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Vinobha KT

As households become increasingly busy, on-demand house-help services are emerging as a valuable addition to conventional domestic help. Offering a helping hand, platforms such as Snabbit, Urban Company, and Pronto cater to these urgent cleaning needs. This trend is causing regular domestic workers to express curiosity about the pay rates of app-based providers, transforming prior informal arrangements into more structured solutions.

A street vendor in Bengaluru has been detained for supposedly posting derogatory comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media. Hudson, an undergraduate student, created an Instagram reel that criticized the Prime Minister's stance on public protests and alleged corruption. In response to the controversial post, a complaint was lodged by a local BJP leader, leading to action from the police under the Information Technology Act.

Nine migrant workers from West Bengal were injured in a suspected LPG cylinder blast. The incident occurred at a paying guest accommodation in Bommasandra on Thursday morning. Six of the injured workers sustained severe burn injuries and are hospitalized. These workers were employed with an engineering company and had just woken up. Further investigation is underway to determine the exact cause of the blast.

Central Crime Branch officers arrested a gunrunner from Madhya Pradesh recently. The accused, Janjir alias Dinesh Patidar, manufactured and sold country-made pistols illegally. He was apprehended after a city businessman confessed to buying a weapon from him. Police developed an informant and located Patidar after he went into hiding. His house served as an illegal pistol manufacturing unit, and materials were seized.