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.

Karnataka has registered 247 cases related to fake news between 2021 and 2024, according to government data. Bengaluru city tops the list with 99 cases, followed by Uttara Kannada with 45, and Kodagu with 14, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday.

In an extraordinary display of medical commitment, Bengaluru doctors collaborated internationally to save 15-year-old Chinmayi K from a rare and life-threatening immune disorder, CHAPLE syndrome. Their efforts included securing a life-saving drug, Pozelimab, free of cost from a global pharmaceutical company.

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday issued a stern warning to individuals misbehaving or breaking the law during New Year celebrations in Bengaluru, stressing that strict action would be taken.

The Karnataka government has handed over the contractor suicide case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), state Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday.