Anticipating increased footfall ahead of Independence Day, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) issued a passenger advisory on Monday. While Independence Day falls on a Thursday this year, the national holiday is followed by Varamahalakshmi festival on Friday and then the weekend. “We expect a surge in passenger volumes during the Independence Day week. Owing to high-security measures in August, there may be a delay in passenger processing at BLR Airport. Passengers are advised to plan their travel to the airport to allow sufficient time for security check,” the advisory read.…
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Bengaluru police Crime Branch inspector dies by suicide | Bangalore News
A 44-year-old inspector of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru police allegedly died by suicide and his body was found near Bidadi, on the outskirts of the city, on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Thimmegowda, who was a police inspector of CCB’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW). According to a police officer, Thimmegowda’s body was found in a deserted place in Bidadi, where his family lived nearby. The locals who noticed the body alerted the police. The police were able to identify Thimmegowda by his identity card…
Karnataka High Court: ‘Police summons mustn’t be half-baked, should’ve have relevant details of alleged crime’ | Bangalore News
The Karnataka High Court has observed that summons issued by the police should include all relevant details of the alleged crime, while also providing interim guidelines to apply in the case of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). These observations were made by a bench consisting of Justice M Nagaprasanna in an order on July 19. In this case, a senior journalist had been issued a notice to appear by the police via WhatsApp, which purported to be under Section 41(1) (a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), but…
Metro services hit on Bengaluru’s Green line for over 1.5 hours after fault in power supply system | Bangalore News
A fault in the power supply system at 5.33 pm on Tuesday disrupted Metro services on the Green line in Bengaluru. The Green line (North-South) corridor connects Nagasandra and Silk Institute. The disruption in the power supply went on for almost one and half hours, following which it was restored. The Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) in a statement said, “Power supply has been restored. Trains services started from RV road towards Silk Institute from 19: 05 hrs. Normalcy will be restored as per timetable in due course of…
Shirur landslide: Eight days on, rescuers lock in coordinates of missing lorry after detecting heavy metal beneath Gangavali River | Bangalore News
Eight days on, rescuers have identified the coordinates of the lorry driven by a man who went missing after the July 16 landslide. The victim, Arjun of Kerala, Arjun, who is presumed dead, was driving a BharatBenz truck loaded with 40 tonnes of timber to Kozhikode from Belagavi when he stopped for tea on NH 66. Multiple rescue teams have been searching for him for nearly a week, with efforts hampered by continuous rain. “With the assistance of Navy and ISRO satellites, disaster management teams identified a large metal object…
14-hour work day in IT sector: Employees union slams Karnataka govt’s plans | Bangalore News
Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees’ Union (KITU) has urged the Siddaramaiah-led government to reconsider its reported plans to extend the working hours of the IT/ITeS/BPO sector. According to the union, the government plans to increase the working hours to 14 hours a day. The proposal to amend the Karnataka Shops and Commercial Establishment Act in this regard, was presented in a recent meeting called by the labour department with various stakeholders in the industry, it said in a release. Labour Minister Santosh Lad, officials from the Department of Labour and IT-BT…
Unscientific construction along NH-66 caused landslide near Shirur, says Karnataka minister Krishna Byre Gowda | Bangalore News
Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has claimed that unscientific road construction along National Highway 66 was responsible for the landslide near the Shirur region of Ankola in the Uttara Kannada district on July 16. Seven people have died in the incident and several others are still missing. “In Karwar, near Ankola, a landslide has occurred on the national highway. While constructing the national highway, they have cut the hill in a steep manner, it is almost a vertical cut. When a hill is cut for an infrastructure project, a…
Search operations continue to trace 3 people, including Kerala lorry driver, missing after landslide | Bangalore News
Search operations are continuing in Shirur village in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district to trace three people, including a lorry driver from Kerala, who are missing after a massive landslide, police said on Friday. One more body was recovered today, taking the toll in the July 16 landslide to seven. “Seven bodies have been identified so far and three more are reported to be missing including the driver from Kerala. Our search operation is underway,” Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada district Lakshmi Priya K told PTI. When asked about the missing…
Kannada film director M Gajendra arrested in murder case after 19 years | Bangalore News
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru police on Wednesday arrested a Kannada film director who was jailed in a murder case and had been absconding for nearly two decades. M Gajendra alias Gaja, 46, was one of the eight accused in the murder of Ravi alias Kotta Ravi, a criminal, in 2004. Wilson Garden police registered a case and arrested Gajendra for the murder. Gajendra spent a year as an under-trial prisoner, and was granted bail by a court. After being released on bail, he stopped responding to…
BMTC official dies by suicide inside Bengaluru head office, body found after 24 hours | Bangalore News
A 42-year-old Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) employee allegedly died by suicide inside a store room on the third floor of the corporation’s head office in Bengaluru on Monday. The man’s body was discovered a day later after his family reached the office looking for him, the police said. The deceased was identified as Mahesh Ukkali. A resident of Kengeri, Ukkali was an assistant in the BMTC’s recruitment section for the last 10 years. A police official said that Ukkali was a native of Basavana Bagewadi in Karnataka’s Bijapur district.…