Bengaluru: Former Infosys CFO T V Mohandas Pai criticised Indigo Airlines for its alleged poor treatment of passengers during a recent flight, claiming inadequate air conditioning.

Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP MLC C T Ravi on Monday urged Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to take necessary legal action against the police personnel involved in his alleged 'illegal arrest' and for ill-treating him while he was in police custody in connection with a sexual harassment case registered against him for using a derogatory word against Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.

Bengaluru: Congress leader D K Suresh on Monday lodged a complaint with the police here seeking action against a woman who allegedly cheated some people by misusing his name.

Mandya: A 21-year-old man died after he allegedly blew himself up with a gelatin stick in front of the house of a girl he was in love with after her family rejected him, police said on Monday.

Given the New Year celebrations, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday that thousands of police personnel have been deployed and all necessary preparations have been made to ensure that no untoward incidents happen in Bengaluru City and the entire state.

The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has rolled out QR-code based UPI payments in most of its buses, but the new system is facing underutilisation. This is reportedly due to conductors discouraging passengers from using the digital payment option.

A 45-year-old woman in Janekal village of Manvi taluk, who was a farmer, allegedly consumed poisonous substance as she was unable to clear her loans following crop loss this year and died at the Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Hospital on Sunday.

Data reveals that half of the faculty positions are vacant in state government engineering colleges, highlighting a concerning situation that is impacting the quality of education and causing these institutions to lose out on valuable central funding.