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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Bengaluru on Sunday to inaugurate the much-awaited Yellow Line of Bangalore Metro, and the Vande Bharat Express train between Bengaluru and Belagavi. As per the itinerary shared by the Chief Minister’s Office, Modi will participate in three events during his nearly four-hour visit to the city. On landing at the HAL Airport here at 10.30 am, the Prime Minister will travel by helicopter and road to the KSR Bengaluru (city) railway station, where he will flag off Vande Bharat Express trains between KSR Bengaluru-Belagavi. Also Read Karnataka CEO probes Rahul Gandhi’s election fraud claims, says Shivakumar He will also virtually flag off two more Vande Bharat Express trains between Amritsar-Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katri, and Ajni (Nagpur)-Pune. Modi will then travel by road to the RV Road (Ragigudda) metro station on the Yellow Line . Between 11:45 to 12:50 he will be flagging off Yellow Line (reach 5) and take a metro ride...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said the state Chief Electoral Officer V Anbukumar has ordered an investigation into Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of election fraud. CEO Anbukumar asked Shivakumar to submit documents to support his claims with a declaration or oath as per the rule. Speaking to reporters after a Congress delegation led by him submitted a memorandum to Anbukumar, Shivakumar said he was informed that they (CEO’s office) have started their investigation. “I am glad to know this.” Shivakumar, who is also Congress state president, said he would visit the CEO’s office again to obtain the documents and evidence. Also Read Woman held for promoting Al-Qaeda urged Pak Army chief to invade India: ATS “In the first phase, we have asked him to provide information to go into the details of every assembly segment, where such incidents have occurred,” the Deputy CM said. Asked about the BJP’s counter-allegations, Shivakumar sai...

Ahmedabad: A Muslim woman who was arrested last week for allegedly promoting the banned Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a banned terror outfit on social media, had appealed to the Pakistan Army General Asim Munir to invade India during Operation Sindoor , to “unify Muslim lands” under “Project Khilafat”, Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claims. Shama Parveen Ansari was arrested from her residence in Bengaluru on July 29 for sharing extremist and anti-India content of the AQIS and some other radical preachers. She ran two  Facebook  pages and an  Instagram  handle comprising over 10,000 followers.  Also Read Gujarat ATS arrests woman for promoting Al-Qaeda content online On May 9, two days after India launched Operation Sindoor against terror dens in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Ansari uploaded a post on her FB account appealing to Gen Munir to seize the “golden opportunity” to attack India, according to a release. In the F...

Bengaluru: A woman was murdered and the accused allegedly died by suicide shortly after the crime in Tirupalya near Hebbagodi on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Wednesday, police said. The deceased woman has been identified as Mandira Mandal (27). Police said she was attacked with a knife and her throat was slit. The accused, Suman Mandal (28), was found hanging in the same house later. Both hailed from West Bengal. Also Read High Court warns of arrest under ESMA; RTC unions call off strike Preliminary investigation revealed that Suman was a friend of Mandira’s husband Bijoy Mandal. Mandira and Bijoy had been married for eight years and had a six-year-old son. However, the couple had been living separately for the past two years. Mandira was residing in a rented house in Tirupalya. According to police, on Sunday evening, Suman reportedly went to visit Mandira. An argument is said to have broken out, during which Suman allegedly killed her using a knife available in the house. H...

Bengaluru: Following strong criticism and a warning of arrest from the Karnataka High Court, the RTC employees’ unions on Tuesday called off their indefinite bus strike across the state. The unions had continued their protest despite the court’s earlier order and the state government’s invocation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), which had brought bus services to a halt and caused widespread inconvenience to the public. A bench headed by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and comprising Justice C.M. Joshi, while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the matter, strongly reprimanded the Joint Action Committee of RTC Labour Organisations. It warned that if the strike was not called off, contempt of court proceedings would be initiated, and the state government could arrest the office bearers under the ESMA. The court also issued notices to the State Road Transport Corporations Employees’ Organisations. The matter was adjourned to August 7, and the stay on the indefin...

Bengaluru: Domestic carrier IndiGo has commenced construction work on its new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility here, with the groundbreaking ceremony taking place at the Kempegowda International Airport on Tuesday. To be built on 31 acres of land, the MRO with a capacity of up to 12 bays and the capability to handle both narrow and wide-body aircraft will be fully functional by 2028, IndiGo said. The ceremony was attended by the Commissioner for Industries in the Karnataka Government, Gunjan Krishna, IndiGo Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers, Bangalore International Airport Ltd’s CEO Hari Marar, among others. Also Read Bus services hit as transport workers begin strike across Karnataka, passengers stranded IndiGo had signed a memorandum of understanding with BIAL for the allocation of land in May. This facility will also create over a thousand jobs across engineers, technicians and several more, further contributing towards nation building, IndiGo said. “We ...

Bengaluru: Employees of Karnataka’s state-owned transport corporations began an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning, severely affecting public bus services across the state and leaving passengers in the lurch. The unions went ahead with the strike despite a court stay against the agitation, underway pressing demands including wage revision. Buses remained parked at depots and only a few were seen running, as some staff chose not to participate in the strike. Some buses in rural areas operated as a few drivers opted to work for the convenience of students to ferry them to their schools, said sources in the transport department. Also Read Karnataka RTC to go on indefinite strike from tomorrow The transport corporations are learned to have roped in trainee bus drivers to manage the situation. Bus stands in major cities like Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru, Raichur, Chitradurga, Hubballi, Dharwad, Belagavi, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Tumakuru, Hassan, Madikeri, Shivamogga, and Kalaburagi saw ...