BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team probing the alleged sexual harassment of women by Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has come out with a helpline number for the victims to approach them. SIT chief and Additional Director General of Police B K Singh said in a statement the victims can call 6360938947. Singh said the victims need not have to visit the SIT office as the team would personally approach them to offer them relief. The SIT also warned people at large not to share the videos showi

BENGALURU: Only three per cent of women entrepreneurs in Tier 2 and 3 cities in India have access to external funding such as bank loans or equity investments, to start or expand their businesses, according to a white paper published by the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH), in collaboration with SALT-mysaltapp. The paper highlighted the perils of women entrepreneurs and lack of a level playing field in the industry. Titled At the Helm: Women Entrepreneurs Transforming Middle India, was aimed a

BENGALURU: Sharing updates on the investigation into the alleged sexual crimes involving Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revanna, Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Sunday said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has issued a Blue Corner Notice against the current BJP-JDS alliance Hassan Lok Sabha candidate, who is the accused No. 2 in the alleged sex scandal. The SIT is expected to take the help of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to know Prajwals whereabouts, and to zero in on

BENGALURU: Based on strong tip-offs indicating that Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is wanted in sexual harassment cases, might arrive in Bengaluru from Dubai, the officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the case, camped at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru for hours on Sunday before returning empty-handed. Police sources said the SIT received credible information that the Janata Dal (Secular) MP would arrive anytime on Sunday and the SIT officials

BENGALURU: Disappointed over not being paid their regular salaries by GVK EMRI for the past five months, 108 ambulances in Karnataka may cease operations from today (May 6). Around 715 ambulances and approximately 3,500 employees across Karnataka are associated with the 108 ambulance associations service. The association employees claimed they had only received the equivalent of two months salary over the past five months. The association operates approximately 90 ambulances in Bengaluru, with o

CHIKKAMAGALURU: Intense temperature coupled with heatwave has impacted coffee and areca crops in the plains of the Malnad region. With mercury level shooting up to 36 degrees Celsius, commercial crops like coffee, areca and pepper have been severely affected. With the adverse heat continuing to hit the region, unripe arecanuts that had just started to sprout, started dropping because of lack of moisture. Though the region witnessed pre-monsoon once or twice in Kalasa and Mudigere taluks, the hea

BELAGAVI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is afraid of losing the Lok Sabha election, and is making statements like a Bajrang Dal activist, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Sunday. Modi says the Constitution is their Dharma Granth, whereas his MP candidates and close associates are speaking about changing the Constitution and removing reservation for SC/STs and OBCs. They are internally different but present themselves as secular. This election is a second freedom fight, he declared. At a p

MYSURU: Over 900 farmers have suffered losses to the tune of Rs 25 crore after their banana plantation in around 1,250 acres was destroyed in rains and wild winds in Chamarajanagar district on Friday. Hoping for better prices, the farmers had decided to harvest the crop in the next week. Now they are a worried lot as the plantations are completely damaged. Even papaya growers too have suffered losses in the rain fury. Gundlupet taluk was worst hit as crops in over 700 acres were damaged followed

SHIVAMOGGA: Former chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday accused the Congress of swindling funds kept for the welfare of backward communities, reiterating, The Congress has swallowed Rs 25,396 crore worth of funds meant for the welfare of SC and ST communities. Yediyurappa also charged that there are three factions within the Karnataka Congress -- led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, and KPCC president and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar. The Lingayat stro

HAVERI: DCM DK Shivakumar allegedly slapped a local Congress leader during campaigning at Savanur on Saturday night. When he arrived to campaign for party Haveri candidate Vinod Asuti, many party workers rushed towards him, raised slogans and started dancing. Savanur Town Municipal member Allauddin Maniyar tried to put his hands on Shivakumar, when the DCM glared at him before slapping the local representative. A video of the incident went viral on social media sites. Some Congress leaders said

