Apex court judge recuses from Karnataka cop’s case (Lead)
May 31st, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A Supreme Court judge Thursday recused himself from hearing an appeal of Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari against a high court decision upholding a ... Read more...
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Apex court judge recuses from Karnataka cop’s case
May 31st, 2012 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A Supreme Court judge Thursday recused himself from hearing an appeal of Karnataka police chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari against a high court decision upholding a ... Read more...
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Apex court sets aside high court order indicting Bidari
April 24th, 2012 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday set aside the order of the Karnataka High Court that indicted the state's former poluce chief Shankar Mahadev Bidari and directed ... Read more...
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Infant is Karnataka top cop (Lead)
March 31st, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) The Karnataka government Saturday appointed Abdul Rehman Infant as the state's new police chief, shunting out incumbent Shankar Bidari to the Karnataka State Police Housing Board.The ... Read more...
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Court quashes Karnataka police chief’s appointment
March 31st, 2012 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court has quashed the appointment of Shankar Bidari as state police chief in view of alleged atrocities on women and tribals by police ... Read more...
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Karnataka policemen protest assault by lawyers
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 9 (IANS) In a rare instance, a large number of policemen in Karnataka Friday reported to duty wearing black arm bands to protest the assault by lawyers ... Read more...
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Karnataka lawyers to boycott courts Monday
March 4th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 4 (IANS) The Karnataka State Bar Council Sunday directed all lawyers across the state to stay away from the courts Monday in protest against the police "excess" on ... Read more...
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Senior cop’s Kudankulam visit sparks speculation
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Speculation prevailed in Kudankulam and Idinthakarai villages of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district Friday as a senior police official arrived to review the security arrangements near the ... Read more...
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Kudankulam protesters assaulted, talks cancelled (Lead)
January 31st, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) A civil group spearheading the protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) called off talks with the central government-appointed experts panel after the former's members were ... Read more...
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Bangalore lawyers face criminal cases for traffic chaos
January 18th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 18 (IANS) A large number of Bangalore lawyers will face criminal cases for the massive traffic gridlock their protest created in the city, Karnataka police chief Shankar Bidari ... Read more...
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Rs.16 crore credit card racket busted in Bangalore
October 28th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 28 (IANS) The cyber crime branch of Karnataka Police arrested five people, including a woman kingpin, for defrauding foreign nationals of funds equivalent to around Rs.16 crore (Rs.160 ... Read more...
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Briton booked for molesting boy in Tamil Nadu
August 20th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 20 (IANS) A 65-year-old British national has been booked for sexually abusing a teenaged boy at a home funded by him in Tirunelvelli district of Tamil Nadu, police ... Read more...
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Baba’s death: Bangalore airport security stepped up
April 24th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 24 (IANS) Security has been stepped up at the airport here as several dignitaries are expected to land on their way to Puttaparthi to pay their last respects ... Read more...
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Karnataka Police warn against betting on World Cup matches
February 27th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 27 (IANS) Police in Karnataka would conduct raids on anti-social elements indulging in betting during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 matches, a top police official said Sunday."We will carry ... Read more...
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Scarce tickets, long wait, rain threat for India-England tie
February 26th, 2011 - 8:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, Feb 27 (IANS) Just a few thousand tickets, a long wait for the first ball to be bowled, and a possibility of thunderstorm make for a tension-filled atmosphere at Sunday's ... Read more...
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Three held for betting on India-England match
February 26th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 26 (IANS) Betting on Sunday's India-England World Cup cricket match here could be around Rs.50 crore, a Karnataka minister said Saturday as police arrested three people organising the racket."We have ... Read more...
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3,000 cops to be deployed for India-England match
February 25th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 25 (IANS) About 3,000 policemen would be on duty at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Sunday for the high-profile India-England knock-out match of the ICC World Cup 2011, a police ... Read more...
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Stop-gap arrangement for Karnataka top police post
January 31st, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 31 (IANS) Indian Police Service (IPS) officer S.T. Ramesh Monday assumed the post of Karnataka's director-general of police (DGP) and inspector-general of police (IGP) as an interim measure following the ... Read more...
