Bengaluru, Oct 6: Energy Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday appeared before the Income Tax officials in connection with the ongoing investigation.
The I-T sleuths had conducted searches and seizure from houses and business establishments linked to Shivakumar between August 2 and 5 this year.
After appearing before the taxmen, Shivakumar said,
“They asked me to submit certain documents. I have submitted those documents.’'
Mangaluru, Jun 3: Cyclone Nisarga did not land in Karnataka and has passed its border with heavy rains and strong winds, said an official on Wednesday.
However rains continued to lash parts of coastal Karnataka. There was no report of any casualty, the official added.
"It has already passed. We have not got any reports of fatalities. A heavy rain was expected and the deputy commissioners were alerted. Fishermen too were warned," said Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Principal Secretary T K Anil Kumar.
Kumar said Nisarga's actual landing is in Maharashtra and the warning was given for that state and Gujarat.
"In the fringe proportion (of Karnataka), high winds were expected and fishermen were warned not to venture into the sea," he said.
Kumar said the department interacted with the deputy commissioners of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga and alerted them about heavy rains.
Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said the department has kept four National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams on standby in Mangaluru and Kodagu for any eventuality.
The teams have been mobilized from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
"More rain is predicted in coastal districts. Wind speed too will be more in coastal areas," said Reddy.
According to a Met Department official, the track of Nisarga is expected to be 200-400km off Karnataka coast.
"Sudden wind speed had been reported along the coast. We had issued port warnings," said the official.
Mangaluru, Apr 28: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner, Sindhu B Rupesh on Tuesday announced a relaxation in the sealed down parts of the district.
Seal-down in Bantwal's Sajipanadu, Belthangady Taluk's Karaya and Sullia Taluk's Ajjavara have been relaxed, he said.
The move comes on the backdrop of the fact that no positive cases have been reported in these places and all the primary and secondary contacts of the patients have completed their quarantine period.
Mangaluru, Jan 20: A suspicious unattended laptop bag with the suspicion of containing “something harmful” was found abandoned at the Mangaluru International Airport on Monday.
The bag was found kept in the rest area meant for the passengers outside the airport. According to reports, two men came in auto and left the bag near the ticket counter, which is near the VIP vehicles parking area.
The bag, which was lying unattended near the entrance of the airport was removed from the spot by the airport security personnel at 8.45 am.
Bomb detection squad personnel has rushed to the spot and shifted the bag to a safe zone, said Mangaluru Commissioner of Police P S Harsha.
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