I-T raids continue at D K Shivakumar’s properties; over 40 locations searched

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August 3, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 3: Income Tax department officials continued for the second day on Thursday their raids on properties linked to Karnataka energy minister DK Shivakumar, who is in charge of hosting Congress MLAs from Gujarat shifted outside to avoid a break in their ranks.

Officials said in Karnataka alone 39 locations were being searched, in addition to some in Chennai and Delhi. Media reports identified the Delhi properties to be located in Safdarjung and RK Puram.

According to sources, cash was recovered since the searches began at 7am on Wednesday, but there was no indication of the value. The department has not officially confirmed if it retrieved cash.

The raids on Shivakumar escalated into a political confrontation between his Congress party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress raised the issue in parliament, forcing multiple adjournments in the upper house, and the BJP of carrying out “an unprecedented witch-hunt”.

The Congress legislators taken to Karnataka are crucial for the party’s prospects in a close Rajya Sabha election scheduled next week in which Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to party president Sonia Gandhi, is seeking re-election.

The party saw a string of defections from its Gujarat cadre, prompting it to accuse the BJP of using money and muscle power to gain an advantage in the RS polls.

The raids on Shivakumar triggered protests by Congress members. On Wednesday, youth Congress leaders protested near Shivakumar’s residence in Bengaluru and outside the I-T office in Mangaluru.

Senior Congress leaders in the state were quick to condemn the raids, especially the use of paramilitary forces at the residence of the minister.

“I-T raids targeting energy minister D K Shivakumar is completely politically motivated and central government’s role behind it is well known,” chief minister Siddaramaiah said in a statement. He said, “It is not right on the part of central government to use I-T department for its political conspiracies. We will not bow down to such intimidation.”

Comments

Sandesh
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

why the IT team is not raiding Adani & patanjali group ?

Gopal
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

BJP is turning India into a dictatorial regime. When BJP can't horse trade MLAs,
let's raid where they are staying.

Truth
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

I am surprised that there is no mention in the article about the huge cash seized
in the raid.

Anmol
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

BJP is using official machinery to serve their political end. People of this country
will teach them a lesson in 2019.

Mohan
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

The intention of the BJP is to tarnish the image of the Congress leaders . People
are watching the game and it will be reflected in the election provided the voting
machines are not tampered

Naveen
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

This is how Modi the tyrant ran Gujarat with the Govt machinery as his
henchmen. Now he has the intelligence,ED,CBI,NIA,IT to harass those who
oppose him.It is a shame that India has been reduced to a banana republic.

Ganesh
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

OK. Can staunch supporters of D K Shivakumar explain how IT found 10 crore
at his residence?

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 3 Aug 2017

The more the raid on politicians and corrupt the better the common man feels

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Mangaluru, Jan 16: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is holding rallies and meetings and distributing booklets across the country in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said ABVP National Secretary Harsha Narayan here on Thursday.

Speaking to media persons, he said that the CAA, which provides citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Christians persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was among the things that the ABVP was fighting for.

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January 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 19: Australia has conferred its highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia honour, on Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw for her contribution towards advancing the country's relationship with India.

Australia's High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu invested Mazumdar-Shaw as an Honorary Member within the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division at a ceremony in Bengaluru on Friday, the Australian High Commission said in a statement.

An alumnus of Federation University Australia, Mazumdar-Shaw is the founder of Biocon, one of India's largest bio-pharmaceutical companies.

She contributes immensely to promoting women in STEM through the joint research programmes developed between Biocon and Deakin University, Australia, as part of her deep and long-standing commitment to gender equality, the statement said.

Mazumdar-Shaw - an Australian Global Alumni Ambassador - is also recognised for her sustained and significant contribution to industry academia collaboration between Australia and India, it said.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from Indian and Australian business, the diplomatic corps, and family, friends and peers of Mazumdar-Shaw, the statement said.

Speaking at the event, Sidhu said, "Dr Mazumdar-Shaw is a tireless champion of the commercial, educational, and people-to-people links between our two countries, and this award recognises her commitment to progressing the Australia-India partnership."

Honorary appointments in the Order of Australia are made to foreign nationals who have made an outstanding contribution to Australia or humanity at large.

Mazumdar-Shaw is the fourth Indian citizen to be awarded Australia's highest civilian honour.

This follows the conferment of superstar batsman Sachin Tendulkar in 2012, Former Attorney General of India Soli Jehangir Sorabjee in 2006, and Mother Teresa of Kolkata (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) in 1982.

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Mangaluru, Jun 23: An elderly person, who was undergoing treatment for covid-19 in Mangaluru, breathed his last on today. 

The victim, identified by number P-6282, was a 70-year-old man. He had returned from Bengaluru on June 7. 

He was suffering asthma and pneumonia. He had Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) symptoms and was hence admitted to the designated covid-19 hospital in Mangaluru on June 12. 

His condition continued to worsen and today he breathed his last, sources said.

With this the total number the deaths of covid-19 patients in Dakshina Kannada district mounted to 9.

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