DAVANAGERE: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said Narendra Modi will never become Prime Minister again and there is a strong anti-Modi wave across the country. Even BJP people know this. BJPs defeat in these elections is imminent, he said with conviction. Campaigning for Congress candidate Dr Prabha Mallikarjun as part of Prajadhwani-2 at Harihar and Honnali Assembly segments of Davanagere parliamentary constituency, he said the 25 BJP MPs who got elected from the state in 2019 never questi

BENGALURU: With the Electoral Bonds now declared unconstitutional, a few individuals are of the opinion that PM Cares Fund needs to be probed, and there should be transparency in the flow of money, and what the fund has been used for. PM Narendra Modi claims he brought in transparency through Electoral Bonds, but was exposed. The public has a right to know what the PM Cares Fund is being used for, and how much was spent for what purpose, said AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge. Welfare funds have

BENGALURU: A total of 2,59,52,958 voters will on Tuesday decide the fate of 227 candidates in Phase-3 of Lok Sabha elections in 14 parliamentary constituencies of Kitur and Kalyana-Karnataka and Malnad regions of the state. Elections for the Shorapur Assembly constituency too will be held on May 7. Of the six candidates contesting, one each is from BJP and Congress, while four are independents. Polling will be from 7 am till 6 pm. The biggest challenge for Election Commission officials and voter

BENGALURU: After water shortage, Bengalureans may soon face beer shortage, as pubs and breweries in the city are struggling to keep up with the escalating demand, surpassing the available supply. While sales were on the rise in recent months, the continuous overproduction has left breweries with empty shelves. This scenario, in turn, has caused delays in restocking inventories for retail stores. In response to the current situation, many pubs and breweries are set to soon discontinue weekend off

KARWAR: Uttara Kannada is a constituency that was comfortably in the BJP pocket for 27 years, represented as it was in the Lok Sabha by firebrand Hindutva leader Ananthkumar Hegde. In 2019, he won the seat by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes. But controversy is his middle name. It often gets him into trouble though he manages to wriggle out on most occasions. Then came the blunder in the second week of March when the general election fever was gradually building up. He said the BJPs pitch for 400-plu

BENGALURU: Ahead of the Phase-3 of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, BJP may have realised that the lions share of Lingayat support it enjoyed in many elections over the last few decades could be turning into a mirage. Though BJP senior leader BS Yediyurappa, considered a Lingayat strongman, has been campaigning in all the 14 constituencies, the party has realised that it will be difficult to repeat the results of the last Lok Sabha elections when it won all the 14 seats in the region aided by Lin

KALABURAGI: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge strongly objected to the speeches of BJP leaders, questioning his (Kharges) camping and touring in Kalaburagi district extensively. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Kharge said, Some leaders, including BJP candidate of Kalaburagi Dr Umesh Jadhav, used to object to my camping and extensive touring in Kalaburagi district, in their speeches. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kalaburagi district twice, many leaders of the BJP visited the constituency

BENGALURU: As the campaign trail falls silent in the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of North Karnataka that are going to the polls on Tuesday, BJP national general secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh will be keeping his fingers crossed that his efforts does not go in vain as his prestige is at stake. This is especially so in the five LS seats of Kalyan Karnataka, including Kalaburagi, home turf of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge where he has focussed and campaigned subtly. According to sources,

BELAGAVI: The state government will give financial assistance to victims of alleged sexual assault by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, said AICC general secretary RS Surjewala in Belagavi on Sunday. Surjewala said it has been the worst and rare case that happened for the first time in the country and thousands of women suffered the worst abuse. Addressing a press conference in Belagavi on Sunday, Surjewala said, Rahul Gandhi has written to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah stating that a psychic individual (P

MANGALURU: A second year Pre-University student allegedly died by suicide at her hostel room in a private college in Moodbidri, police said on Sunday. She was identified as C M Divya (18) from Mysuru, they said. According to the complaint lodged with Moodbidri police station by the girl's parents, she was struggling with health issues and was afraid that she would not score in the NEET examinations for entering professional colleges. She was supposed to take the examination on Sunday. On late Sa

