bangalore news times

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police are preparing to take custody of the techie accused of slitting his wife’s throat and stuffing her body into a suitcase. The accused, 36-year-old Rakesh Rajendra Khedkar, is currently lodged in Bengaluru Central Prison. Karnataka Police took him into custody on Saturday after he was discharged from a hospital in Pune. He was produced before the magistrate at the latter’s residence on Saturday night and was subsequently remanded to 14 days of judicial custody. The Hulimavu police, who are investigating the case, have now made arrangements to take him into custody on a body warrant on Tuesday (April 1). Accused committed crime in fit of rage Preliminary investigations suggest that the accused committed the horrific crime in a fit of rage. However, he has not yet disclosed the exact motive behind the murder of his 32-year-old wife, Gauri Rajendra Khedkar, who was also his close relative. Also Read Man dies by suicide after being caught in drunk dri...

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP has announced a series of protests and programmes across the state against the hike in milk prices, the suspension of 18 BJP MLAs, and the Muslim quota in government tenders. BJP state chief B.Y. Vijayendra announced after a meeting at the party headquarters in Bengaluru on Saturday. Also Read Myanmar’s earthquake killed over 1,000, 2,376 injured The government has increased the price of milk by Rs 4 and also decided to provide 4 per cent reservation for Muslim contractors in government tenders and 18 BJP MLAs were suspended for six months on charges of disrupting the proceedings in the house and showing disrespect to the Speaker’s Chair, who were protesting on the issue of honey trap attempt on the Congress Minister and Muslim quota. “We have decided that on April 2, all BJP MLAs, MLCs, former MLAs, party workers, state office bearers, and district presidents will stage a day-and-night dharna against the Congress government’s decision to increase the...

Bengaluru: A delegation from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday petitioned Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot requesting him to reject a Bill that proposes a 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public contracts. The VHP described the proposed legislation as “against the principles of the Constitution”. The Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed by the legislature last week, reserving 4 per cent of contracts for Muslims in civil works valued up to Rs 2 crore and goods/services procurement contracts up to Rs 1 crore. The Governor’s assent is now required for the Bill to become Act. Also Read Bengaluru temple chariot collapses second year in a row, 1 dead “Dr B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution, strongly opposed religion-based reservations while drafting the Constitution. Article 15 specifically prohibits the state from discriminating among citizens based on religion or caste,” the memorandum stated. It f...

The Karnataka police booked a suo moto case against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former minister Pramod Madhwaraj for allegedly making casteist remarks against the Dalit community. The case was booked on Saturday, March 22, after Madhwaraj reportedly justified an assault on a 43-year-old Dalit woman by five fishermen at the Malpe fishing harbour in Udupi district who accused the woman of stealing fish. The assault took place on March 18. The following day, a case was filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and BNS 130 (Assault) against the fishermen. They have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. Also Read Dalit family faces social boycott in Karnataka’s Mysuru In response to the arrest, protests were held demanding the five fishermen be released immediately and warned of intensified agitation if their demands were not met. Participating in the protest, the BJP leader Madhwaraj addressed a gathering where he defended the Dal...

A 24-year-old man died and four others were injured when a 150-feet chariot collapsed during the Madduramma temple festival in Rayasandra, Parappana Agrahara, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The incident occurred on Saturday, March 23 as devotees pulled the chariot toward the temple when strong winds and heavy rain reportedly caused it to lose balance and crash. Panic ensued as hundreds of devotees scrambled for safety. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Siasat Daily (@siasatdaily) Videos of the collapse circulated widely on social media, prompting criticism of festival organizers and local authorities. Many questioned the chariot’s structural integrity and why preventive measures weren’t taken despite the previous year’s mishap. Also Read Video: 120-ft-tall chariot collapses during festival in Bengaluru This marks the second consecutive year a chariot has toppled at the festival. Last year’s incident damaged sev...

Bengaluru: Eighteen BJP MLAs were suspended for six months from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday for “disrespecting” Speaker U T Khader. The suspension resolution, moved by state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, was adopted by the Assembly. The incident occurred on the last day of the Assembly’s budget session when the opposition BJP MLAs staged a massive protest. The legislators climbed onto the podium where Speaker Khader’s chair was situated and threw papers at him. The protest was sparked by Opposition anger over the allocation of a four percent reservation to Muslims in public contracts. Earlier, the BJP members had protested from the well of the house, accusing the government of attempting to “honey trap” a minister and demanding a judicial probe into the matter, even as the Chief Minister addressed the budget discussion. Those who were suspended are the BJP chief whip Doddanna Gouda Patil, C N Ashwath Narayan, S R Vishwanath, B A Basavaraju, M...

Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that there is no question of protecting anyone in connection with the honey trap row. The Chief Minister’s response came after Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly R. Ashoka, former Home Minister and BJP MLA Araga Jnanendra, MLA V. Sunil Kumar, and Minister K. N. Rajanna raised the issue of the honey trap and sought his statement. They demanded that those responsible for the case be dismissed, and a judicial inquiry should be ordered. Minister Rajanna, who also represents the Scheduled Castes, made honey trap allegations, to which state Home Minister G. Parameshwara announced that he would conduct a high-level probe into it. Also Read Siddaramaiah expresses gratitude to Karnataka people before presenting budget “The government is responsible for ensuring that justice is served and those guilty under the law are punished. If Minister Rajanna files a complaint, a high-level investigation will be co...