The Karnataka government on Thursday (December 04, 2025) approved a historic bill designed to control hate speech and hate crimes. The Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention and Control) Bill is now ready to be introduced in the state assembly.

According to the draft of the bill obtained by ABP News, there is a provision for strict punishment on individuals and organizations who spread communal tension, give hate speeches or incite hatred.

What will be the punishment for hate speech?

Several important provisions have been added to the bill, including harsher punishments for hate speech crimes. If found guilty for the first time, imprisonment of one to seven years and a fine of up to ₹ 50,000 can be imposed. In case of repeat offence, the punishment has been increased to two to ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of up to ₹ 1,00,000. All offenses will be cognizable and non-bailable and cases will be heard by Judicial Magistrate First Class. Courts have also been given the power to award compensation commensurate with the loss suffered by the victims.

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK. Patil said that this law is being brought with the aim of preventing unnecessary unrest in the society. He said, we have made very strict provisions in terms of penalties and punishments. This law will work very strictly against hate speech.

Patil also said that at present there is no such adequate law in the country, hence the state government has taken this step. He clarified that this bill is not to suppress the voice of dissent, but the law will take strict action against those who spread hatred.

Along with this, the cabinet also approved several draft bills. These include-

1. Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Prevention Bill
2. Bayalusime Area Development Board (Amendment) Bill
3. Malnad Area Development Board (Amendment) Bill
4. Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Settlement (Amendment) Bill
5. Sri Chamundeshwari Area Development Authority (Amendment) Bill
6. Karnataka Inland Water Transport Rules Bill
7. Karnataka Cattle Slaughter Prevention and Protection Act – This is related to amendment in the provisions of Central Government grants to slaughter houses.
8. Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill — has been brought with the aim of promoting social reforms.

Road Rage Viral Video: Karnataka capital Bengaluru South Police has revealed a sensational case and arrested a couple who had killed a person in a road rage incident. Initially this case was thought to be a road accident, but when the police checked the CCTV, the whole case turned out to be a murder, behind which there was a well-planned conspiracy.

Car rider chased and hit scooter, died

Let us tell you that this incident happened on the night of 25th October in Sri Ram Mandir area, which comes under Puttenahalli Police Station area. It is being claimed that between 11:30 pm and 12:00 am, a speeding car hit the two-wheeler hard from behind, due to which 24-year-old gig worker Darshan died on the spot, while pillion rider Varun was seriously injured.

Bengaluru KA, D*adly Road Rage!

A Kalaripayattu trainer & his wife allegedly rammed their car into a delivery agent’s bike near JP Nagar, after its handle grazed their mirror.

The biker d!ed on the spot, while the pillion rider survived. pic.twitter.com/Y0lNFtr2Iq

— Deadly Kalesh (@DeadlyKalesh) October 29, 2025

He was immediately admitted to the hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. CCTV footage of this incident has surfaced, in which it can be clearly seen that the car hits the two-wheeler from the side and then runs away from there.

Took revenge due to broken car mirror

When the police got information about this incident, JP Nagar Traffic Police registered the incident as accidental death, but when the police saw the CCTV footage, the matter turned out to be different. Seeing the footage, it became clear that the car deliberately followed the two-wheeler and then hit it and fled from the spot.

Police investigation revealed that the two-wheeler rider’s bike had collided with the car some time before the incident, due to which the side mirror of the car was broken. Angered by this, the car driver, who has been identified as Manoj Sharma and is a physical teacher. He turned his car and chased the bikers and deliberately hit them.

Police arrested the couple riding in the car

According to the police, at the time of the incident, Manoj Sharma’s wife, who was identified as Aarti. She was also present in the car at that time. Some time after the incident, the husband and wife returned to the spot wearing masks with the intention of destroying the evidence and then they collected the broken car parts that had fallen there and left from there. He was afraid that he would be caught with the car parts.

The police have registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence against the husband and wife and arrested both of them and presented them in the court. DCP (South) Lokesh Jaglasur said that this case is now of deliberate murder and further investigation is going on.

