The Latest Breaking News from Bengaluru

BENGALURU: With JD(S) said to be averse to teaming up with Congress for Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka scheduled for June 10, an understanding between BJP and the regional outfit is the most likely, sources suggest.

BENGALURU: Senior politician and former BJP functionary BJ Puttaswamy on Sunday was crowned pontiff of the newly inaugurated Thaileshwara Ganigara Mahasamsthana Mutt.

BENGALURU: Two men who landed at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) hiding gold paste worth an estimated Rs 1.4 crore in custom-made waistbands and underwear were arrested by customs sleuths last week.

BENGALURU: Karnataka’s energy success story appears to be moving from strength to strength with the state earning a record Rs 2,836 crore from sale of power in the 2021-22 fiscal.

BENGALURU: After verifying more than 2,500 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses over 100 days provided by online advertisement platform OLX, Bengaluru police have arrested a 36-year-old businessman for allegedly driving away a compact SUV from an engineer on the pretext of test-driving it in January.

BENGALURU: In Karnataka, which has reported 40,063 Covid-19 deaths so far, 58,753 families have applied for death compensation. Of these, 50,007 have received relief as of May 13. Payment has failed for 5,325 applications over bank details, and 3,421 are awaiting approval.

BENGALURU: A 25-year-old JD(S) worker died in a road accident in the early hours of Saturday after attending the party’s valedictory programme — Janata Jaladhare — held at Nelamangala on Friday.

BENGALURU: The map of Karnakata with a smiling Puneeth Rajkumar’s picture right in the middle was the costume worn by one marathon runner at the Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru marathon on Sunday.

BENGALURU: Siddegowda, a 41-year-old farmer from Channapatna, lost Rs 55,000 to cybercriminals who allegedly promised him a loan of Rs 8 lakh under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY).

BENGALURU: A 64-year-old Kannada film producer and distributor, Anekal Balraj, died in an accident at Gauravnagar near Puttenahalli on Sunday morning. He was a resident of Puttenahalli and from Anekal.

BENGALURU: Sex ratio disparity is not just confined to humans. It is also affecting flowering pattern in fruit-bearing plants, say botanists.