Arun Dev is an Assistant Editor with the Karnataka bureau of Hindustan Times. A journalist for over 10 years, he has written extensively on crime and politics.
Articles by Arun Dev
K’taka mulls full lockdown amid surge, CM to hold cabinet meeting
Bengaluru Karnataka chief secretary P Ravi Kumar on Saturday said the state government was in favour of a full lockdown in the wake of surging Covid-19 cases in the ongoing second wave of the pandemic, but people were against it
Published on Apr 25, 2021 12:09 AM IST
Arun Dev
Karnataka needs 1,500 tonne oxygen daily: Health minister
Bengaluru: As the Covid-19 cases in the state are on the rise, the Karnataka government has said that it urgently requires 1,500 tonnes of medical oxygen on a daily basis to treat patients in state-run and private hospitals
Published on Apr 24, 2021 12:32 AM IST
Arun Dev
Restrictions across state to continue till May 4: Karnataka home minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka home minister Basavaraja Bommai on Friday announced that partial restrictions will continue to remain in place after the weekend curfew, till May 4, as a measure to curb the relentless surge in Covid-19 cases
Published on Apr 24, 2021 12:30 AM IST
Arun Dev
Confusion grips K’taka over ‘partial lockdown’
Bengaluru: The restrictions in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka to contain the Covid- 19 surge has now turned into a partial lockdown as the shops and establishments that are not listed in the government order as ‘essential services’ have been asked to shut down operations
Published on Apr 23, 2021 12:48 AM IST
Sharan Poovanna and Arun Dev
Bengaluru: Crematoriums run overtime while kin wait
Staffers at a crematorium for Covid patients say they start work at 7am, and continue till 2am because they don't want to turn back anyone. They cremate at least 25 bodies daily.
Updated on Apr 22, 2021 10:40 AM IST
Arun Dev , Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
Day after 5 held, efforts to trace 900 patients who took fake remdesivir on
Bengaluru: Mysuru police have started a survey to identify at least 900 patients who were injected with fake remdesivir, said an officer aware of the development
Published on Apr 21, 2021 12:20 AM IST
Arun Dev
Migrants head home amid lockdown fear
Bengaluru: Amid a steep rise in number of Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru, migrant workers are heading back home fearing an impending lockdown in the state even as railway authorities say there have been “no extra demand for trains”
Published on Apr 21, 2021 12:19 AM IST
Arun Dev
They sold saline in Remdesivir vials to 900 desperate Covid patients; arrested
The Mysuru police stumbled upon the racket when it started investigating possible instances of people selling Remdesivir on the black market.
Published on Apr 20, 2021 09:16 PM IST
Arun Dev
Vidurashwatha Massacre, the Forgotten Jallianwala Bagh of South India
Due to its resemblance to the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919, Vidurashwatha later came to be known as the Jallianwala Bagh of the South. Decades later, the village is now a forgotten chapter in the history of the country’s freedom struggle.
Updated on Apr 20, 2021 04:27 PM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
Karnataka govt ignored second wave warning, say experts
On Sunday, Bengaluru recorded its highest ever number of cases with 12,793 infections.
Updated on Apr 20, 2021 04:41 PM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
Kumaraswamy hospitalised after testing Covid positive, son also infected
Bengaluru Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday
Published on Apr 18, 2021 12:24 AM IST
Arun Dev
Concerns over Remdesivir shortage grow
Bengaluru Reports of a shortage of remdesivir injections increased in Karnataka as the number of cases of the coronavirus disease in the state continued a relentless surge
Updated on Apr 17, 2021 02:48 PM IST
Arun Dev
Police launches helpline to curb online fraud
Bengaluru: After the success of a pilot project, the Bengaluru police have launched a helpline, the Cybercrime Incident Report (CIR) system, to address online fraud complaints
Updated on Apr 17, 2021 12:47 AM IST
Arun Dev
K’taka CM Yediyurappa tests positive for Covid again, hospitalised
He was admitted to Ramaiah Memorial Hospital in Bengaluru with for the last two days. He tested negative for Covid-19 two days ago; however, he tested positive on Friday
Updated on Apr 16, 2021 03:09 PM IST
Arun Dev
Three arrested for abetting suicide of 26-year-old: Police
Bengaluru: Three men have been arrested for allegedly abetting a 26-year-old man to suicide by blackmailing him using intimate videos, Bengaluru Police said on Thursday
Published on Apr 16, 2021 12:23 AM IST
Arun Dev
Navy joins search for fishermen missing off Mangaluru coast
Two rescued fishermen have been shifted to safety ashore and three bodies have been recovered so far.
