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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 ...