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Bengaluru : A man duped a woman constable, attached to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), of Rs 18 lakh on the pretext of marriage in Bengaluru. According to police, the woman came in contact with accused Ashok Masti through a Kannada matrimony site while she was searching for a life partner. Masti told the victim he was preparing for a government job and would get it soon. The accused gained her trust and started visiting her residence. Masti demanded Rs 20 lakh as a dowry for marrying her, and the victim transferred money. Also Read Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: SC However, after receiving the money, he started delaying the marriage citing one or the other reason. When Masti was asked about his changed behaviour, he refused to marry her and stopped answering her calls. The relatives of the accused, who were in touch with the victim, also avoided her and stopped communication. Disappointed with the fraud, the victim lodged a po...

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court has stayed the investigation and proceedings into a caste discrimination case booked against Infosys co-founder Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and 15 others. Justice S R Krishna Kumar granted the stay on Wednesday. “Accepting the reasons stated in the application duly filed along with memorandum of facts, I.A.No.1/2025 is allowed. Accordingly, production of original/certified copy of Annexure-CC is dispensed with for the present,” the Court said. “In the meanwhile, all further proceedings/investigation in crime number 17/2025 of Sadashivanagara police station and all further proceedings in PCR Number 1/2025 on the file of LXX Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Benglauru insofar as the petitioners are concerned, are hereby stayed till the next date of hearing,” the court maintained. Gopalakrishnan, along with 17 faculty members, was booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act following allegations by a former Dalit ...

Mysuru : The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is investigating the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, has seized 160 sites that were allotted to various individuals in violation of rules under the 50:50 ratio formula, sources said on Wednesday. The Enforcement Directorate stated that all the sites have been seized under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, as there are indications of benami transactions involving large sums of money, according to sources. The sources said the value of these sites, based on the guidance value, is Rs 81 crore, while their market value exceeds Rs 300 crore. The ED has seized 31 sites registered in the name of one Ravi, 41 sites in the name of Abdul Wahid, 40 sites under the name of the Cathedral Society, and 48 sites belonging to various other individuals. The investigation has revealed that MUDA registered 31 sites in a single day under Ravi’s name on September 11, 2023. Among these, 12 sites are located in Kuvem...

Thane: The Thane police in Maharashtra have registered a case against a teacher for allegedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy studying at a madarsa in Bengaluru, an official said on Wednesday. The victim’s parents are residents of Shil-Phata area in Thane city, hence they approached the police here following which the case was registered on Tuesday, he said. The victim studied at the madarsa in Bengaluru between August 2024 and January 2025. The 22-year-old accused used to call the victim to the guest room in the facility where he allegedly sexually assaulted the boy on multiple occasions, the official from Shil-Daighar police station said. The accused also threatened to kill the victim and his father if he informed about the incident to anyone, the official said. The boy later informed his parents about the offence. Based on the complaint by the boy’s mother, the police on Tuesday registered a case against the accused under section 64 (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit...

Eighteen people including Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan have been booked for caste discrimination by a former Dalit assistant professor who worked at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru. D Sanna Durgappa, who holds a PhD in zoology, taught in the department of sustainable technologies of IISc. The Dalit assistant professor filed a private complaint at a Bengaluru court which directed Sadashivanagar police to register an FIR on Monday, January 27. A private complaint is a legal complaint filed directly in court by a person when the police fail to act or if they prefer to approach the judiciary first. Durgappa joined IISc as a lecturer on July 10, 2008, and was promoted to assistant professor in 2011. On October 25 of the same year, he requested funds under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan and Tribal sub plan after being denied a separate laboratory and sitting area when he began working. Also Read Infosys to offer 17000 jobs in Hyderabad, expand campus On ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that all cases registered against pro-Kannada activists who held protests against alleged violation of language norms by business establishments in the state, will be withdrawn. The CM was addressing a gathering at the unveiling of the 25-feet-tall bronze statue of Bhuvaneshwari, the goddess who represents the Karnataka state identity, on the Vidhana Soudha premises on Monday. The statue sculpted at an approximate cost of Rs 21.24 crore is 41 feet tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes. While speaking at the event, although he acknowledged that one must love and embrace all languages, the CM said, in Karnataka, Kannadigas should follow the culture of speaking and interacting with “their brothers and other speakers” in Kannada. “Instead of speaking incorrectly in other languages, we should speak our own language. In all our neighbouring states, the language spoken by the people of the respective state is...

Bengaluru: Unable to bear alleged harassment by his wife, a man reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday at Hubballi in Karnataka. The victim ended his life on the same day his divorce petition was scheduled for a hearing in court. The deceased has been identified as Peter. He reportedly left a suicide note alleging that he took the extreme step due to “torture by his wife”. According to the police, Peter, a resident of Chamundeshwarinagar, stated in his note: “Daddy, I am sorry. Pinky (my wife) is killing me. She wants my death.” Also Read Disapproving marriage does not amount to abetment of suicide: SC Family sources confirmed that, as per Peter’s wishes, his family had it written on his coffin box that he died because he was unable to bear the harassment by his wife. It has been alleged that Peter’s wife, who worked as a teacher at a private school, was in a relationship with another man. When Peter and her family confronted her, she reportedly asserted ...