UTTARA KANNADA: A 26-year-old woman allegedly threw her six-year-old disabled son into a crocodile-infested river at Dandeli taluk in this district following a quarrel with her husband, police said on Sunday. The couple often fought with each other over the condition of their elder son, who is speech-disabled since birth. They have another two-year-old son, they said. Savitri's husband Ravi Kumar (27) used to frequently quarrel with her over elder son's disability and questioned her as to why sh

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has said that a blue-corner notice has been issued to locate Hassan MP and accused in a sexual abuse and abduction case, Prajwal Revanna. A blue corner notice is a part of Interpol's colour-coded notices which enable countries to share alerts and requests for information [on wanted persons/crimes] worldwide. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has earlier sent a request to the CBI, the nodal body for Interpol matters in India, seeking a Bl

KARNATAKA: Coming from a political family and canvassing for Congress candidates for two decades and more in the past elections here, Prabha Mallikarjun is making her electoral debut in this Lok Sabha constituency. And interestingly, for the first time, Davangere will see a contest between two women -- Prabha is taking on BJP's Gayathri Siddeshwara. Once a Congress stronghold, the BJP has been winning the seat since 1999. The 48-year-old Prabha, a dentist, is the wife of District in-charge Minis

BELAGAVI: The Congress government in Karnataka will provide financial assistance to those allegedly sexually assaulted by JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna , the national party said on Sunday. Congress general secretary and the party's Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala made this announcement at a press conference here in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He said former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had demanded that appropriate action be taken against the accused. Chief Ministe

BENGALURU : BBMP is getting ready for the monsoon and has directed other civic agencies to complete their work by May 20. It has asked the Storm Water Drain Department to take up intensive cleaning of drains every third week of every month till the rainy season is over. Addressing the media on the corporations monsoon preparedness, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath said, BBMP started a 15-day intensive cleaning of its storm water drains from April 19 ti

BENGALURU: The thundershowers in Bengaluru and parts of south interior Karnataka on Thursday and Friday disrupted the power supply in many areas. The sudden change in weather resulted in substantial damage, including 33 high tension poles, 29 low tension poles, and 11 transformers. A total of 305 poles were damaged, with an estimated repair cost amounting to Rs 25.63 lakh. Additionally, 57 transformers were damaged, with an estimated repair cost of 86.20 lakh, along with repairs to 18 double pol

BENGALURU: From extended weekends to voter apathy, lack of information on candidates contesting to the timing of the poll day were discussed on Friday to find reasons for low poll percentage in Bengaluru Urban district (BBMP limits), which voted on April 26 in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. The online discussion -- Low polling percentage in Bengaluru Urban district (BBMP) during Lok Sabha General Election 2024, what are the root causes? -- was organised by the Bangalore Political Action Committee

BENGALURU : In an attempt to increase the groundwater table across the city, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has dug up 986 Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) pits in 30 days, said the Board chairman Ram Prasath Manohar. Addressing the officials after inspecting one of the pits, BWSSB Chairman said, The shortage of water supply in Bengaluru is not to due to shortage of Cauvery water in dams, rather due to grooundwater drying up across the city. He further added that during monsoon, the

BENGALURU: If Covid has taught us anything, it is hygiene and the relentless effort one must take to prevent viruses and infections. However, women are always the ones losing out in this bargain. With a mission to create awareness around menstruation, address the taboos and encourage basic hygiene practices, Anitha Rao, a 40-yr-old social entrepreneur and activist, embarked on a journey about a decade ago. Anitha took the first step after she visited government schools and slums near her residen

BENGALURU : A hotel helper ended up behind the bars after he took his owners suggestion seriously, and stole a bike parked in front of the hotel. Shaheem C, alias Shazz, is a native of Thalassery in Kerala. He was working at a hotel in Madivala. When Shaheem requested his owner to clear his salary dues, pending for over a month so he could visit Kerala, the owner denied him his salary, and instead suggested that Shazz should break the lock of a bike and use it to ride to Kerala Ninenteen-year-ol

BENGALURU : Over 700 women including several women welfare groups and social rights activists across the country have signed a petition against the alleged crimes committed against women by Prajwal Revanna and HD Revanna. The petition was initiated by the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) and Women for Democracy (WFD). The community has written to the National Commission for Women (NCW), calling for strong legal action and has questioned the lack of prompt and strict action by the commission.

