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Siddaramaiah orders probe after 11 killed in stampede at RCB victory celebrations in Bengaluru

Neither KSCA nor Karnataka govt ‘expected’ supporters to show up in such large numbers for RCB’s victory celebrations at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, CM Siddaramaiah tells media.

RCB victory parade: Bengaluru turns red as fans pour into streets to welcome 1st time IPL champions

The much-anticipated open-top bus parade from Vidhana Soudha to the stadium will also start at 5 PM following the team's reception by the CM at the Bengaluru airport.

Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar’s big-ticket projects facing heat. Hemavathi Canal latest to draw fire

Several farmers, BJP & JD(S) members, and religious seers have staged protests demanding the project be scrapped. Shivakumar, however, says the uproar is ‘politically motivated’.

Bengaluru is copying Mumbai. Language purity is becoming a code for economic frustration

The informal economy’s most vulnerable become convenient scapegoats for attendant concerns about jobs and cultural change. The backlash against Kamal Haasan for his remarks on Kannada reflects these anxieties.

A chain of retaliatory killings & a political blame game keep coastal Karnataka on boil

Karnataka govt’s ‘anti-communal force’ is yet to become operational, even as tensions in communally sensitive coastal regions remain dangerously close to spiraling out of control.

With fee layout set in ‘local context’, University of Liverpool’s Bengaluru campus to begin ops in 2026

Vice chancellor Tim Jones tells ThePrint that the university aims to develop its India campus into a global institution, with the enrolment target of 10,000 students in 10 years.

As rains expose infra woes, ‘de facto mayor’ Shivakumar announces measures to protect ‘Brand Bengaluru’

The Karnataka govt announced flood relief of Rs 10,000, infrastructure upgrades, parking reforms, and a ban on footpath vendors.

‘Congress office in Turkey’ claim: After FIRs, Arnab’s Republic TV admits error, Amit Malviya defiant

Complaints filed after Arnab Goswami-led Republic TV ran visuals of building in Türkiye claiming it was Congress party office. Visuals were shared by BJP functionary Amit Malviya.

Fed up of Bengaluru roads, doctor drags civic body to court, seeks Rs 50 lakh in damages

Kiran Jeevan says he suffered from neck and back pain, which was medically linked to the ‘jerks and trauma caused while commuting on Bengaluru’s treacherous roads’.

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Punjab’s paddy farmers are staring at big losses. Why flood impact may spill out of India’s rice bowl

As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.

Army chief weighs in on theaterisation, says it is inevitable and need of the hour

New Delhi: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has strongly backed the idea of theaterisation, saying it is inevitable and the need of the hour. Speaking...

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?