Karnataka

Bengaluru, Mar 28: A team of Income Tax officials conducted raids at the residence of JD(S) leader and Karnataka Minor Irrigation Minister C S Puttaraju and his nephew in the early hours of Thursday, PTI reported. The development comes a day after Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy raised fears about possible raids on Congress and JD(S) leaders in the state allegedly on the directions of Prime

Udupi, Mar 28: A woman and a girl slipped into the Swarna River near Baje village in Udupi district and later died on Wednesday. Pushpa (47), wife of Krishna, resident of Kukkehalli, had gone to wash clothes in the river near Baje along with her neighbour’s daughter, Ashwini (12). But Ashwini accidentally slipped into the river. Pushpa went to rescue her from drowning and fell into the water

Hassan, Mar 28: Within hours after Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy expressed fear that “revenge politics” was afoot through “misuse of Central agencies”, the Income Tax Department carried out searches and seizure operations at multiple locations targeting JD(S) leaders late on Wednesday night. Sources confirmed that multiple teams carried out searches in various parts of the Hassan, Mandya and

Bengaluru, Mar 28: Known for his hardline Hindutva stance, Bengaluru South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya’s own tweets are now being used by his political opponents to campaign against him. Though the 28-year-old leader deleted his several old controversial tweets including those express his views against women soon after his name was announced by the BJP, screen shots of some of his tweets are going

Bengaluru, Mar 28: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Bengaluru South Tejasvi Surya has found himself at the centre of a controversy after a woman broke her silence and accused him of abusing her for five years. Amidst controversy over BJP’s decision to field this 28-year-old hardline Hindutva activist from the prestigious constituency, a businesswoman, Dr Som Dutta, took to Twitter to share

Udupi, Mar 28: P Amrit Shenoy, member of All India Congress Committee, who is contesting as an Independent candidate in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru parliamentary constituency, said here on Wednesday that he entered the poll fray to send a message to the Congress high command that it should not take party workers for granted. Addressing presspersons, Mr. Shenoy said that it was the Congress which was

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Three people have been arrested on charges of operating an online cricket betting business from a rented room near the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus stand in Mangaluru, police sources said Wednesday. Another member of the gang managed to escape during the raid at the premises, the sources said. Police also seized Rs 62,700 and four mobile phones. The group had

Mangaluru, Mar 27: In a heartrending tragedy, an eight-year-old boy lost his life after he was trapped between the floors in a lift at an apartment in the city today. The four-storeyed building, Bharathi Heights, is located on fourth cross in Chilimbi area. Ironically, the victim’s parents work as security guards in the same apartment. Police have identified the boy as Manjunath, son of Neelappa

Mangaluru, Mar 27: The nomination papers of 14 candidates, most of them independents, have been accepted in Dakshina Kannada constituency for next month’s Lok Sabha polls. Deputy Commissioner and District Returning Officer Sasikanth Senthil told media persons that as many as 15 persons had filed 24 nominations. The nomination of one Sudarshan of BJP was rejected as he was a dummy candidate and the

New Delhi, Mar 27: A group of Muslim women from over 10 states Wednesday said the new dispensation at the Centre should bring a law against mob lynching. Ahead of the April-May parliamentary election, the women, including Khalida, the wife of alleged lynching victim Umar Khan, published a manifesto listing their demands. The women, who came together under Bebaak Collective - a movement against