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  Neelamani N Raju To Be Karnataka's First Woman Police Chief

  Karnataka is all set to get its first woman police chief in Neelamani N Raju. Ms Raju, a 1983 batch IPS officer, will replace incumbent Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta, who retires today, official sources said.

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  Siddaramaiah Revamps Karnataka Cabinet, Sacks 14 Ministers, Inducts 13

  Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government in a major revamp today dropped 14 ministers from its cabinet while inducting 13 new at a ceremony in Bengaluru's Raj Bhavan. The new-look team will lead the ruling Congress into the Assembly elections due in less than two years.

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  Karnataka to Send Over Rs 5 Crore Bill to Tamil Nadu for Jayalalithaa Case

  The Karnataka government is sending over a bill of more than Rs. 5.11 crore to neighbour Tamil Nadu soon. This is just the expenses of their law department that has been spent on conducting the trial of Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, and three others in a corruption case over the last 12 years.

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  Bandh in Bengaluru Supporting New Dam Across Cauvery

  Many commercial establishments remained shut in various parts of Karnataka today after a bandh was called by Kannada organisations to protest Tamil Nadu's opposition to Mekedatu drinking water project across the river Cauvery.

• 8-Year-Old Girl's Body Found in Shed in Karnataka, Rape and Murder Suspected

  The body of an eight-year-old girl was found in a shed in an industrial area of Hoskote Taluk in Karnataka on Thursday evening. Police suspect the girl was raped and murdered.

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  Yes, We Robbed, Then We Raped, Bangalore Gang Allegedly Confesses

  A family in Bangalore was at home on a Friday night late last month when they heard a knock at the door.

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  School Director and Principal Arrested Over Alleged Rape of Six-Year-Old in Bengaluru

  The director and principal of a school in Bengaluru, where a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped last week, were arrested on Saturday, reportedly for failing to ensure the safety of children on the school campus.

• Controversial Muthalik forced to exit BJP within hours: 10 developments

  Barely a few hours after controversial chief of the Sri Ram Sene Pramod Muthalik, linked with an attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, was inducted in the BJP by its state unit in Karnataka, his admission to the party has been stopped by the central BJP leadership.

• Pramod Muthalik, controversial Sri Ram Sene chief, joins BJP

  Pramod Muthalik, controversial chief of right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, has joined the BJP. Mr Muthalik, who was linked to the attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, signed up with the BJP at a function in Hubli in Karnataka today

• Scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Wodeyar dies

  Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar from the former royal family of Mysore and who was recently elected president of the Karnataka cricket association, died of a heart attack in Bangalore today.

• Teen killed in Bangalore hit-and-run was family's bread-earner

  Bangalore is stunned by footage of a hit-and-run that took place in the wee hours of Sunday, in which a teenager died after a speeding Audi hit the auto-rickshaw in which he was travelling. The accused, a 22-year-old, has been arrested, reports the Press Trust of India.

• Karnataka celebrates 60th year of Assembly

  Celebration to mark 60 years of the Karnataka Assembly were today held in Bangalore's Vidhana Soudha.

• Nithyananda ashram to be sealed, chief minister wants him arrested

  There is more trouble for controversial godman Nithyananda. Following clashes between Kannada activists and Nithyananda's followers on Friday, the state government has decided to seal his ashram in Bidadi outside Bangalore.