In a significant move to address the blood requirements of patients with rare blood groups, the Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Centre, part of Bangalore Medical Services Trust (BMST), launched a ‘Rare Blood Donor’ program on Tuesday. This initiative, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Blood Transfusion Council, was unveiled by Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on National Voluntary Blood Donation Day.

A BMTC Volvo bus conductor was stabbed by a passenger near the Whitefield police station in Bengaluru after advising him to move away from the footboard for safety reasons.

In response to mounting pressure from student organizations, the Innovative International Film Festival (IIFF) has rescinded its invitation to the Consul General of Israel to South India and withdrawn its plans to feature Israel as one of the “Countries of Focus” for this year’s festival.

Bagalkot: A complaint was filed at the Badami police station against an SDPI (Social Democratic Party of India) worker after he allegedly shared a WhatsApp status featuring a photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the President of Palestine.

Hubballi: Former MLA Raghupathi Bhat has expressed his willingness to rejoin the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) if invited. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Bhat clarified that he remains a committed worker of the party and has no issues with rejoining.

Bengaluru: Karnataka's Law Minister HK Patil has accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of filing an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment case out of political malice.

Bengaluru: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited on Tuesday announced the partial curtailment of Metro train services on October 3 on its Green line for facilitating statutory safety inspection before opening a new section.

Malavalli: A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the in-charge headmaster (HM) of a local school, following allegations of sexual harassment by students.