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Explained: How Mohammed Shariq with ‘links’ to Islamic State executed Mangaluru blast
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Explained: How Mohammed Shariq with ‘links’ to Islamic State executed Mangaluru blast

Armed with a stolen Aadhaar card, Mohammed Shariq rented an apartment in Mysuru where he stored items used to make explosives. On Saturday, he carried an IED-fitted pressure cooker in an auto rickshaw on the outskirts of Mangaluru. The blast has been called an act of terror by Karnataka Police

What is the lip-lock challenge? Why have eight Karnataka college students been booked?
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What is the lip-lock challenge? Why have eight Karnataka college students been booked?

A video showing a boy and a girl in their uniforms kissing while their friends cheer them on has gone viral. The story has taken a darker twist with one of the girls in the clip alleging sexual assault in a complaint to the police

Karnataka CM Bommai holds high-level meet with police, directs precautionary measures in state to maintain law, order
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Karnataka CM Bommai holds high-level meet with police, directs precautionary measures in state to maintain law, order

Talking to reporters in Hubballi, the Karnataka chief minister said that situation in the state is peaceful. He said, instructions have been given to the police to deploy the forces in sensitive areas

'Sex for job' scam: Karnataka Police SIT to probe 'conspiracy to defame' BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi
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'Sex for job' scam: Karnataka Police SIT to probe 'conspiracy to defame' BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi

Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai claimed that the SIT aims to find out all the aspects of the alleged conspiracy including the people behind it, those who allegedly hatched it as well as where the CD (video) was prepared

Shivamogga blast: Two detained after explosion kills six quarry workers; Yediyurappa announces Rs 5 lakh compensation
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Shivamogga blast: Two detained after explosion kills six quarry workers; Yediyurappa announces Rs 5 lakh compensation

The Karnataka chief minister condoled the deaths and said that the government has ordered an investigation into the accident. Shivamogga is Yediyurappa's home district

Woman killed in suspected honour killing in Karnataka's Ramanagara; father, two other relatives arrested
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Woman killed in suspected honour killing in Karnataka's Ramanagara; father, two other relatives arrested

According to police, the woman's family was opposed to her alleged love affair with a man from a lower caste community

Karnataka Police Recruitment 2020: Online application process for 2,672 posts of constable, bandsmen to begin on 18 May
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Karnataka Police Recruitment 2020: Online application process for 2,672 posts of constable, bandsmen to begin on 18 May

The details of Karnataka Police Recruitment 2020 are expected to be released on the official website on the day the online application process starts.

Congress demands sedition case against Mumbai school for pro-CAA event after Karnataka Police arrests principal for anti-CAA play
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Congress demands sedition case against Mumbai school for pro-CAA event after Karnataka Police arrests principal for anti-CAA play

If sedition case can be registered against students for staging drama against CAA, then a case of sedition should be filed against Mumbai school for forcing students to support CAA, says Congress leader Sachin Sawant

Desecration of Brindavana at Hampi: Outrage over Tejasvi Surya's remark shows how Leftist cabal cherry-picks facts to hide uncomfortable truths
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Desecration of Brindavana at Hampi: Outrage over Tejasvi Surya's remark shows how Leftist cabal cherry-picks facts to hide uncomfortable truths

Praveen Swami's article about Tejasvi Surya's statement in Lok Sabha as well as his tweets regarding desecration of Sri Vyasaraja's Brindavana in Hampi is an example of how Leftist cabal cherry-picks facts to outrage whenever someone brings to light the uncomfortable truths

Miscreants involved in vandalising Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha’s tomb near Karnataka's Hampi arrested
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Miscreants involved in vandalising Sri Vyasaraja Tirtha’s tomb near Karnataka's Hampi arrested

All miscreants who had vandalised the Brindavana of 15th century great Madhva guru Sri Vyasaraja at Anegundi near Hampi, in Karnataka have been arrested by police according to reports

