Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Police have taken into custody one person and seized from him Rs 14 lakhs cash being transported without valid documents at Vidhana Soudha West Gate on Friday. Police said that the arrested was identified as Mohan working as Personal Assistant to Karnataka Minister for Backward Class Welfare C Puttaranga Shetty. He was taken into custody when he tried to escape with bag

Bengaluru, Jan 5: The Congress-JDS government in Karnataka on Friday increased tax rates on petrol and diesel to 32 per cent and 21 per cent respectively, citing adverse impact on the state revenue collection due to continuous fall in the prices of crude oil in international market. Prior to the revision, the tax rates on petrol and diesel were 28.75 per cent and 17.73 per cent, respectively. The

Vijayapura, Jan 4: Newly appointed Karnataka Home Minister M B Patil today said the police department officials tapping telephone conversations, other than most sensitive cases, will be screened and will face stiff punishments if the norms were not followed. Speaking to press persons here, he said complaints over police officials seeking telephone conversations from competent authorities for cases

Bengaluru, Jan 4: In a statement that may create discord between Congress and JD(S) ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has urged his party workers and leaders to work hard so that the party wins “12 to 14 seats” in the general elections. This appeal gains significance amid recent speculation on whether or not the JD(S) and the Congress would fight the Lok Sabha elections

Bengaluru, Jan 4: Challenging the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to share the burden of farm loan waiver scheme, initiated by the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, the KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao alleged that “BJP government at the Center is acting against the interests of the Farmers in the country”. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that “by describing

Bengaluru, Jan 4: Eyeing big time support for Congress from people of backward Hyderabad-Karnataka, after the party-led UPA government successfully moved the amendment to Article 371(J) to empower the people this region with special status and larger inflows of l funds, AICC President Rahul Gandhi is likely to contest from Karnataka in 2019 General Elections. According to highly placed party

Kozhikode, Jan 4: Hurling of bombs and setting ablaze party offices by Hindu activists and left supporters continued in different parts of North Kerala late on Thursday night and early on Friday. Sporadic violence took place across the State as part of the dawn-to-dusk hartal observed by the Sabarimal Karma Samithi on Thursday in protest against the entry of two women, under 50, into Ayyappa

Bengaluru, Jan 4: JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda has asked coalition partner Congress to treat regional parties well before striking an alliance for the forthcoming Lok Sabha. "Congress is big brother of secular parties. They (Congress) should treat us well before striking an alliance for the Lok Sabha polls later this year. The seat-sharing talks are still on," he said addressing party workers late

Kasaragod, Jan 4: The Kerala State Cabinet has decided to recommend the Governor to promulgate an Ordinance amending the Kerala Pravasi Welfare Act to provide a regular income for non-resident Keralites (NoRKs) returning home from the Arabian Gulf and other part of the world. The proposed scheme will enable the Kerala Pravasi Welfare Board to receive deposits from non-resident Malayalis and use it

Bengaluru/Mangaluru, Jan 4: A prominent entrepreneur hailing from Mangaluru has been arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for allegedly duping people of at least Rs 100 crore after promising to build flats for them. The arrested is Avinash Prabhu, managing director of Skyline Constructions and Housing Pvt Ltd and Kalmane Koffee, a coffee shop chain. The police have recovered a Range Rover