Bengaluru Police in Karnataka has arrested Dr. Mahendra Reddy, General Surgeon of Victoria Hospital, on Wednesday (October 15, 2025) for the murder of his wife Dr. Krutika M. Reddy. Investigation has revealed that Mahendra killed his wife by giving her an anesthetic drug called Propofol. This medicine is usually used only in operation theatre.

The two doctors got married on May 26, 2024, but within a year of their marriage, Kritika died on April 23, 2025. At that time she was living in her father’s house in Marathahalli, because her health was not well.

What was revealed in the police investigation,

Investigation revealed that Mahendra went there for two days and gave his wife several intravenous injections, saying it was part of his treatment, but within a few hours Kritika fell unconscious and was declared dead on arrival at a nearby private hospital.

Initially, the police registered it as unnatural death as the death appeared normal, but Krithika’s elder sister, Dr. Nikita M. Reddy, a radiologist, raised doubts and demanded a detailed investigation.

Accused arrested after forensic report came out

About six months later, the Forensic Science Laboratory’s report found the presence of propofol in several of Kritika’s organs, making it clear that her death was caused by the anesthetic drug. Subsequently, Marathahalli police registered the case as murder under section 103 of the Indian Code of Justice (BNS) and arrested Mahendra from Manipal in Udupi, where he was living since the incident. A look-out circular had already been issued against him.

O.T. And ICU Murder of wife using drugs

According to the police, Mahendra misused his professional access to the hospital to gain access to the medicines of the operation theater and ICU and used the same to murder his wife. Later he tried to link the death to natural causes. Now the police are investigating how he used his medical knowledge to plan and conceal this crime.

Mahendra’s family was already involved in criminal cases

Further investigation also revealed that Mahendra’s family was already involved in criminal cases. His twin brother Dr. Nagendra Reddy GS had several fraud and criminal cases registered against him at HAL police station in 2018. Whereas Mahendra and his other brother Raghava Reddy GS were made co-accused in the case of threatening the family of the same complainant in 2023. Kritika’s family alleges that these facts were hidden at the time of marriage.

Dr. Kritika was busy in realizing her dream.

28 year old Dr Kritika was a highly educated dermatologist. He did MBBS from Vaidehi Institute of Medical Sciences, MD (Dermatology) from Navodaya Medical College, Raichur and DNB (Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy) from NBEMS. She was going to launch her dream clinic “Skin and Scalp” on May 4, 2025.

Kritika’s father demands justice for his daughter

His father Muni Reddy lodged a formal complaint on October 14, 2025, following which Mahendra was arrested. He told the police, ‘Kritika had complete trust in her husband. He had faith in both their love and profession. But the same medical knowledge which is used to save people’s lives was used to take his life. Getting justice for Kritika is justice for every woman who believes in love and honesty.

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A heartbreaking incident has come to light in Hassan district of Karnataka. A heavy cargo truck entered the Ganpati immersion procession near Masle Hoshalli in Holenarsipura. In this accident on NH-373, 5 people died on the spot, while 3 people died in the hospital. So far 8 people have lost their lives in this accident. According to the police, 8 seriously injured patients are hospitalized.

According to the information, the Ganpati procession, which came out in the atmosphere of celebration and devotion, was hit by a high speed truck. Soon after the incident, the police reached the spot and admitted the injured to the nearest hospital, where doctors declared 3 people dead. The police have registered a case and started investigation and efforts are being made to find out the cause of the accident.

HD Kumaraswamy expressed condolences

Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy has expressed his condolences to this incident. He said, ‘I have been deeply shocked to hear the news of the horrific accident during the Ganpati immersion procession in Mosalehosahalli, Hasan taluka.’

He further said that many people lost their lives in this accident and more than 20 people have been seriously injured. It is very sad that during the Ganpati procession, the devotees lost their lives due to the grip of a truck.

‘State government should get the injured treatment’

Expressing condolences to the victims, HD Kumaraswamy said, ‘This is a very unfortunate incident. God should give peace to the departed souls and give the mournful families the strength to bear this sorrow. I pray for all the injured to get well soon. The state government should take steps to provide the right free treatment to the injured.

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BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya targeted the Karnataka government on Saturday (August 23, 2025) on the social media ‘X’ over the shrine dispute in Karnataka. He said that it is a very disturbing thing that for more than a month, a masked person was allowed to hold the entire Karnataka state system hostage.

