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As a genre, crime writing, whether it be fiction or true crime, brings in much more intrigue than any other type of writing, believes Srikrishna Ramamoorthy. “I specifically use the word intrigue because after you’ve read something, you often find it so hard to believe that someone would have gone to those lengths to do…
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The High Court of Karnataka. | Photo Credit: File photo The Advocates’ Association, Bengaluru (AAB), has written to Vibhu Bakhru, Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka, opposing the State government’s proposed move to establish a Circuit Bench of the High Court at Mangaluru for the coastal districts, while terming the move “premature” and…
Two weeks after recovering 692 stolen and misplaced mobile phones, the North East Division police on Sunday returned the devices to their rightful owners during a programme held at Kuvempu Hall in GKVK. The recovered mobile phones, valued at around ₹1.75 crore, were traced through the Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) Portal from police station…
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The Bengaluru City Police have registered a case after a video allegedly showing a man sexually assaulting a cow in the Akkipete area of the city surfaced on social media. According to the complaint filed by PSI Sumangala S.A. of Cottonpet Police Station, who is in charge of the station’s social media monitoring cell, the…
Police have arrested a 50-year-old man who murdered his 17-year-old daughter allegedly after opposing plans to marry her to a relative of his wife. The incident was reported from Nimbenahalli village in the limits of the Kallambella Police Station. According to the police, the accused, identified as Thimmarayappa, opposed a proposal to marry off his…
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Schools that are part of The Hindu’s Newspaper in Education (NiE) programme have posted strong performances in the recently announced CBSE class 12 examination results. National Public School, Rajajinagar: A total of 68 students appeared for the examination, of whom 50 secured distinction. Students also recorded two centums. Shankara Panch emerged as the topper with 96.4%, followed by Vrishank…
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American Keegan Smith poses with the winner’s trophy after beating Philip Sekulic of Australia in the singles final of the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger at the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium, in Bengaluru on May 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR A clinical Keegan Smith outclassed Philip Sekulic 6-2, 7-5 in the final to…
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The polls have been due since September, 2020. The fate of civic polls in Bengaluru will likely be decided on May 20, as the Supreme Court is all set to hear a batch of Interlocutory Applications (IAs) filed by the State and Karnataka State Election Commission (KSEC), seeking an extension of deadline to hold polls…
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Social activist Ruth Manorama | Photo Credit: File photo “The histories of Dalit women are histories of resistance. We have fought in villages, slums, communities, workplaces, and international platforms. We have transformed pain into power and silence into collective voice,” said social activist Ruth Manorama, speaking at a six-day ongoing national conference titled “Dalit feminist…
Tenders for maintenance work have also been awarded, with the corporation planning to spend ₹2 lakh or more per km to repair existing footpaths by removing obstructions and constructing missing links. The North Corporation, which had earmarked ₹935 crore in its maiden budget for a major road and footpath upgrade plan, including the development of 1,000…