Published on Apr 15, 2021 12:37 AM IST
Arun Dev, Bengaluru
Four sheds in Bengaluru and one big dream: How India’s 1st satellite took form
With little help and minimal facilities, 20 young Isro engineers worked out of metal sheds in Peenya to build Aryabhata from scratch, which was launched from Russia on April 16, 1975
_1618205336026_1618205368024.jpeg "ISRO chief Satish Dhawan (second from left) inspecting the wooden model of the Aryabhata in Peenya Bengaluru in 1972(Photo courtesy: ISRO)")
Updated on Apr 12, 2021 11:15 AM IST
Arun Dev , Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
Jarkiholi shifted from hospital, to stay in home quarantine
Bengaluru Former Karnataka minister and Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Ramesh Jarkiholi was discharged from a private hospital in Gokak in Belagavi district on Wednesday
Published on Apr 08, 2021 12:30 AM IST
Arun Dev
332 moral policing incidents in two Karnataka districts since 2010: NGO
There have been 1,288 instances of communal violence including moral policing, cattle vigilantism, and hate speech in the state since 2010, according to Karnataka Communal Harmony.
Updated on Apr 08, 2021 09:27 AM IST
Arun Dev, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
Opposition, party members slam BSY over Covid orders
Bengaluru: The opposition and a section of the Bharatiya Janata Party has hit out at chief minister BS Yediyurappa for his U-turns on Covid-19 related decisions and raised questions over the quality of administration and leadership
Published on Apr 07, 2021 12:45 AM IST
Arun Dev
Jarkiholi tests Covid positive, undergoing treatment, says doctor
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, accused of sexual harassment, has tested positive for the Covid-19, said a doctor at the Gokak taluk hospital where he is undergoing treatment
Published on Apr 06, 2021 12:37 AM IST
Arun Dev
Urbanisation bid crowds out Bengaluru’s cherished trees
Bengaluru: The ashwath kattes , pipal trees (sacred fig is their common English name) with either a shrine under them or a large platform around them (or both) are a common sight in some parts of Bengaluru, and are usually a good indication that the neighbourhood was originally a village
Published on Apr 04, 2021 12:17 AM IST
Arun Dev
4 arrested for stabbing Muslim man travelling with Hindu woman
The suspects have been identified as Balachandra (28), Dhanush Bhandary (25), Jayaprashanth (27) and Anil Kumar (38). Dhanush is already facing four cases of murder, said police.
Updated on Apr 04, 2021 01:25 AM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
Ramesh Jarkiholi skips SIT questioning, cites illness
A police officer familiar with the case said that Jarkiholi may apply for anticipatory bail in the coming week.
Published on Apr 03, 2021 12:45 AM IST
Arun Dev
Muslim man travelling with Hindu woman stabbed in Karnataka: Cops
The victim, identified as Anwar Mohammed by police, has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Updated on Apr 03, 2021 01:05 AM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
B’luru adds over 2k cases, K’taka’s tally crosses 1mn
Bengaluru The city on Wednesday added 2906 new cases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of active cases to 21789
Published on Apr 02, 2021 12:44 AM IST
Arun Dev
Mob attacks two men for transporting Cattle in K’taka, Five arrested
Bengaluru: Police in coastal Karnataka’s Dakshin Kannada district, on Thursday, arrested five people for attacking two men alleging they were transporting cattle
Published on Apr 02, 2021 12:43 AM IST
Arun Dev
Cab services at Bengaluru airport affected after cabbie dies by suicide
Following protests by cab drivers, Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) asked passengers to opt for bus services or personal vehicles to commute to the airport
Published on Mar 31, 2021 01:52 PM IST
Arun Dev
300kg heroin found on Lankan boat: NCB
The heroin was found concealed inside the water tank of the vessel in 301 packets, the NCB said.
Published on Mar 31, 2021 06:41 AM IST
Arun Dev , Bengaluru
Ramesh Jarkiholi claims Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar behind sex tape
Former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi claimed he has evidnc eagainst Congress leader DK Shivakumar and would hand them over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Published on Mar 28, 2021 08:24 AM IST
Arun Dev