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BJP ministers skip Karnataka governor’s reception
January 26th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 26 (IANS) For the first time in Karnataka, the entire state cabinet of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government kept away from the ceremonial Republic Day reception Governor ... Read more...
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South Indian film actress held for prostitution
January 21st, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 21 (IANS) Nine people, including a woman who had acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies, have been arrested on prostitution charges, police said Friday.The arrested include a senior ... Read more...
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Karnataka put on high alert over year-end terror threat
December 27th, 2010 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 27 (IANS) Police and paramilitary forces in Karnataka, particularly in the coastal areas, have been placed on high alert following warnings of possible terror strikes in the coming days, ... Read more...
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Bangalore woman techie’s killer nabbed
December 25th, 2010 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 25 (IANS) A man has been arrested for allegedly killing Dell call centre employee Payal Surekha here last week, police said Saturday. He confessed to killing the techie to ... Read more...
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Police detain one suspect for role in Bangalore IT employee murder
December 19th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
By SwetaBangalore, Dec.19 (ANI): Karnataka Police have detained one suspect in connection with the killing of a 29-year-old IT woman employee in Bangalore over the weekend.Payal Surekha, working as senior technical assistant ... Read more...
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Two Bangalore blast suspects sent to jail
October 17th, 2010 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 17 (IANS) Two more suspects in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore, arrested Friday, were sent to jail till Oct 25 by a court here, police said Sunday.The two - ... Read more...
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Two more suspects in Bangalore blast case held
October 16th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 16 (IANS) Two more suspects in the 2008 serial blasts in Bangalore have been arrested, a senior police official said Saturday.One of the suspects was identified as Umar Farooq and ... Read more...
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Karnataka on high alert; bans protests, demonstrations
September 29th, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 29 (IANS) Karnataka has been put on high alert banning protests, demonstrations and victory processions across the state from Thursday ahead of the verdict by the Lucknow bench of the ... Read more...
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Ayodhya verdict: Two-day holiday for Karnataka schools
September 22nd, 2010 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 22 (IANS) Karnataka Wednesday declared a two-day holiday for all educational institutions Friday and Saturday, imposed orders restricting gatherings to less than five people, and banned liquor sale here in ... Read more...
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Domestic help accuses L. Subramaniam of sexual harassment
September 7th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 7 (IANS) Violin maestro L. Subramaniam has been accused of sexual harassment by a domestic help whom he had named as a suspect in a case of theft from his ... Read more...
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Threat email to Yeddyurappa traced to cyber cafe
September 7th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 7 (IANS) An email to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa threatening to kill him and all his ministers Aug 29 was sent from a cyber café in Malleshwarm here, police ... Read more...
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Police contradict minister on Maudany’s role in Bangalore blasts
August 25th, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 25 (IANS) A day after Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya said that People's Democratic Party chief Abdul Nasir Maudany had a hand in the twin blasts at a stadium here ... Read more...
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Two held in Bangalore, terror-Maoist nexus exposed
August 13th, 2010 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 13 (IANS) Two people have been arrested here for plotting terror acts in the country at the behest of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Bangalore Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari said Friday.
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Fake currency notes racket busted in Bangalore
July 16th, 2010 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 16 (IANS) An international fake currency racket was busted with the arrest of two people carrying Rs.15 lakh in counterfeit notes - printed in Pakistan, police said here Friday.
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No extension of closing time for bars in Karnataka
June 14th, 2010 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 14 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya Monday shot down a proposal by his cabinet colleague to allow bars in star hotels to serve liquor past midnight.
"There will not be ... Read more...
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Betting lobby behind April 17 Bangalore blasts: Home minister
April 30th, 2010 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 30 (IANS) Underworld elements and the betting lobby were behind the April 17 twin blasts in Bangalore ahead of an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Karnataka Home Minister V.S. Acharya ... Read more...
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Police release sketch of Bangalore blast suspect
April 21st, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, April 21 (IANS) Karnataka police Wednesday released sketch of a young man suspected to be behind the twin blasts barely an hour ahead of an Indian Premier League match at Bangalore's ... Read more...
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