Amit Malviya further wrote, ‘This was done with the intention of defaming the Dharmasthal temple, only one of the great pillars of Sanatan. It was not the only handiwork, but was part of a big conspiracy, which remains to be exposed.

Dharmasthal presented as ‘cemetery’

He said that the Congress government of Karnataka, in its frustration, justified baseless allegations without any evidence. The government formed a special investigation team (SIT), ordered random excavation at 16 places and shamelessly introduced them as a ‘cemetery’ attached to the temple.

The BJP leader further wrote that what he got after digging for weeks at this shrine, a man’s skeleton. At another place, the bones of a person were found, who probably died of suicide, who does not match any false claims.

AI used for wrong allegations

Attacking the allegations, Amit Malviya said, ‘A woman named Sujata Bhatt was forced to file a complaint of false disappearance about her daughter Ananya Bhatt, who never had never been. Now she has publicly admitted that she had no daughter named Ananya Bhatt. He also told that many pictures of the present were fake, which was made with the help of AI, while the real picture was of a nurse named Vasanti.

The BJP leader further said, ‘The masked person has also been arrested and produced in the court. It is being told that he has confessed that he did all this for a prize money of 2 lakh rupees. Mahesh Shetty Thimarodi, the kingpin of the campaign in the Saujanya case, was arrested early this week, but the real conspiracy is still pending.

Congress government’s attempt to suppress the case

He said, ‘Who asked the masked person to do this, who gave him money, who benefited from defaming the shrine, these are the questions that the Congress government is desperate to suppress the government. For more than 800 years, the shrine has stood as a symbol of faith and service.

While tweeting, Amit Malviya wrote, ‘Today it is being punished for being a Hindu basis opposing Islamic influence and the mafia network of coastal Karnataka. This continuous attack is the result of the Congress’s toolkit operation. It is estimated that its mastermind is none other than Rahul Gandhi is a close confidant.

BJP leader’s attack on Karnataka CM

He said, ‘Based on his information on social fabric of South Kannada as a former highly placed government official, he is making a planned attack on Hindu institutions. Its plan is clear, fake fake issues, take advantage of administrative flaws, deploy radical elements and internationalize propaganda with the help of friendly means like Al Jazira.

Attacking the Karnataka CM, Amit Malviya said that senior ministers of Karnataka Congress are also restless, but Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has intensified his strategy, because the orders are probably coming directly from Delhi. Their plan is to discredit Hindu institutions, break their credibility and weaken Hindu strength, the shrine is just the beginning.

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Karnataka Congress leader KN Rajanna resigned from the post of Cooperative Minister in the Siddaramaiah government on Monday (August 11, 2025). It is being claimed that KN Rajanna decided to leave the post after the party high command demanded his resignation. Rajanna’s resignation has also been accepted.

KN Rajanna had criticized the allegations of votes theft by Rahul Gandhi. He had expressed concern that the Congress party failed to remove the alleged flaws in the voter list before the election. The party should be embarrassed, because these irregularities occurred before our eyes. Along with this, he also questioned the Congress party and said that the voter list was prepared when the Congress was in power.

Voter list ready to remain in power of Congress

KN Rajanna questioned the Congress and said, ‘Was everyone sitting silently with closure of his eyes? The party should be ashamed. The Karnataka Minister told PTI that if we start talking on such things, then different opinions will come out. The voter list was ready when our government was in power. At that time, was the Congress sitting quietly with its eyes closed?

He further said that these irregularities took place, this is true. There is nothing to lie in it. We should be ashamed, because these irregularities occurred in front of our eyes. At a time when the party should have lodged an objection, it kept quiet.

Rajanna’s remarks resent in Congress

Leader KN Rajanna said, “The Congress did not pay attention to it at that time, so he will have to be ready again.” Regarding disturbances in the election, he said that there was truly fraud in Mahadevpura. A person was registered at three different places and voted at all three places. When the draft of the voter list is being prepared, then we should keep an eye and objections, which is our responsibility. At that time we kept quiet, but now we are talking about it.

At the same time, the prominent leaders of the Congress party are angry with this comment of Rajanna. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar said that Rajanna is completely guilty and the party leadership will respond to his comment.

