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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicBengaluru police

Topic: Bengaluru police

Bengaluru police arrests Yoga guru Niranjana Murthy for allegedly assaulting minor boy & several women

FIR says the complainant, aged 17 then, went with Murthy to a Thailand competition in 2019, where the yoga guru first sexually harassed them. The complainant quit the events afterward.

Giving itself clean chit, Karnataka govt accepts D’Cunha panel report on Chinnaswamy stadium stampede

Legal action will be taken against private associations and against the officers who are named in the report, says Karnataka minister HK Patil

RCB marketing head, 3 from event firm that organised parade among 4 held over Bengaluru stampede

Arrests come day after Bengaluru Police filed suo motu FIR naming Royal Challengers Bengaluru, DNA Entertainment & the administrative committee of Karnataka State Cricket Association.

Gang rape, poll rigging, bid to inject rival with HIV—litany of charges against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna

40-yr-old woman has accused Munirathna, aides of gang rape. BJP MLA from Rajarajeshwarinagar, who was earlier with the Congress, was arrested last year in another rape case.

Why Karnataka’s new police chief is best known as ‘one-way Saleem’

The 1993-batch IPS officer has previously led SITs that probed cases including rape charges against former MP Prajwal Revanna and graft allegations against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

IAF officer claims assaulted for being ‘outsider’ in Bengaluru. CCTV shows him beating up biker

Bengaluru police have registered case on complaint by Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose’s wife Squadron Leader Madhumita. CCTV footage shows Bose assaulting biker.

Bengaluru traffic police get an image makeover. A new museum shows them as heroes

From holding a lantern between sunset and sunrise to alert drivers of potential hazards to today’s AI-powered traffic lights, this museum documents the evolution of traffic policing in Bengaluru.

Tattling to bosses of traffic violators won’t solve Bengaluru’s gridlock. It will hurt jobs

Bengaluru police's answer to the city’s infamous traffic troubles is naming, shaming, and treating citizens like unruly children. It’s passing the buck and sidestepping the core issues.

Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura under probe for more — ‘anti-Muslim’ rants, ‘insulting Tuluva heroes’

Bengaluru Police arrested Kundapura last week for allegedly duping a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore while promising him a ticket to contest the May Karnataka assembly polls.

All Bengaluru police stations will soon have trained teams to track ‘hate posts’ online

Talking about the decision, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda says ‘whatever happens in law and order, the origin (of the problem) is through social media’.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.