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Twitter said Tuesday it is suing the Indian government after authorities ordered the social media platform to remove content. The lawsuit, filed in the Karnataka High Court, argues that the removal orders do not meet the procedural requirements of India’s IT Act, which allows the government to block content to the public for things such […]
Indian actor Puneeth Rajkumar died aged 46 after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday, according to a statement from Vikram Hospital in the city of Bangalore. “Mr. Puneet Rajkumar, aged 46 years was brought to Vikram Hospital on 29/10/21 with a diagnosis of heart attack with ECG done by a family doctor. At the time of […]
A 3-year-old boy who swallowed a 5 centimeter idol of lord Ganesha had a miraculous escape after immediate medical intervention in Bengaluru, India. The kid, Basava was rushed to the Manipal hospital on Old Airport Road on Friday. The boy had swallowed the idol while he was playing. He manifested pain in the upper chest […]
Bangladesh has begun surveillance on people using the TikTok video-sharing platform after security forces busted a trafficking gang that lured girls into the sex trade in neighbouring India using the app, an official said. “A large number of TikTok users suspected of being involved in criminal activities are under close watch,” ANM Imran Khan, spokesman […]
A 15-year-old was barred from writing for his class pre-board exam in school after he reached the exam hall late by 15 minutes. The boy supposedly left his home well on time for the exam but, the dilapidated condition of the roads in Bangalore’s Whitefield caused him the delay and he reached the school late. […]
A 30-year-old man went on a stabbing spree, killing two persons and injuring five others, before being overpowered by police personnel in the Indian city of Bangalore, police said. The man, Ganesh went to a butcher’s shop at Cottonpet area to purchase meat, stole a knife from there, ran away and stabbed six people at […]
A coronavirus positive man in his 60s collapsed on a busy road in Bangalore and died. What’s shocking is that the dead man’s body lay on the road for three hours until an ambulance could reach there. The man was on his way to the hospital. He asked the ambulance to reach the main road […]
Kannada star Chiranjeevi Sarja died at a hospital in Bangalore on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was aged 39. Mourning his death, south star Allu Sirish wrote on Twitter: “Shocked at the sudden demise of Kannada actor Chiranjeevi Sarja. He’s just 39 years old. My condolences to the Sarja family. Rest in peace, […]
The mystery of the sonic boom in Bengaluru airspace was finally solved. The loud noise heard over the city was the result of a routine Indian Air Force test flight, the defence ministry has said. “It was a routine IAF Test Flight involving a supersonic profile which took off from Bluru Airport and flew in […]
The wife of a Google employee in Bengaluru who escaped quarantine after her husband tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday, was traced to a residential colony in Agra on Friday. A search for her began as soon as her disappearance was reported, with the Railways Ministry eventually notifying Agra authorities of her exact […]
In view of the novel coronavirus outbreak worldwide and detection of a few positive cases in neighbouring states, the Karnataka government has ordered holidays for children in lower and upper kindergarten classes in Bengaluru. The decision was taken on the advice of Karnataka Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey. The minister for primary and secondary school […]
A Telangana man who was found to be positive for the coronavirus had recently traveled from Dubai to Bengaluru and then to Hyderabad. He also worked out of his office in Bengaluru for three days. Speaking to the media on Monday evening, Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajendra gave details of the infected individual’s recent travel […]