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The Chief Electoral Rights of Karnataka issued a notice on Sunday (August 10, 2025) on the statement of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, alleging that a woman voted twice. The top election official said that these documents of Rahul Gandhi will help in doing a thorough investigation. Rahul Gandhi showed these documents during a conference in New Delhi last week.

In the notice, the Chief Electoral Rights wrote, ‘Rahul Gandhi said that according to the records given by the polling officer, Mrs. Shakun Rani has voted twice, but during the interrogation, Mrs. Shakun Rani said that she has voted only once, not twice.

Keep documents in front of the commission

The notice also said that preliminary investigation conducted by the CEO office has also revealed that the document with tick-marks shown by Rahul Gandhi has not been issued by the polling officer.

The notice wrote the Chief Electoral Rights in the notice, ‘Rahul Gandhi is requested to put the documents he has in front of the Commission, on the basis of which it should be decided that Mrs. Shakun Rani or someone else has voted twice and the commission will be investigated till the bottom.

What did the Election Commission say about the voter list revision?

At the same time, the Election Commission said on Sunday (August 10, 2025) regarding the special intensive revision of voter list in Bihar that since the draft voter list of Bihar has been published on August 1, no political party has contacted to add or remove names in the voter list. According to the commission, claims and objections can be filed on the draft list by September 1, which provides for including the names of eligible citizens or removing unqualified names.

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Former Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MP Prajwal Revanna has been at the center of many unexpected developments. These include the arrest from a special investigation team (SIT) with all female members (SITs) with a large number of pen drives with a large number of pen drives with her alleged sex video in Hassan district of Karnataka amidst the discussion of Lok Sabha elections in April 2024.

Former MP Prajwal Revanna was sentenced to life imprisonment in one of the cases registered against him on Saturday (August 2, 2025). It was the culmination of incidents that derailed his ambitious political career.

The case is related to the rape of a 48 -year -old woman, who worked as a domestic assistant at the family in Gannikada farm house in Hassan. The woman alleged that Revanna raped her twice, once in the farm house and then the second time in 2021 at her residence in Basavangudi, Bangalore during the Kovid-19 lockdown.

The events related to Revanna are as follows:

April 2024: Sex videos came out, causing an uproar in the whole country. Prajwal Revanna claimed to be inspired by the politics of leak and said that its purpose is to end his possibilities of winning the Lok Sabha seat.

20 April, 2024: Revanna’s election agent lodged an FIR, alleging that the video was being broadcast to tarnish the image of Revanna before the election.

26 April, 2024: Voting for the Lok Sabha elections; Revanna left the country on diplomatic passport.

27 April, 2024: The Karnataka government formed a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the allegations.

28 April, 2024: A case of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation was registered against Revanna and his father, former minister HD Revanna on the basis of a complaint lodged by his former domestic assistant.

29 April, 2024: The complainant went missing, allegedly kidnapped by Revanna’s parents to prevent testimony against Revanna.

30 April, 2024: JD (S) suspended Revanna from the party.

2 May, 2024: The Karnataka police registered a case against Revanna for rape and issued a lookout notice for the ‘absconding’ MP.

4 May, 2024: The abducted former domestic assistant was rescued by the SIT.

30 May, 2024: Revanna fly from Frankfurt Main Airport in Germany to Bengaluru.

31 May, 2024: On reaching Revanna, he was stopped and arrested by the SIT and later sent to custody.

26 June, 2024: Special court of MPs and MLAs constituted for quick hearing of criminal cases against public representatives refused to grant bail to Revanna.

5 July, 2024: Revanna turned to the Karnataka High Court for bail.

23 August, 2024: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed the first charge sheet in the case.

9 September, 2024: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) filed a second charge sheet of 1,632 pages.

21 October, 2024: The Karnataka High Court refused to grant regular and anticipatory bail to Revanna in two rape cases and a sexual harassment case.

2 November, 2024: Revanna’s DNA was found on the undergrants of the alleged rape victim.

11 November, 2024: The Supreme Court rejected Revanna’s bail plea.

16 January, 2025: The Karnataka High Court rejected Revanna’s request to give a copy of all digital evidences in the rape case.

