Bengaluru: Two officials from the Bengaluru Municipal Corporation have been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe. On Thursday, the Karnataka Lokayukta police caught the two officials while they were accepting Rs 3 lakh from a person for clearing pending ‘Khata’ work related to a property. According to officials, the complainant had reported that the officers…
Bengaluru: IndianOil has increased the supply of auto LPG across Karnataka as demand has gone up sharply, especially in Bengaluru. The rise in demand comes after many private LPG fuel stations in the city and other parts of the state have either shut down or are only partly working. To manage the situation, the state-run…
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru East City Corporation on Friday presented its first-ever budget, with a total outlay of Rs 3,889.98 crore for 2026–27. The budget focuses on improving infrastructure, connectivity and healthcare services. This is the first budget since the corporation was formed. In September 2025, Bengaluru was divided into five municipal corporations Central, East, West,…
Bengaluru: A 13-year-old girl and her nine-year-old brother who left home after being scolded by their parents have been traced and safely reunited with their family, police said on Wednesday. The children had walked out of their house in Ashwathnagar on February 2. They were reportedly upset after being reprimanded for skipping tuition classes. According…
Bengaluru: A 52-year-old man was detained at Kempegowda International Airport after he allegedly told security personnel that he was carrying “two small bombs” in his luggage, police said on Thursday. The man, identified as Abu Aqeel Azhar Chad, is a cloth merchant and a resident of Wilson Garden in Bengaluru. He had arrived at the…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru police have registered a case against a former senior employee of an IT company for allegedly stealing proprietary software source code estimated to be worth around Rs 87 crore. The accused, Ashutosh Nigam, had been working as a ssenior manager-research scientist with Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt Ltd since February 1, 2020. According…
Bengaluru: A 33-year-old man was allegedly run over and killed following a drunken argument after a local cricket tournament in Bengaluru’s Electronics City area. Police have arrested the accused, a 37-year-old software engineer, in connection with the incident. The victim, identified as Prashanth M, a bodybuilder and resident of Veerasandra, died on Sunday evening after…
Bengaluru: Elections to the five municipal corporations under the newly formed Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) are likely to be held after May 25 and will be conducted using ballot papers, Karnataka State Election Commissioner G S Sangreshi said on Monday. Addressing reporters in Bengaluru, Sangreshi said the poll schedule would be finalised once the SSLC…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old woman software engineer, whose death was initially believed to be caused by a fire accident at her apartment in the eastern part of the city. Police said the accused, a native of Kodagu district, allegedly killed the woman after…
Bengaluru: Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday unveiled a slate of major infrastructure and urban development initiatives planned for Bengaluru, asserting that the projects would leave a lasting imprint on the city’s history. Addressing reporters, Shivakumar said the state government is accelerating several long-pending proposals, including roads, tunnels, flyovers and township developments,…
