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TopicBengaluru police

Topic: Bengaluru police

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’.

Bengaluru Police arrest five suspects with terror links, foil potential ‘subversive activity’

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda said the suspects were also linked to a 2017 murder case in the city's RT Nagar police station.

On Camera

A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.