BENAGALURU : The slum pockets of DJ Halli and Chikka Banaswadi, which previously had continuous water supply for 24 hours every day, are now getting water for merely two hours a week, and are forced to buy water. A significant part of their income is being spent on buying water every day. TNIE visited the slum pocket and interacted with the residents. The migrant population told TNIE that they were hopeful that before the Lok Sabha elections, someone would address their water shortage concerns.

BENGALURU : Majority of the cyber crime cases reported, conclude with closure reports, usually filed where there are not sufficient grounds to investigate, shortly after the victims bank accounts are blocked. Due to the trend of increasing complexity and limited manpower within the city police department, cyber fraud cases are not being prioritised, said a senior officer attached to cyber crime investigations said. The fraudsters are more dedicated in planning the crime than the whole investigat

HUBBALLI : Senior BJP leaders BY Vijayendra and CT Ravi have alleged that love jihad cases are on the rise in Karnataka. Vijayendra, who is the state BJP president, further went on to say that Karnataka was going the Kerala way. Ravi, a former minister, demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into such incidents. Vijayendra told reporters in Hubballi on Saturday that the Congress State Government was also giving shelter to murderers. An atmosphere of fear has been created among Hind

DAVANAGERE : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the Modi government on the issue of Covid-19 vaccine and claimed that many healthy youngsters who had taken the jab are getting heart attacks. She was speaking at an election rally in Davanagere. Priyanka alleged that the vaccine manufacturer gave the BJP a donation of Rs 52 crore. There was a recent report that vaccine takers were suffering from cardiac problems, she alleged. Many youths are having cardiac arrests, but the

BENGALURU: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday evening arrested Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna in the kidnap case registered against him at KR Nagar police station in Mysuru district by the son of one of the victims of the alleged sexual abuse involving the MLA and his son and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. Two FIRs were registered against Revanna. The first on a complaint of sexual harassment filed by one of the victims in Holenarasipur town police station in Hassan district on April 28.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Saturday that the alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna came out in public because of the feud between the families of former CM HD Kumaraswamy and his brother and former minister HD Revanna. Shivakumar, the KPCC president, hit back at Kumaraswamy after the latter said that the case will see a new twist regarding those who are behind leaking the contents of the pen drive after the third phase of Lok Sabha election

The sex scandal allegedly involving Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna that triggered a high-decibel political slugfest is unlikely to have much of an impact on the voting in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka that will go to the polls on Tuesday. Prajwal Revanna, the JDS-BJP combine candidate from Hassan constituency and looking at retaining his seat, is facing serious charges of sexually harassing several women. His father and JDS MLA, HD Revanna, is also named as accused in two FIR

BENGALURU : The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the alleged rape and sexual harassment cases against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, has approached the CBI to issue a Blue Corner Notice against the MP. The CBI, which is the nodal agency for INTERPOL matters in India, is authorised to issue the Blue Corner Notice based on documents and evidence provided to it by the SIT against the MP, who is now abroad. The Blue Corner Notice is issued to collect information about the accuseds move

MANGALURU: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has earned a net profit of Rs 3,596 crore during FY 2023-24, up by Rs 2,638 crore profit in FY 2022-23. The board of directors of MRPL, a subsidiary company of ONGC and Schedule A Mini Ratna Category I Company, during its 262nd meeting held on May 3, approved its Standalone and Consolidated Audited Financial Results for the fourth quarter (Q4 FY 2023-24) and year (FY 2023-24) ended March 31, 2024. In 2023-24, the company earned a re

