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Four villagers were arrested in Karnataka’s Belagavi district on Monday for allegedly tying Sri Rama Sene members to a pole and thrashing them after they intercepted a vehicle transporting cows and later barged into the home of the cattle’s owner, the police said. On June 26, the Sri Rama Sene activists intercepted a vehicle transporting cows in Ingali village near Hukkeri, alleging that the animals were being illegally taken for slaughter. They took the driver to the police station and alleged the cows were headed to a slaughterhouse. However, the driver insisted the cattle were being transported for dairy or…

Forest staff at a Karnataka sanctuary failed to find a poisoned tigress and her four cubs for two days despite their carcasses lying just 100 metres from a road, said a state government order issued Monday.The order by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests also sent three Forest Department officials on compulsory leave pending an investigation into the deaths at the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary. The officials are Deputy Conservator of Forests Y Chakrapani, Assistant Conservator of Forests Gajanana Heggade and Deputy Range Forest Officer Madesh. Story continues below this ad The order pointed out that not only were…

Wimbledon kicks off at the All England Club today, and defending men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz is chasing a rare third straight title as he looks to add to his already illustrious résumé. The 22-year-old Spaniard has also been announced as evian’s latest ambassador and joins the water brand alongside his and doubles partner, Emma Raducanu. Over the weekend at Wimbledon – before the action started – evian celebrated its new partnership and the pair were spotted in good spirits during a light practice. Known for his boundless energy and positive mindset, Alcaraz is a natural fit for evian’s longstanding “Live Young”…

The Karnataka Government Sunday suspended three police officers for falsely implicating a tribal man on the charge of killing his wife in the state’s Kodagu district in 2021. Kurubara Suresh, 35, a labourer from a tribal community, was arrested in June 2021 for “killing” his wife, and spent two years in jail. However, later it was found that his wife was alive, and had been living with her boyfriend. The police officers who have been suspended are inspector B G Prakash, and sub-inspectors Mahesh Kumar, and Prakash Yathinamani, from Kushalanagar and Yelawala and Jayapura, respectively. Vishnuvardhana N, Superintendent of Police,…

Cyfuture joins the mission to Make AI in India and Make AI Work for India, proudly contributing to the nation’s AI revolution with over 34,000+ GPUs now powering India’s AI future. We’re honoured that Cyfuture AI has been empanelled under the IndiaAI Compute Initiative to deliver AI Compute Services, playing a pivotal role in enabling scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure. Under the visionary India AI Mission, the Government of India has expanded national AI compute capacity to 34,333 GPUs — a transformative move to democratize access to cutting-edge compute power. This initiative is designed to make AI more accessible and affordable…

A day after Congress MLA Iqbal Hussain fuelled speculations about a change of guard in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar presented a united front in Mysuru Monday, ruling out a “revolution” in the government in the next two months. “This government will be secure as a bande (boulder) for five years,” the chief minister told reporters, before raising Shivakumar’s hand in front of TV cameras. Bande, incidentally, is a moniker for Shivakumar, who is referred to as ‘Kanakapurada Bande’ – Kanakapura being the constituency he represents. The gesture came amid renewed speculations of Shivakumar replacing…

Macall Polay/Netflix When Devon (Meghann Fahy) decides to confront her younger sister Simone (Milly Alcock) head on after being sent to voicemail for months, she enters the world of Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore), a high society woman who runs a bird sanctuary. Simone is Michaela’s assistant and best friend — the two do everything together. However, since taking the job, Simone has ignored her sister and family, and Devon has had enough. Michaela is both a stereotype and an enigma, seemingly a typical rich housewife with a special interest, but…

Several bike taxi riders across Karnataka have launched an indefinite hunger strike demanding the withdrawal of the government’s ban on bike taxis. The protest, which has spread across cities such as Bengaluru, Mysuru, Mandya, Davangere, and Ramanagara since Sunday, is being led by the Bike Taxi Welfare Association, which has submitted an open letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy. In the letter dated June 27, the association appealed for a clear and inclusive regulatory framework, stating that the ban had stripped thousands of gig workers of their primary source of income. The letter noted that bike…

The Bengaluru police Sunday arrested a man from Assam for allegedly killing his live-in partner and disposing of her body in a municipal garbage truck following a domestic dispute. The police said the woman, Asha, 40, and the accused, Samshuddin, 32, worked for a housekeeping company, and had been in a relationship for the past 18 months. Asha was a widow from Bengaluru who had two adopted children living in a hostel, said the police. Samshuddin, who is married and has his wife and children in Assam, had been cohabiting with Asha for five to six months, they said. According…

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will on July 4 meet farmers protesting against the acquisition of 1,777 acres of land, spread across 13 villages in rural Bengaluru, by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), and discuss the matter at a Cabinet meeting on July 2.Around 800 families from these villages in the Devanahalli-Channarayapatna region in rural Bengaluru have been protesting since 2022 against the acquisition of land by KIADB for a high-tech defence and aerospace sector park. The original decision for the land acquisition was taken in January 2022 by the BJP government headed by Basavaraj Bommai. Amid the protests, Large…