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The HSR Layout police have booked the wife and daughter under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita for the murder of former Karnataka police chief Om Prakash in Bengaluru on April 20. Preliminary investigations suggest that Om Prakash got into an argument with Pallavi during lunch at their home in HSR Layout. The argument escalated, and resulted in his murder. A kitchen knife was used to stab him multiple times, and a glass bottle was broken on him.
The mother and daughter have been booked for murder in the FIR registered by the HSR Layout police based on a complaint lodged by Om Prakash’s son Karthikesh, 38. Karthikesh lives separately in the same four-storey building. He was away on work when the incident took place. In his complaint, Karthikesh alleged that both his mother and sister suffer from depression and would quarrel with his father every day. He suspects that both may have killed his father.
The Baiyappanahalli Police are on the lookout for a bike rider who assaulted an IAF pilot in C.V. Raman Nagar on April 18, 2025 morning, over an alleged incident of road rage. The victim, Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose, sustained multiple injuries after being attacked with a bike key and a stone. He was on his way to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) to fly to Kolkata.
Though Mr. Bose left the city without filing a police complaint, his wife and Squadron Leader Madhumita, posted with DRDO in Bengaluru, who was with him at the time of the incident, filed the complaint on his behalf later. Wg. Cdr. Bose recorded a video on his mobile from the airport detailing the assault and making an emotional appeal for action against the miscreant.
Shivamogga police have registered a case following a complaint by a student who alleged that he was told to remove his ‘janivara’ before entering the CET examination hall in Sagar on April 16. The student informed his parents only after reading about incidents related to the ‘sacred thread’ in Shivamogga and other places in the media.
According to his complaint, registered on April 19, during the physical examination of candidates, the staff told him to remove his ‘sacred thread’. He obeyed the order and entered the examination hall at the government pre-university college in Sagar town. When he came out of the hall, he noticed that the ‘sacred thread’ had been thrown into the dustbin.
Villagers of Mugat Khan Hubli near Kittur in Belagavi district held a peace committee meeting after unidentified persons defaced a portrait of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on April 21. Elders decided not to take the law in their hands, and to file a police complaint.
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Announcing that he would resign from his post if evidence was provided on the corruption charges, Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur, on Friday, said that he was targeted with politically motivated and defamatory allegations because he was a Dalit.
Senior BJP leader H. Raja was hospitalized after collapsing during a public event in Chennai, receiving immediate assistance from Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Confident Group, led by C.J. Roy, pioneered Sarjapur real estate, expanding significantly in Bengaluru, Kerala, and Dubai.
Supreme Court overturns Madras HC directive for accused to marry for bail, citing concerns over pre-judging allegations.
C.J. Roy, founder of Confident Group, died by suicide during an Income Tax raid in Bengaluru, raising concerns over pressure.
Telangana Municipal Polls 2026 received 28,456 nominations for seven Corporations and 116 Municipalities, with voting on February 11.
Congress protests in Himachal and Punjab against the Centre's renaming and dilution of MGNREGA, aiming to restore employment rights.
CPI(M) activists in Ongole demand the continuation of the old MGNREGA scheme to ensure financial security for rural communities.
The group of doctors arrested in connection with the November 10 Red Fort car-borne suicide attack that killed over a dozen people, were allegedly conspiring to bomb the outlets of a global coffee chain, whose founder is a Jew, a source in the government told The Hindu.
A communication from British Council Chennai notes the physical library shuts down on February 15. Library services will however continue in an enhanced digital format. In a larger development, the Council will be shifting to a new space, relinquishing its famous address, 737 Anna Salai
Neelambur junction in Coimbatore faces severe evening traffic congestion, prompting calls for immediate management and infrastructure improvements.
Sunetra Pawar is set to become Maharashtra's first woman Deputy Chief Minister amid ongoing discussions about NCP leadership and reunification.