Was some area in poll-bound Andhra Pradesh the real target of the two bombs that exploded in Chennai Central railway station early today?
Self-styled godman Nityananda, arrested on criminal charges including rape, was on Friday remanded in judicial custody till May 12 by a court. The court in Ramanagaram, 40 km from Bangalore, passed the remand order when Nityananda was produced before it after eight days of police custody, said the police. The police said the Karnataka criminal investigation department, probing various criminal charges against Nityananda, has not been able to make much headway.
The presence of top American companies like Microsoft, Cisco and McKinsey in Bengaluru seem to be motivating terror groups to repeatedly target the IT city as it gives them instant publicity globally and acts to thwart foreign investment there.
'Wine bars there are, in plenty, in Karnataka,' notes Alok Chandra.
Sheena Bora wanted to stop pretending as sister of the key accused and her mother, Indrani Mukerjea before her murder in 2012, her fianc Rahul Mukerjea has said in his statement before magistrate.
A team from Gujarat, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh is in Bangalore to join the probe by the city police into the recent blasts outside the Chinnaswamy stadium even as police chief Ajai Kumar Singh on Tuesday hinted at the involvement of both terror elements and the betting lobby.
More than a month on, investigators are yet to make a breakthrough in the Chennai train blasts case. The latest probe angle surrounding SIMI's Haider Ali isn't very definitive as well, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
A Congress worker, Manjappa, died after suffering a cardiac arrest during K Siddaramaiah swearing in ceremony, in Bangalore on Monday. Siddaramaiah, who led the Congress to victory in the assembly elections in Karnataka, took oath as the 22nd chief minister of the state on Monday morning.
Suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Fasih Mohammed, who was deported from Saudi Arabia last year and is accused in terror strikes in India, Tuesday sought bail from a Delhi court.
Intelligence Bureau officials told rediff.com that Kerala has always been a hot bed for terror-related activities and for the Lashkar, it has been the gateway to south India.
One person was killed and 33 others injured when 11 bogies of Bangalore-bound Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express derailed at Sitheri, about 90 km from Chennai, early Wednesday morning.
The warning was given by Home Minister Shivraj Patil after he reviewed the situation with Governor, Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on Saturday, ministry sources said on Sunday.
Two days after a crude bomb was found on a Kingfisher flight, various theories are being circulated regarding the origin of the bomb. While some say that it could be an act of terror, both police and Intelligence Bureau sources say it is a case of mischief.
A team of the Gujarat police camping in Karnataka picked up two doctors -- Dr Saleem Ali and Dr Pathan -- from Bijapur, a town in northern Karnataka, on Sunday. Although police are yet to ascertain his role behind the two blasts, they say immediate information with them shows Dr Ali had provided logistic support to those who carried out the blasts.
The commander said that by looking at the pattern of operation and the places that the suspects travelled, there has to be some outside involvement of some leadership or instructions.
Controversial self-proclaimed godman Nithyananda underwent a potency test on Monday in a 2010 rape case, days after the Supreme Court dismissed his plea challenging the Karnataka high court's order directing him to face the test.
The family of Souvik Pal, an Indian student whose body was found weeks after he went missing in Manchester, United Kingdom, on Thursday demanded that the British government order a probe into his mysterious death.
The Janata Dal-Secular has put out its first list of candidates for the Karnataka elections 2013. Significantly, the list has three former cops on it.
A fascinating excerpt from Naman Ramachandran's Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography charts the rise of a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad to the mega-phenomenon called Rajnikanth.
The Lokayukta court in Bengaluru on Thursday ordered a probe against three former Karnataka chief ministers -- former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and B S Yeddyurappa, on a complaint alleging irregularities in the Bangalore-Mysore expressway project.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Malayalam film industry.
The Karnataka police do not seem to have learnt its lesson. While there are arguments over the terror alert that was issued four days before Wednesday's blast outside the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Bangalore, the one major aspect that they had forgotten was the Hubli blasts which took place during the 2008 elections.
Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist Sabhauddin, the man alleged to be behind the attack on the Indian Institute of Science along with prime accused Abu Hamza, has revealed that their initial plan was to attack the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bangalore.
Roopa had alleged that Rs 2 crore had exchanged hands to provide special facilities to Sasikala.
Against the backdrop of Shiv Sena and right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene's threat to disrupt the Indo-Pak cricket series, City Police Commissioner Jyotiprakash Mirji on Saturday said tight security would be provided for the Twenty20 match at the Chinaswamy stadium in Bangalore on December 25.
A mysterious shooting incident at a ISRO facility in the early hours near Bangalore threw up conflicting versions with a CISF guard claiming that two unidentified persons shot at him while the police raised serious doubts.
At the age of 27, Chandrashekhar has cases of cheating and illegal money laundering against him in the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Chennai Police and the Bengaluru Police, a senior Delhi police officer said.
In the wake of the brutal assault on a woman in an unguarded ATM in Bangalore, the Finance Ministry said it has asked all banks to strictly follow the RBI's instructions on security at these outlets and comply with instructions issued by state governments.
Mourners in large numbers on Saturday paid their last respects to Jnanpith award winner and Kannada literary giant U R Ananthamurthy who was cremated with full state honours in Bangalore.
Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, accused of molesting an Indo-American woman, was on Saturday granted bail by a Delhi court which found that he had not tresspassed into her room in the five star hotel where the alleged incident took place.
Bangalore's Brigade Road may become a model for Mysore's Devaraj Urs Road for dealing with the parking woes of the Wodeyars' city.
The Karnataka police claimed on Wednesday to have gathered clues after questioning over 200 persons, including Students Islamic Movement of India members, in connection with the serial blasts that rocked Bangalore in July, a top police official said in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Among very few woman editors in Kannada journalism, she was a fierce activist, who openly expressed her pro-Naxal and Leftist views.
The money-spinning Indian Premier League has mulled a closed-door edition in a desperate bid to avoid cancellation as the deadly COVID-19 sent Indian sports into quarantine after a government directive for fans to be kept away from all action to prevent the pandemic from spreading.
Some demonstrations have been held in parts of the state but the overall situation is peaceful.
The 10 rebel MLAs had moved apex court alleging that the Karnataka assembly speaker was not accepting their resignations.
A month after Bangalore-based software engineer Meghna Subedar's body was found floating at Goa's Candolim beach, an anonymous letter to the state police has claimed that it was a murder and handiwork of a Raipur-based boy.
Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils, desperate for a victory under their belt, will try to outdo each other in Saturday's Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru.
Scores of National Students' Union of India activists on Tuesday staged a protest outside the residence of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi over the issue of black money stashed away in foreign banks.
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