HD Deve Gowda and sons held Congress-JD(S) coalition govt to ransom in 2004, reveals ex- Karnataka cop's book
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HD Deve Gowda and sons held Congress-JD(S) coalition govt to ransom in 2004, reveals ex- Karnataka cop's book

Former Karnataka intelligence chief DV Guruprasad's book, Corridors of Intelligence — Revealing Politics, tells you how the Deve Gowda clan hassled the previous Congress-JD(S) coalition government of Dharam Singh (in 2004) with demands, including transfer of officials before forming a new govt in the state with the support of BJP

Engineering student in Karnataka's Raichur found hanging from a tree amid reports of rape and murder; police arrest one
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Engineering student in Karnataka's Raichur found hanging from a tree amid reports of rape and murder; police arrest one

The Karnataka Police has found the body of an engineering student from Raichur who was reportedly raped and murdered and forced to write a suicide letter. Latest reports have said that the Karnataka police has arrested one person in connection to the case. According to local media reports, the victim's body was found hanging at the Manik Prabhu Temple in the city, days after she went missing.

FIR filed against 7 suspects in JD(S) worker's killing in Mandya; no arrest yet, says Karnataka Police
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FIR filed against 7 suspects in JD(S) worker's killing in Mandya; no arrest yet, says Karnataka Police

Seven people have been booked for the killing of a JD(S) worker, that has erupted into a big political row after Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy's call to "shoot" the killers "mercilessly"

Karnataka temple food poisoning: Police arrests seer, says he mixed 15 bottles of pesticide in prasad to malign management
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Karnataka temple food poisoning: Police arrests seer, says he mixed 15 bottles of pesticide in prasad to malign management

Days after 15 people died of poisoning after eating prasad at a temple, a local seer and three others were arrested Wednesday on charges of hatching a conspiracy to kill devotees in a bid to defame the management

Activists' murders: SC says one agency can investigate if there's common thread; asks CBI to file reply by January first week
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Activists' murders: SC says one agency can investigate if there's common thread; asks CBI to file reply by January first week

The SC asked the CBI to inform it by January first week as to why it should not investigate all the four cases if there appears a link among all the murders

Woman thrashes banker in Karnataka for demanding sexual favours in exchange for loan; firm sacks employee
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Woman thrashes banker in Karnataka for demanding sexual favours in exchange for loan; firm sacks employee

The video from Karnataka has gone viral, the woman can be seen dragging the manager by the collar and then beating him up with a stick and slippers.

Bengaluru man assaults two traffic constables after being caught drunk driving; case registered against accused
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Bengaluru man assaults two traffic constables after being caught drunk driving; case registered against accused

After he was stopped for questioning, the Bengaluru man Rudresh became infuriated and started throwing bricks and stones at the policemen.

Explosives case: Maharashtra ATS gets custody of two accused held for Gauri Lankesh's murder
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Explosives case: Maharashtra ATS gets custody of two accused held for Gauri Lankesh's murder

The ATS brought them to Mumbai from Bengaluru and produced them before Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Padalkar. The court granted the ATS custody of the accused till 17 September.

Bhima Koregaon raids an attempt to divert attention from Sanatan Sanstha probe, says Prakash Ambedkar
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Bhima Koregaon raids an attempt to divert attention from Sanatan Sanstha probe, says Prakash Ambedkar

Prakash Ambedkar alleged that police have made contradictory claims about the violence at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in January

Bidar lynching: He looked like terrorist, says villager, days after WhatsApp rumour leads to death of 1 in rural Karnataka
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Bidar lynching: He looked like terrorist, says villager, days after WhatsApp rumour leads to death of 1 in rural Karnataka

Messages circulating in a local WhatsApp group, late in the day Mohammed Azam was killed in Bidar, Karnataka, simply said: “Child kidnappers found in Murki.” Videos and photos of Azam and his four friends, taken just before, were attached.