Bengaluru News

A businessman was arrested Tuesday by the Karnataka commercial taxes department for allegedly evading GST of Rs 42 crore by raising fake invoices of Rs 245 crore in the name of deceased and fictituous people.

A 59-year-old Kabbadi coach with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) allegedly committed suicide in a hotel room in Bengaluru after being accused of molesting a teenage girl at the training centre, police said Tuesday.

Three teenage students drowned after they fell into a lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru while taking a selfie, the police said on Monday. The boys were among 50 students from Siddaganga Pre-University College in Tumakuru district who were on a visit to Dobbespet to participate in the National Service Scheme or NSS camp.

The principal of a school in Bengaluru was hacked death inside the campusby a gang last morning, police said. The principal was in his office, trying to resolve a dispute related to the land on which the school is built, when a gang of six men barged into his room and allegedly murdered him.

A school principal was hacked to death Sunday by a six member gang in front of 20 students, for whom he was holding a special class, police said.

Rahul Gandhi has apologised to the employees of the state-run defence company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL "on the government's behalf" for doubting their capabilities. The Congress chief, who met employee representatives in Bengaluru today to talk about the controversial Rafale fighter jets deal, said that establishments like HAL are the temples of modern India, but they are being attacked and destroyed.

Rahul Gandhi met employees of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL today, amid allegations and counter-allegations over the Rafale fighter jet deal and its offset clause.

Led by the visually impaired, hundreds of people with blindfolds around their eyes took to the streets of Bengaluru on Thursday. Similar scenes were observed in 150 cities across six countries on the event of World Sight Day.

A Delhi court has ordered the attachment of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya's properties in Bengaluru in a case relating to FERA violations.

The US-based ride-sharing giant Uber on Wednesday rolled out its traffic "Movement" tool for Bengaluru after launching it earlier in Delhi and Mumbai.

When an ISKCON temple in Bengaluru organised a quiz on the Bhagavad Gita, a Muslim youngster took home the first prize. Shaik Mohiuddin, a Class 9 student of Subhash Memorial English High School, believes all religions are equal.

After NDTV's report on widespread pollution by graphite plant in Bengaluru's bustling Whitefield, the Supreme Court has decided to take up the caseandissued a notice to Graphite India Limited. The concerns of the residents of Whitefield were brought to the court's notice by an expert panel today.

Pro-Kannada activists staged a protest Monday calling for a ban on Bollywood actor Sunny Leone's show in Bengaluru on November 3, saying it was against Kannada culture.

Thousands of dead snails are still floating on the banks of the historical Madivala lake in south Bengaluru. Now, along with the snails, even hundreds of fish have also died in the last one week.

Bengaluru Deputy Mayor Ramila Umashankar was a leader of Janata Dal (Secular).