The Latest Breaking News from Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai criticised Congress functionaries on Thursday, saying they must provide evidence before suggesting cabinet colleague and higher education minister CN Ashwath Narayan is culpable in the police sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment scam.

BENGALURU : Congress on Thursday demanded the “immediate” resignation of legislative council chairman Basavaraj Horatti, accusing him of violating a constitutional provision by announcing his intention to join BJP.

BENGALURU: Duped by an online fraudster who promised to pay Rs 56 lakh for a Re 1 coin minted six decades ago, a 46-year-old businessman here died by suicide after setting himself ablaze on an isolated road.

BENGALURU: Sleuths from Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday arrested another Bengaluru-based candidate who had cleared the now tainted police sub-inspector exam last year. Sources say the accused, identified as Raghavendra GC, was picked up from a house near Kumbalagodu, off Mysuru Road.

BENGALURU: Ahead of the monsoon season and amid uncertainty over civic polls, the government on Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Tushar Giri Nath the new chief commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, replacing Gaurav Gupta.

BENGALURU: A 34-year-old bodybuilder and gym owner was arrested recently on charges of raping and cheating a 23-year-old bodybuilding competition aspirant.

BENGALURU: With schools set to reopen in June, the uniform business has got a new lease of life. Vendors say children walking in for new uniforms have grown substantially over the last couple of years, when schooling went online.

BENGALURU: Efforts to reclaim land by consecutive dispensations notwithstanding, more than 11.5 lakh acres of 62.7 lakh acres of government land continue to be encroached upon. The state has reclaimed nearly 2.7 lakh acres, including more than 1.6 lakh acres in the past eight years.

BENGALURU: It is something the tech capital would not like to boast about: Medal-winning kayakers practising in a lake that is full of weeds, sewage and silt.

BENGALURU: The Chikkaballapur incident in which the owner of a Re 1 coin was cheated of Rs 26 lakh by online fraudsters is not an isolated case. Bengaluru city police have registered at least three such cases in the last four months and the accused remain untraced.

The Meteorological Department has forecast two more days of cloudy weather