On August 16, 1980, the Kolkata football derby between arch rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, played at the Eden Gardens (there was no Salt Lake Stadium then) witnessed a massive clash between the supporters of two teams, leading to 16 deaths.
Thousands of police personnel and CCTV cameras were deployed and traffic regulated across states on Tuesday to ensure public safety and prevent any untoward incident as the country geared up to welcome 2025.
The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayana Gowda faction) on Wednesday targeted business establishments in Bengaluru and damaged their signboards and name plates which did not use Kannada.
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Going by the recent spree of attacks against women in Bangalore, it is no longer safe to wear western outfits in the country's IT capital. Such attacks have reportedly taken place at Indranagar, Brigade Road, Koramangala and the Mount Carmel college area, when women have been assaulted for being dressed in western attire. When queried by media persons, state Home Minister Dr V S Acharya claimed to be unaware about these attacks, but added that he would look into the matter.
Bangalore's Brigade Road may become a model for Mysore's Devaraj Urs Road for dealing with the parking woes of the Wodeyars' city.
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday attacked Karnataka minister G Parameshwara over his objectionable remarks after women were molested en masse in Bengaluru, saying he has no right to continue in office after the "reprehensible" statement.
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Star batsman Chris Gayle courted controversy on Thursday when he allegedly pushed a reporter of a regional television channel as the latter tried to film him while he was shopping. The former West Indies captain also tried to snatch the camera and microphone from the channel crew.
Valentines Day in Karnataka passed off peacefully with no untoward incident being reported thanks to the fact that there were more policemen wandering the streets compared to the lovers. Celebrations were subtle across the state due to the threat by the Shri Ram Sena.
The man then allegedly tried to molest her and escaped from the scene when street dogs started barking
The ministry of home affairs in its advisory on December 28 had advised states and Union Territories that they can impose local restrictions, including night curfew, based on their assessment of the situation to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Thousands of men mobbed the revellers, and groped and trash talked the women in the streets on Saturday night even as a large number of policemen were deployed in the area.
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The CCTV footage of the video shows the accosted woman getting off an auto rickshaw and walking towards her home, when one of the two men suddenly appears in her way and begins to molest her.
Siddhartha many customers who grew up on coffee and conversations at his cafes mourned his death and disagreed that he had failed. Some said it was the place they first thought of their 'big idea'.
Coming from a family that has a 140-year history of growing coffee, Siddhartha, 59, initially dabbled in stock trading and wanted to work as an investment banker in Mumbai after completing his Master's in Economics from Mangalore University.
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The accused had been stalking the victim for four or five days and molested her when she was returning home after celebrating New Year
Parameshwara also said he was extremely pained that his statement on the alleged molestation incident had been interpreted out of context and not taken in its entirety.
Drone aerial cameras are being used by city police for the first time to monitor New Year celebrations in the central business district where a bomb blast killed a woman and injured three others on Sunday.
A woman was confirmed dead and another injured in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device on Sunday night in front of a popular restaurant on a busy road in the heart of Bengaluru.
As investigators zeroed in on some terror groups, sketches of suspects have been drawn in connection with the explosion outside a restaurant in Bengaluru that killed a woman and injured 3 others.
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Footfall at malls are down 20-25 per cent in the past couple of years.
They are shaken by the mass molestation in the city on New Year's Eve. But they are not waiting to be rescued. Nikita Puri reports.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
Upstaged by the swanky malls in town, both M G Road and Brigade Road have lost their "happening" status
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