Bengaluru's 'good thief', who stole over Rs 22 lakh gold, says he did this to fund 20 school kids' educationIn a bizarre case from Begur, serial housebreaker Shivu alias Shivarappan, arrested with accomplices Anil and Vivek, claims his crimes fund...
22 May, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
Man breaks into a Bengaluru mobile store naked to steal phones for his girlfriend, as he doesn’t want to dirty his new clothesIn South Bengaluru, a 27-year-old man from Assam, identified as Imranullah, broke into a mobile shop wearing only a face mask to avoid spoi...
16 May, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
Bengaluru: How a brilliant Hyderabad techie, addicted to gaming, ended up becoming a serial burglar wanted in nearly 90 casesL. Srinivas, a debt-ridden engineer, faces 86 criminal cases for burglary and cyber fraud, driven by losses from online gambling. In a sepa...
16 May, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
Bengaluru thief, who had gifted Rs 3 crore house to his actress-girlfriend, arrestedPanchakshari Swamy, a 37-year-old burglar from Solapur, Maharashtra, was arrested in Bengaluru for a theft case involving Rs 14 lakh worth ...
05 Feb, 2025, 01.15 PM IST
Spaniard in Bengaluru dials police helpline as burglars enter flat, but operator cuts call for not speaking in KannadaA Spaniard in Bengaluru called the emergency number to report burglars but faced issues as the operator asked him to speak in Kannada and d...
18 Jan, 2025, 02.13 PM IST
View: The nifty (& safe) art of precogging the precogsThis isn’t the column that would have caused problems. So, there’s no problem.
04 Dec, 2021, 11.11 PM IST
SIS Security sets up new JV with Spain's Prosegur; Enters B2C segmentAs per the terms of the new joint venture, the yet-unnamed new entity will receive an initial capitalisation of Rs 100 crore from SIS and P...
17 Feb, 2016, 06.24 AM IST
Bengaluru police wants psychological profiling of school employeesThe psychological profiling of school employees at the time of their recruitment, a move they believe could help prevent sexual crimes agai...
27 Nov, 2015, 09.16 PM IST
How theatre is redeeming lives of convicts in jails of KarnatakaCalled Sankalpa (concept), the troupe started with performances in their own jail, and then began to perform in prisons across the state.
01 Nov, 2015, 06.44 AM IST
Why Bengaluru police's Twitter initiative is a hit with public but a miss with police staffPolicemen in the lower rungs of the administration say they are unable to devote time to complaints filed in their police stations.
03 Jul, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
India’s first female biker club: What it takes to be a woman on wheelsThe Pune-based bike enthusiast would regularly ride with a mix of male-female groups, till she decided to form an association exclusively f...
11 Apr, 2014, 09.27 AM IST
Banks want to cap free ATM use at five visits a monthThe recommendation follows overzealous state governments’ order to banks to install security guards at all ATM booths after a woman banker ...
07 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST