Karnataka

Bengaluru, Sept 6: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said that a supplementary charge sheet has been filed against an accused in the Rs 6.34 lakh Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case here in Bengaluru. Sabiruddin, 46, a resident of West Bengal's Malda, has been named in FICN case and the charge sheet has been filed against him before the NIA special court in Bengaluru, the NIA

Mangaluru, Sept 6: In a surprise move, Sasikanth Senthil, the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada today tendered his resignation from the Indian Administrative Service citing personal reasons. Though he called his decision “purely personal one”, Mr Santhil added: “I have taken this decision as I feel that it is unethical to continue as a civil servant in the government when fundamental

Bengaluru, Sept 6: After the arrest of Congress trouble-shooter D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate, the Bharatiya Janata Party is reportedly gearing up for a large scale ‘Operation Lotus’ in Karnataka with dozens of legislators from two main opposition parties of the state – the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) receiving offer from the Amit Shah led saffron party. If sources are to be

Bengaluru, Sept 6: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday assured a Division Bench of the High Court of Karnataka that it will not arrest till September 17 the three associates of the former Minister D.K. Shivakumar if they appeared before the investigation officer for questioning as per the summons issued to them. An assurance was given to the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay

With the online content on mobile phones increasing, most Indian viewers consume the content during the traditional office hours of 10 am-6 pm, a recent survey said. As per the survey conducted jointly by KPMG and Eros Now, Indians spend more than around 70 minutes per day on online video platforms, with a consumption frequency of 12.5 times a week or more than once a day, it said. For this report

Boston: Art lovers of Boston area witnessed a rare display of ‘Yakshagana’, one of coastal Karnataka’s rich and colourful art forms, at the Tyngsborough Town Hall near Boston on August 31, 2019. The event organized by the New England Tulu Koota (NETK) Boston USA highlighted performances by the preeminent Yakshagana artist Patla Satish Shetty of the Yaksha Dhruva Patla Foundation, Mangaluru and his

Bengaluru, Sept 5: A special court here has issued summons to former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, asking him to appear for questioning in connection with a land de-notification case. The Special Court for Elected Representatives issued the summons on Wednesday, directing Kumaraswamy to appear for questioning on October 4. On July 20, Special Judge Ramachandra D Huddar had rejected the

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Is Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government of Karnataka is considering home delivery of liquor to Kannadigas? Excise Minister H Nagesh, who reviewed the progress of the Excise Department in Bengaluru yesterday, asserted that the government may take such a step if the Excise Department gets the consent of the people during public consultations. He said that a host of

Bengaluru, Sept 5: It was "conflict of interest" that led global audit firm Ernst & Young to recuse itself from investigating the letter that Cafe Coffee Day owner V.G. Siddhartha purportedly wrote to the company's Board. However, EY has not been the external auditor of the company. "Vide our letter dated August 8, 2019, it was informed that Board of Directors in their meeting dated August 8, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 5: Ahmed Thanveer, a class IX student of Army Public School in Kannur city has been selected to watch the soft landing of Chandrayaan-2 on the surface of the moon, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 7 at space agency ISRO in Bengaluru. The selection was done based on an online quiz conducted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Two students from each