BENGALURU: To expedite railway projects and streamline land acquisition processes, General Manager, South Western Railway Arvind Srivastava attended a coordination meeting with the Chief Secretary of Karnataka Rajneesh Goel on Friday. The meeting focused on addressing critical issues related to railway land and the acquisition of land for ongoing railway projects in the state. One of the primary agendas of the meeting was to discuss the challenges and progress concerning land acquisition for var

BENGALURU : To promote ease of doing business, space regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) introduced norms and guidelines for the effective implementation of the Indian space policy, which the booming space industry has been demanding for a while. This will help stakeholders to better understand the regulations and streamline the activities from building, launching and setting up ground stations. The document also includes information on how private playe

BENGALURU: After the fiasco of out of syllabus questions appearing in the CET question papers conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) this year, the Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka (KAMS) has written a letter to the Minister of Higher Education, MC Sudhakar, and demanded appropriate action must be taken against those responsible for formulating such confusing question papers. Despite the governments decision to award grace marks for the out-of-

MYSURU: Staff of the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) were pressed into restoration works after hundreds of trees and electricity poles were uprooted in the city in the Fridays heavy downpour resulting in several areas plunging into complete darkness for hours together. One person was dead and several others were injured in the rain fury. The deceased has been identified as Shivakumar of Marashettahalli in Myusru taluk. To take shelter from r

BELAGAVI : The Chikkodi Parliamentary constituency is bracing for a tough clash between Congress and BJP when it goes to the polls on May 7. BJP candidate and sitting MP Annasaheb Jolle is pitted against young Congress leader Priyanka Jarkiholi. A popular politician, Jolle has a stranglehold on most of the eight Assembly segments in the constituency as he is active in the thriving cooperative and education sectors here. His wife and former minister Shashikala Jolle is MLA from the Nipani Assembl

BENGALURU: All sorts of loud political campaigning using loudspeakers, microphones, banners and mega rallies will end at 6 pm on Sunday (May 5). After which political parties and candidates can only carry out door-to-door campaigning. This is because 14 parliamentary constituencies -- Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere and Shimoga -- are going to the polls on May 7. The office of the Chief Electoral Officer,

BHATKAL/BENGALURU : Hundreds of people from Bhatkal, who are working in West Asia, are returning home just to exercise their franchise on May 7. This, it is said to be in response to the appeal by Bhatkal Tanzeem. It is learnt that the travel expenses of these voters are met by the Tanzeem. Taking a cue from Kerala, where a large number of residents who are working abroad, came down to vote, the Tanzeem has appealed to the people of Bhatkal, who are working abroad, to return home and exercise th

HUBBALLI : To deny BJP candidate Pralhad Joshi a fifth term from the Dharwad parliamentary segment, Congress is pitting him against the Lingayat community. Though the same strategy by the party has not been fruitful earlier, this time it hopes to get the support of Dingaleshwar Swami of Shirahatti Bhavaikya Peeth, who had filed his nomination papers to contest as an independent but later withdrew. Though Lingayats voters constitute over 25 per cent of the total electorate in the Dharwad segment,

KALABURAGI : JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy believes that the sex scandal allegedly involving his nephew Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and brother HD Revanna will boomerang on Congress. In an interview with TNIE , the former CM says such allegations will not affect the prospects of the BJP-JDS alliance in the Lok Sabha polls. Excerpts: What will be the repercussions of the alleged sex scandal? The issue will boomerang on Congress and may lead to the collapse of the Siddaramaiah government in the

BENGALURU: Refusing to quash the two FIRs registered against absconding accused Deputy Superintendent of Police, Shridhar K Pujar, by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probing the Bitcoin scam and a staff for an alleged attempt on his life when he went to arrest him, the Karnataka High Court directed Pujar to appear before the investigation officer at 9 am on May 8. The investigation officer is at liberty to take Pujar to judicial custody and conclude the custodial investigation on the