Karnataka

Meditation, snakes & instant noodles: How a Russian woman spent 8 years in Karnataka forests

During a routine patrol, police discovered that a Russian woman named Nina Kutina, alias Mohi, had been living in near-complete isolation for eight years inside a cave in dense forests near Gokarna in Karnataka. The 40-year-old woman, who also has two daughters, has been living in India since 2017 on an expired visa

The outrage in Bengaluru over the Instagram account that post videos of women without consent

A Bengaluru woman recently flagged concerns over an Instagram account, which she alleged stalked and filmed several women at popular public places in the city without consent and posted their videos on the social media platform. Based on the complaint, police have arrested a 26-year-old man who runs the account

23 deaths due to heart attack in 40 days in Karnataka's Hassan: Is there a ‘Covid vaccine’ link?

In just 40 days, Karnataka’s Hassan district has reported 23 heart attack deaths, many involving young or middle-aged people. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has questioned whether there could be a link between these deaths and the Covid vaccine. The Union Health Ministry, however, has said that there is no evidence to suggest that the vaccine is causing sudden deaths among adults

Karnataka mulls heavy fine, imprisonment in proposed crowd control bill after Bengaluru stampede

The proposed bill, one of four taken up for discussion in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, plans to punish event organisers for failing to control large crowds with up to three years of jail along with a hefty fine.

Rapido bike taxi rider slaps woman in Bengaluru. What went wrong?

A viral video shows a Rapido bike-taxi driver slapping a female passenger in Bengaluru's Jayanagar, sparking outrage and concerns over public safety. The confrontation reportedly escalated after the woman accused her driver of reckless driving and jumping traffic signals. The incident occurred days before Karnataka HC imposed ban on bike taxis

How Bengaluru’s expansion threatens Tumakuru’s glorious heritage

One hopes that if it were to ever become an official extension of Bengaluru, the chaos of that urban jungle does not engulf the peace of Tumakuru

Chinnaswamy stampede: Karnataka HC grants interim bail to senior RCB official Nikhil Sosale and DNA executives

Justice SR Krishna Kumar cited the "absence of material" that could establish the involvement of RCB marketing and revenue head Sosale and three employees belonging to event management company DNA Entertainment in the deadly stampede at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 4 June.

RCB moves Karnataka High Court to get criminal case in connection with Chinnaswamy stampede quashed

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and event management company DNA Entertainment had been named in an FIR registered by the Bengaluru Police following a stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that left 11 dead and several more injured.

'I don't have any connection...': Karnataka CM blames KSCA and other officials for Bengaluru stampede

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has broken his silence on the Bengaluru stampede that killed 11 people during RCB’s IPL 2025 victory celebrations. He has blamed KSCA and officials for the incident and distanced himself from the event.

Karnataka High Court denies interim relief to RCB marketing head Nikhil Sosale after arrest over Chinnaswamy stampede

RCB marketing and revenue head Nikhil Sosale had been arrested at the Bengaluru airport in the early hours of Friday in connection with the stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that had left 11 dead, and had approached the Karnataka High Court for interim relief later in the day.