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A special CBI court deferred the pronouncement of the sentence against fake stamp paper scam kingpin Abdul Kareem Telgi in the 1997 City Market case till Friday, after his lawyer appealed to the court to reconsider the sentences against him. It was pleaded that trials of all the cases against him be conducted concurrently. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dr Rehan Baig, brother of Congress Legislator and former minister Roshan Baig, has been acquitted in a fake stamp paper case involving Abdul Karim Lala Telgi by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lax regulation. That's what defines bungee-jumping in the state and the country. Clearly, the tragic death of 25-year-old marine engineer Ganapa Bargav on Saturday has exposed the absence of a single, strong regulatory body to monitor the extreme sport. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Lokayukta which is under tremendous criticism from politicians and government officers accused of amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income, has now decided to go public with its achievements once in three months. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With traffic bottlenecks on the rise due to infrastructure problems and surge in vehicles put on road, the city traffic police are trying out a technology of managing signal timings to remove such hurdles. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Bangalore police, it seems, has finally decided to crack down on extreme sports organisers after the horrific death of a 25-year-old at a bungee jump show at Banerghatta Road. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A day after 25-year-old Ganapa Bargav, a marine engineer, jumped to death during a bungee jumping event in Paint Ball Arena on Bannerghatta Road, 30 kilometers from the city, one of the two event organisers surrendered to the police and was later let out on bail. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reverse bungee jumping was not part of the plan of the three-day event organised at Paintball Arena, Bannerghatta Road, as a consequence of which 25-year-old marine engineer Ganapa Bargav was killed while performing the feat on Saturday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Most Indian adventure sport organisations that hold bungee jumping events follow international norms and use imported equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Deputy commissioner of police (south division) S Ravi, whose one-and-a-half year tenure in south Bangalore was marked by controversies, received his transfer orders on Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An undertrial murder accused committed suicide on Thursday afternoon by jumping off the forth floor of the Jayadeva Cardiology Institute, police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A speeding military truck ran over an 11-year-old boy on Shampura main road on Thursday. The boy, Sheik Salman, was on his way to a grocery store when the incident happened. An angry mob immediately stopped the Signals Regiment truck, dragged the two officers and a jawan who were inside and set the vehicle on fire. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Central Crime Branch (Fraud and Misappropriation Squad) have arrested a man for allegedly cheating more than 300 people through his illegal money-lending business and chit fund agencies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sunday's police encounter, in which notorious rowdy Parandhama was gunned down by police personnel, seems to have scared some parties in the city. Papai Shiva (25), the alleged murderer of Venkatesh alias Kencha, surrendered to the Banashankari police on Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A new Afghan law legitimising marital rape, has stirred a global outcry over women's rights. In the face of international criticism, Afghan president Hameed Karzai has announced a review of the law. The Afghan developments are being watched with concern by Indian women activists. India might have outlawed marital rape but it took decades of struggle by women's groups to get a law enacted against domestic violence. Donna Fernandes of Vimochana spoke to Soumya Menon on marital rapes in India and what the law of the land has to say on the issue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SHRC recommendation [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Close on the heels of DNA breaking a story on the Upalokayukta investigating a man buying land worth Rs32 crore producing fake papers in Devanahalli taluk, another case of a massive land grab allegedly involving encroachment of 25 acres of government land in the taluk by an influential local politician has surfaced. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The misunderstanding [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Upalokayukta has initiated an inquiry against four sub-registrars, a tehsildar and a revenue inspector in Devanahalli taluk for allowing sale of 33 acres of agricultural land worth Rs 32.49 crore to a native of Rajasthan who provided unauthenticated documents for the purchase. The officials are accused of having cleared his papers without verification and allowing the sale in violation of the Registration Act and Land Reforms Act. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A brawl between two teenagers ended up in one of them killing another, after the two entered into a verbal altercation at Ashwathnagar in Sampigehalli. The victim, Irfan Ahmed (16), was allegedly boxed below the ear by the 13-year-old after the former allegedly abused the latter's mother. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Who or what sparked off the blaze in the Cavuery handicrafts emporium on Tuesday last? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Nine persons were arrested by Kalasipalya police for the March 20 murder of Gate Ganesh, a rowdy-sheeter and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politician, on Wednesday. The murder was planned by two of Ganesh's acquaintances and a gangster, police said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) appears to have been taken for a ride by relatives of an alleged associate of a gang of suspected robbers who were detained at the Ulsoor Gate police station on Wednesday evening. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Residents of Chamarajpet woke up to a scary Saturday as sound of gun shots boomed through the locality. The shots were in fact a result of police opening fire at a gang of rowdies led by Anand alias Kapali Anand. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Police have unraveled the plot behind Friday's murder of rowdy-sheeter Narasimha Murthy alias Pune with the arrest of Kapali Anand and 11 associates. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Even as 25-year-old Sandeep Sapalia fights for his life in St Philomena's Hospital after being knocked down by a BMTC bus on Saturday night, a 19-year-old engineering student has taken up the cause of saving Sandeep's life. Kamlesh K, a student of East West Engineering College has decided to collect the Rs3 lakh, which Sandeep's family requires for his treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A businessman from Chennai has filed a petition against an IPS officer in Bangalore, accusing the latter of wrongful confinement and filing of a false case for monetary gains with regard to a piece of land. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

25-year-old Sandeep Sapalia is still in coma in St Philomen's Hospital, even as his family is desperately trying to gather funds for his surgery. The family requires Rs3 lakh for Sandeep's treatement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Fearing he would lose his job after his company started a retrenchment drive, a 45-year-old civil engineer committed suicide in his Yelahanka home on Sunday. Manjunath, who had joined a firm six months ago, was worried after some of his colleagues told him that the firm was planning to downsize staff and that he may be among the ones who would be asked to leave. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hearts of stone [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The murder [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A major fire broke out in a chemical factory at Gottigere in Bannerghatta on Thursday noon, killing one person and injuring two others. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Five unidentified men murdered a Congress party worker and businessman on the busy Bagalur Main Road, police said on Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The passing [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A 20-year-old newly-married woman was found dead at her husband's place at Bidadi on Wednesday morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A court in Tumkur on Tuesday awarded death sentence to Mallika, the notorious serial killer of Bangalore who earned the sobriquet 'Cyanide Mallika' for killing eight women in and around the city between 1999 and 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mallika was sentenced to death by the Fast Track Court in Tumkur for murdering a 60-year-old woman at Chikkakoratagere in December 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the arrest of three persons on Sunday, Chandra Layout police have solved five cases of robbery, dacoity, theft and murder. The accused had allegedly murdered a person while attempting to rob him of his cellphone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An undertrial prisoner escaped from police custody on Sunday evening, while his associate preferred to stay back in prison. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The insecurity caused by the growing number of cases of dacoity and robbery in the city has forced the police department to react. It has informed the public that they have the the right to strike back to protect themselves and their property. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Central Crime Branch have solved two murder cases and arrested six persons in connection with them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The crime wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested four notorious dacoits who were involved in several cases of dacoity including those in Byappanahalli, Banaswadi and Viveknagar. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Three women and two men were arrested at Oxygen lounge bar in Brigade Garden on Brigade Road on Saturday night, for allegedly violating a High Court ruling prohibiting dancing in pubs. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Mishap at dawn [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Five people, including three women, who were arrested in a raid on a pub here, were released on bail in the wee hours of Sunday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The city traffic police, in a drive against drag racing on various roads, arrested 16 riders on Saturday night and seized 12 motorcycles and four cars. The arrested persons have been sent to court for prosecution. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Karnataka Lokayukta on Wednesday, after a massive raid, cracked the whip on five government officers who, together, have accumulated wealth of over Rs5 crore, far in excess of their known sources of income. The raid was spread across Mandya, Belgaum, Bidar, Bangalore and Raichur. For the first time, the Karnataka Lokayukta's search extended to neighbouring Maharashtra as well, into Mumbai and Kolhapur. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Karnataka Lokayukta on Wednesday took its war against corruption beyond the borders of the state as the watchdog, along with local police, raided residences owned by state IPS officer Hemanth Nimbalkar at Mumbai and Kolhapur. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Karnataka Lokayukta's relentless campaign against corrupt government officials and periodical raids, has resulted in the watchdog's personnel being subjected to intense pressure from accused officers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the Karnataka Lokayukta continuing with its task of exposing government officers who have wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income, a parallel investigation will be conducted to track the benami property amassed by these officers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]