1 May, 2025: The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition filed by Revanna’s mother Bhavani Revanna, in which more time was sought for the appointment of a new lawyer.

2 May, 2025: In the rape case filed by the former domestic assistant, a special court for MPs and MLAs started.

18 July, 2025: The trial of the trial was completed; The court reserved its decision for July 30.

30 July, 2025: The special court sought clarification and adjourned the hearing of the case for August 1.

1 August, 2025: The special court convicted Revanna of rape; The punishment was determined to pronounce the next day.

August 2, 2025, The special court sentenced Revanna to life imprisonment in the rape case.

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On Friday (August 01, 2025), Lokayukta officials raided the residence of a former clerk of Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited (KRIDL). During this, property worth more than 30 crores was recovered from the clerk’s house. Also, four vehicles, 350 grams of gold and 1.5 kg of silver were also seized from the house during the raid.

In fact, the officials got information that former clerk Kalakappa Nidagundi, who works on a monthly salary of Rs 15,000, had 24 houses, four plots and 40 acres of agricultural land. All these properties were in the name of Kalakappa, his wife and his brother.

Wrong documents prepared for 96 incomplete projects

According to the allegations, JDM Chincholkar, a former engineer of Calcappa and KRIDL, had prepared wrong documents for 96 incomplete projects and grabbed more than 72 crores. Lokayukta officials raided 5 major places in Hassan, Chikkabalapura, Chitradurga and Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Explain that these are the prominent officers under suspicion:-
1. Jayanna R, Executive Engineer, NHAI Division, Hassan
2. Anjaneya Murthy M Junior Engineer, Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Department, Chikkabalapura
3. Dr. Venkatesh, Taluk Health Officer, Hariyur, Chitradurga
4. N. Venkatesh, Revenue Officer, BBMP Dasharali Sub-Division, Shettihalli, Bengaluru
5. K Om Prakash Senior, Assistant Horticulture Director, BDA Headquarters, Bengaluru

IPS officer’s house searched

On July 23, Lokayukta officials searched the premises associated with 8 officers including an IAS officer in a case of disproportionate assets and recovered assets worth Rs 37.42 crore. At the same time raids were conducted on 41 locations associated with officers posted in Bangalore Urban, Mysore, Tumkuru, Kalburgi, Koppal and Kodagu districts.

During raids on 5 locations associated with Vasanti, the authorities recovered assets worth Rs 9.03 crore, including 3 plots, 4 houses, three acres of agricultural land worth Rs 7.4 crore, jewelery worth Rs 12 lakh and vehicles worth Rs 90 lakh.

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The Russian woman and her two children were recently rescued from a hill cave in Gokarna area of North Kannada district of Karnataka. Now a new twist has come in this matter. The woman’s husband has claimed that his wife had left Goa without giving any information and he did not say anything about it.

The woman’s husband has been identified as Dror Goldstein. He told that he and his wife were living in Goa earlier, but some time ago she suddenly disappeared with the children. He was in a relationship for two years.

Husband had filed a missing report

Dror told ABP News that she did not tell me where she was going. I was very upset and was constantly searching for him, even Missing Complain. After finding out, he also provided financial help to daughters several times.

Russian woman was found in the cave of Ramatirtha hills

Significantly, the Karnataka Police had taken out the Russian woman and her two minor children safely from a cave in the Ramatirtha hills of Gokarna. The woman said that she was living there in search of spiritual peace and God.

The woman was living in a cave with children for 6 years

When the police reached the spot on the basis of the information given by the local people, the women and children met in a very simple situation. They had neither electricity, nor mobile phones nor any modern resources. The woman told that she was living there for 6 years and was spending life with the children by cooking herself. Police came to know that she had come to India on a business visa, which was valid till April 2017.

In April 2018, a exit permit was released towards the Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO), Panaji, Goa and records revealed that she later moved to Nepal and re -entered India in September 2018, her permission period was over.

Police is investigating the case

Now after her husband came to the fore, more questions are being raised about this whole matter whether this matter is related to domestic dispute or the woman was on a personal mission. At present, the police is investigating the case and a medical examination of the woman’s mental condition has also been done. In view of the safety of children, the Child Welfare Committee is also monitoring the matter.

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