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A man paints the temple wall in a photograph released by Mysuru district police

Ashoka Questions Symbols at KR Nagar’s Arkeshwara Temple; Police Say Images Painted Over

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 10:50 AM
INDIA bloc leaders raise joined hands at a meeting in Bengaluru

INDIA Bloc Sets November 5 Bengaluru Protest Against SIR, Plans Statewide Campaign

The Bengaluru Live October 16, 2026 7:06 PM
AI-generated representational image of garbage bins, waste bags and a collection truck in a generic Bengaluru neighbourhood.

Ashoka questions alleged Rs 350 crore premium in Bengaluru garbage tenders

The Bengaluru Live October 16, 2026 10:31 AM
R Ashoka — file photograph

Ashoka seeks answers over alleged ₹14.95 crore ADCL fund diversion

The Bengaluru Live October 16, 2026 10:17 AM

CITY UPDATES

Bengaluru South Corporation’s AI Survey Flags 2,000 Civic Issues; 1,000 Waste Tickets Get 10-Day Deadline Commissioner K.N. Ramesh conducts a workshop on the AI-based civic issue survey in Bengaluru South City Corporation

Bengaluru South Corporation’s AI Survey Flags 2,000 Civic Issues; 1,000 Waste Tickets Get 10-Day Deadline

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Fire at Garuda Mart electronics unit in Chikkaballapur; damage assessment awaited Flames and a fire engine at the Garuda Mart Industries unit in the source videos

Fire at Garuda Mart electronics unit in Chikkaballapur; damage assessment awaited

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Three cars gutted in garage fire behind GKVK in Bengaluru; no casualties reported Cars below the garage building engulfed in flames behind GKVK in Bengaluru

Three cars gutted in garage fire behind GKVK in Bengaluru; no casualties reported

October 14, 2026 3:21 PM
Driver escapes as car catches fire near Sparsh Hospital on Bengaluru’s Cunningham Road Flames and smoke rise from a red car in the Cunningham Road incident video

Driver escapes as car catches fire near Sparsh Hospital on Bengaluru’s Cunningham Road

October 14, 2026 3:10 PM

STATE UPDATES

Karnataka Food Safety Drive Checks 286 Sweet Units in Three Days; 383 Samples Sent for Testing, 30 Kg Misbranded Khova Seized Food safety officials inspect a sweet-manufacturing unit in Karnataka

Karnataka Food Safety Drive Checks 286 Sweet Units in Three Days; 383 Samples Sent for Testing, 30 Kg Misbranded Khova Seized

October 18, 2026 9:41 AM
Karnataka Govt Ad Support for Newspapers Rises to ₹82 Crore as PRGI Pushes Fully Digital Registration, Tighter Scrutiny Felicitation during the PRGI and Press Sewa Portal workshop in Bengaluru

Karnataka Govt Ad Support for Newspapers Rises to ₹82 Crore as PRGI Pushes Fully Digital Registration, Tighter Scrutiny

October 17, 2026 11:13 PM
Karwar Gets Navy’s New Technology Testbed as INS Samarthak Joins Fleet With 75% Indigenous Content Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan with naval officers aboard INS Samarthak at Karwar

Karwar Gets Navy’s New Technology Testbed as INS Samarthak Joins Fleet With 75% Indigenous Content

October 16, 2026 10:34 PM
KEA Revises Village Administrative Officer Answer Keys After Expert Review; MPT Provisional Allotment Also Released Karnataka Examinations Authority banner with its building in the background

KEA Revises Village Administrative Officer Answer Keys After Expert Review; MPT Provisional Allotment Also Released

October 16, 2026 9:34 PM

CRIME UPDATES

528 LPG Cylinders Found at T Dasarahalli Premises; Bengaluru Police Book Owner Under Essential Commodities Act LPG cylinders arranged at the T Dasarahalli premises

528 LPG Cylinders Found at T Dasarahalli Premises; Bengaluru Police Book Owner Under Essential Commodities Act

October 16, 2026 9:07 PM
Manvi Town Planning Official, Driver Held in ₹3-Lakh Bribery Case Over Site Conversion Karnataka Lokayukta office entrance — file photo

Manvi Town Planning Official, Driver Held in ₹3-Lakh Bribery Case Over Site Conversion

October 16, 2026 7:24 PM
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Bengaluru Court Jails Ex-Excise Official for 5 Years, Daughter for 3; Five Properties Ordered Confiscated

October 16, 2026 3:36 PM
Karnataka Lokayukta Traps Four Officials, Contractor Over Pending Bills and Power Connection Karnataka Lokayukta Traps Four Officials, Contractor Over Pending Bills and Power Connection

Karnataka Lokayukta Traps Four Officials, Contractor Over Pending Bills and Power Connection

October 14, 2026 9:50 PM
Chemical Tanker Blaze Near Kanakapura Road Toll Chokes NICE Road; Traffic Stretches 8–10 Km, No Casualties Reported An overturned tanker burns on NICE Road near Kanakapura Road toll

Chemical Tanker Blaze Near Kanakapura Road Toll Chokes NICE Road; Traffic Stretches 8–10 Km, No Casualties Reported

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 3:38 PM
Bengaluru: A tanker reportedly carrying chemicals overturned and caught fire on NICE Road near the Kanakapura Road...
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Bengaluru Faces Two More Days of Thundershowers; IMD Flags Heavy Rain, 30–40 Kmph Gusts Across South Interior Karnataka IMD Karnataka rainfall warning map issued on October 18, 2026

Bengaluru Faces Two More Days of Thundershowers; IMD Flags Heavy Rain, 30–40 Kmph Gusts Across South Interior Karnataka

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 3:18 PM
Bengaluru: Bengaluru and large parts of South Interior Karnataka are set for another spell of unsettled weather,...
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Vijayapura’s 10-Year-Old Author Shivani Biradar Donates ₹10,000 Book Royalty to Vrukshathon Young author Shivani Biradar and M.B. Patil hold a cheque and her book Magic Tales for Little Hearts

Vijayapura’s 10-Year-Old Author Shivani Biradar Donates ₹10,000 Book Royalty to Vrukshathon

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 3:11 PM
Bengaluru: Ten-year-old author Shivani Biradar, a student of B.M. Patil ICSE School in Vijayapura, has donated ₹10,000...
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Karnataka Says Its FDA Flagged Cancer Drug Price Gaps Across 254 Companies Before NPPA’s 30% Trade-Margin Cap Supplied photograph of a health screening programme

Karnataka Says Its FDA Flagged Cancer Drug Price Gaps Across 254 Companies Before NPPA’s 30% Trade-Margin Cap

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 10:39 AM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader has welcomed the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s move...
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Cancer Drug Prices Set for Major Reset: NPPA Caps Trade Margin at 30% on 137 Non-Scheduled Medicines From November 9 AI-generated representational image of medicines, a calculator and cancer-awareness ribbon

Cancer Drug Prices Set for Major Reset: NPPA Caps Trade Margin at 30% on 137 Non-Scheduled Medicines From November 9

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 10:26 AM
New Delhi, October 17: In a major intervention aimed at reducing the financial burden of cancer treatment,...
Read More Read more about Cancer Drug Prices Set for Major Reset: NPPA Caps Trade Margin at 30% on 137 Non-Scheduled Medicines From November 9
FSSAI Proposes No Added Sucrose or Fructose in Infant Foods for First Six Months; Draft Opens for 60-Day Consultation PIB graphic on proposed FSSAI restrictions on sucrose and fructose in infant foods

FSSAI Proposes No Added Sucrose or Fructose in Infant Foods for First Six Months; Draft Opens for 60-Day Consultation

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 9:51 AM
New Delhi: Infant nutrition products meant for babies up to six months of age could soon be...
Read More Read more about FSSAI Proposes No Added Sucrose or Fructose in Infant Foods for First Six Months; Draft Opens for 60-Day Consultation
Karnataka Food Safety Drive Checks 286 Sweet Units in Three Days; 383 Samples Sent for Testing, 30 Kg Misbranded Khova Seized Food safety officials inspect a sweet-manufacturing unit in Karnataka

Karnataka Food Safety Drive Checks 286 Sweet Units in Three Days; 383 Samples Sent for Testing, 30 Kg Misbranded Khova Seized

The Bengaluru Live October 18, 2026 9:41 AM
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Food Safety and Drug Administration has inspected 286 sweet-manufacturing units and retail outlets across the...
Read More Read more about Karnataka Food Safety Drive Checks 286 Sweet Units in Three Days; 383 Samples Sent for Testing, 30 Kg Misbranded Khova Seized
Supreme Court-Appointed HPEC Launches Portal for July 2026 Violence Complaints; Confidential Submissions Allowed Supreme Court of India — file photograph

Supreme Court-Appointed HPEC Launches Portal for July 2026 Violence Complaints; Confidential Submissions Allowed

The Bengaluru Live October 17, 2026 11:22 PM
New Delhi: The High Powered Enquiry Committee (HPEC) constituted by the Supreme Court of India to examine...
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