at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison by five accused in the murder case of Bajrang Dal worker Suhas Shetty. The incident occurred in the convict section of the prison on September 2 but came to light later. The accused — Mohammed Muzammil, Abdul Shafghan, Mohammed Rizwan, Niyaz and Kalandar Shafi — allegedly attacked warder Manjunath while he was performing duties related to premature release proceedings. According to the complaint, the accused verbally abused him before dragging him into Room No 4 of a barrack. The inmates allegedly assaulted Manjunath and squeezed his neck in an attempt to suffocate him. Other prison officials and staff, who noticed the incident, rushed to the spot and rescued the warder. Preliminary information suggests the attack may have been linked to an earlier altercation between the warder and the accused. About a month ago, some inmates were shifted from the...

Bengaluru: Commuters using Karnataka’s government-run buses may have to pay more soon, with the state government considering a revision of ticket fares to offset rising operating costs and losses suffered by the four transport corporations. Transport Minister B Suresh said fuel prices had increased over the past eight months, but the government had not revised bus fares during the period. As a result, the transport corporations have accumulated losses running into thousands of crores of rupees. Proposed revision to consider financial burden of passengers A committee headed by retired senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Atul Tiwari has been examining the issue and is expected to submit its recommendations to the government shortly. The minister said the proposed revision would be limited and would take into consideration the financial burden on ordinary passengers. “Despite the increase in petroleum product prices over the past eight months, we have not ...

Bengaluru : The sudden restriction on two-wheelers, autorickshaws and light goods vehicles on the elevated flyover connecting Bengaluru with Kempegowda International Airport has triggered widespread resentment among commuters, with regular bikers questioning the rationale behind the move and its impact on thousands who depend on two-wheelers for affordable and time-bound travel. The new traffic arrangement has forced two-wheelers and other restricted vehicles onto the service road, resulting in severe congestion during peak hours. Commuters said a route that could earlier be covered in around 10 minutes is now taking 30 to 40 minutes because of traffic signals, bottlenecks and the additional load on the service road. For many bikers, the issue is not merely about inconvenience but also about access to public infrastructure. Two-wheelers are among the most widely used modes of transport in Bengaluru, particularly for office-goers, students, delivery workers and people travel...

Kolar: Tension prevailed in Karnataka’s Kolar after a man was allegedly involved in an incident of inappropriate behaviour with a six-year-old girl, triggering widespread public outrage and protests. Hundreds of people gathered near a hospital and police station on Wednesday night, September 2, demanding stringent action against those allegedly involved in the incident. Protesters blocked the road and expressed anger over the alleged offence. As the situation escalated, police officials repeatedly attempted to pacify the protesters and restore normalcy. However, the crowd remained firm in its demand for strict action against the accused. Bangarpet MLA Narayanaswamy visited the spot and assured the protesters that stringent action would be taken against the accused. KGF Superintendent of Police Shivanshu Rajput also remained at the spot and monitored the situation. Bangarpet police have taken one person, who is allegedly involved in the incident, into custody. P...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI on Thursday, September 3, said it has started legal action against Bengaluru-based British Lifesciences after it found misbranded and expired infant food products during an inspection. In a social media post, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) informed that a large quantity of infant products were also seized. “Strict regulatory measures were taken against British Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, following food safety inspections of infant food products. A substantial quantity of misbranded infant food was seized,” FSSAI said. The regulator has started legal proceedings against the company. During the inspection, the FSSAI said that a significant quantity of misbranded infant food articles was identified and seized in accordance with the provisions of the FSS Act, 2006. “Considering the serious nature of the violations and the potential risk posed by non-compliant infant food products to inf...

Mysuru : A jewellery shop owner has been taken into custody after allegedly collecting monthly instalments from more than 80 people on the promise of providing gold and then leaving the city, in the latest gold fraud case reported in Mysuru. The alleged fraud took place at Mohan Jewellery near Vivekananda Circle. Shop owner Mohan Lal had reportedly operated gold savings schemes in the past two rounds, collecting monthly instalments from customers and handing over gold as promised. This helped him gain the confidence of customers. Encouraged by the earlier schemes , several people reportedly invested larger amounts in the latest scheme, hoping to purchase gold through monthly instalments. However, the shop remained closed for about a week, leaving customers worried. According to the complainants, Mohan Lal also vacated his residence and allegedly left the city without informing the customers. More than 80 people are believed to have been affected by the scheme, with the e...

Bagalkote(Karnataka): The concrete roof of a government school collapsed while classes were underway at Mugallolli Tanda here on Wednesday, September 3, injuring six students, officials said. All the six students who sustained minor injuries in the incident are safe and are being provided appropriate treatment at a hospital, Bagalkot Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Gajanan Bale said in a statement. Karnataka: Roof of a govt school in Mugaloli Thanda in Bagalkot taluk collapsed while students were studying on Wednesday. Six children sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment. Parents have sought permanent repairs & safety measures, citing the… pic.twitter.com/9nsDD6eUY8 — ChristinMathewPhilip (@ChristinMP_) September 2, 2026 The CEO said the Panchayat Raj Engineering Department (PRED) has been directed to immediately repair the damaged portion of the school building. The Deputy Director of the Department of School Education a...