Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 10.20 crores in a fraud case involving ICICI Bank employee Vijayasarathi in the ICICI Bank, Vijayapura branch, Karnataka. Investigation under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) was initiated on the basis of FIRs and subsequent charge sheet filed by CID, Karnataka, according to a

Bengaluru, Mar 29: A Mother, three- year-old daughter die on the spot in a cylinder explosion during shooting of film in the city outskirts on Friday. Police said that the deceased were identified as Sumayra (29) and her daughter Irera. They were watching the shooting of a fighting scene for 'Ranam' film with Chiranjeei Sarja in the main role. It was alleged that the shooting was done without

Mysuru, Mar 29: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress-JDS Coordination Ccommittee Cchairman Ssiddaramiah today said that there is no difference of opinion among the leaders and gearing up to put up a united fight in the coming Lok Sabha election in the State. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that "we till undertake joint campaign and he will campaign in all the 28 Lok

New Delhi, Mar 29: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its 12th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and declared party’s representatives from 11 constituencies. BJP announced names of three candidates each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka and one each from Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra. Jamyang Tsering Namgyal is BJP's candidate for the Ladakh Lok

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Karnataka's 28 lawmakers of the 16th Lok Sabha on the average utilised 79.3% of the funds released to them under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) during their five-year term from 2014 to 2019, said the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. "Of the Rs 452.50 crore cumulative funds released by the Central government for the 28

Bengaluru, Mar 29: BJP Karnataka has demanded the State Police to register criminal complaints against the JD(S) and the Congress leaders, who Yesterday allegedly threatened the IT officials with dire consequences for conducting raids on various business persons, civil contractors and those who were close to the leaders of the two parties. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, BJP State

New Delhi, Mar 29: About 25 per cent of young Indian voters are doubtful of the authenticity of the electronic voting machine (EVM), according to a new survey by news app Inshorts. An overwhelming 85 of the participants in the survey said voting should be made compulsory. "Nowadays, people are aware about their rights and consider voting a responsibility as citizens," Inshorts CEO Azhar Iqbal said

New Delhi, Mar 29: The Railways found itself caught on the wrong side of the model code of conduct yet again when passengers on Friday reported that tea was being served in paper cups with "main bhi chowkidaar" ('I'm also watchman') written on them. As the image of the paper cup tweeted by a passenger on Kathgodam Shatabdi went viral, the railways said its has withdrawn the cup and penalised the

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Thanks to the intervention of the AICC President Rahul Gandhi, the sitting Congress Lok Sabha member Mudduhanumegowda, who had filed his nomination to retain his seat from Tumakuru, is likely to withdraw his candidature. He was upset over the denial of ticket to retain his seat as the Central party leaders had conceded the Tumakuru seat to alliance partner JD(S) during the seat

Belagavi, Mar 29: Three members of a family were killed on the spot and three others injured when a car in which they were traveling collided against a truck at Hebbal village in Kanapur taluk in the district last evening. Police said on Friday that the deceased hailing from Nagenahalli in Bengaluru and they were identified as B S Babayya (65) and his daughter in-law Azirabi (34) and grand son