Karnataka

Kasaragod, Oct 19: An NRI businessman, trapped in 28 legal cases in United Arab Emirates, coupled with several health issues, has finally returned to India after 15 years, thanks to financial and legal support by Indian businessman Yusuffali MA, chairman of Lulu Group. Moosakutty Puzhakkara, a native of Pattambi, Kerala, had a travel ban which confined him and his family to a dingy one-room home

Bengaluru, Oct 19: In a massive search operation covering 40 premises of religious trusts and other entities that preach about "oneness philosophy" and run wellness centers, the Income Tax Department has found ₹500 crore of undisclosed income and links to investments in tax havens. The tax authorities have seized cash amounting to ₹43.9 crore during the search operations. Foreign currencies worth

Mysuru, Oct 19: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday strongly observed reservation against assurance of release of water to Maharasthra by Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa and termed it an election gimmick. Speaking to media here, Mr Kumaraswamy said that last year, when north Karnataka was facing an acute shortage of water, they had requested Maharasthra government several

Manjeshwar, Oct 19: With the public campaign for the October 21 bye-lection coming to a close on Saturday evening, all the three political fronts in the fray in the Manjeshwar Assembly Constituency, which is number 1 in the 144-seater Kerala Assembly, are all out in persuading the voters to cast their votes in their favour. It is more than an election but a retributing one for the Bharatiya Janata

Bengaluru, Oct 19: As a Diwali gift to the personnel of the police force the state Government on Saturday announced the decision to implement the recommendation of the Auradkar committee on revision of pay for police force in Karnataka. In a notification issued here, the state government had hiked the salaries being given to police personnel, which would additionally cause a financial burden of

Ahmadabad/Lucknow, Oct 19: Derogatory speeches against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) led to the murder of Hindu Samaj Party founder Kamlesh Tiwari, claimed the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which today arrested three persons from Surat, even as victim’s mother squarely held the Bharatiya Janata Party responsible. "We have arrested three persons as of now who are involved in the murder of

Haveri, Oct 19: Some might even call it funny but in a bizarre incident, students at a private college in Karnataka were made to wear cardboard boxes during an exam to allegedly prevent them from cheating. Photos of the incident, which showed students writing by wearing a cardboard box with just its front side open, surfaced online and was shared widely. Apart from the memes and snide comments

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Former minister G Janardhana Reddy, the main accused in the multi-crore illegal mining and transportation of iron ore case, will have to stand trial for offences under IPC section 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) which entails life sentence. The Karnataka high court on Friday set aside orders passed by a special court for elected representatives, which

Bengaluru, Oct 19: Basavaraj Bommai, BJP leader and home minister of Karnataka has claimed that some terrorist sleeper cells were active in Bengaluru and Mysuru and their activities have intensified in coastal Karnataka as well as the Bay of Bengal. Speaking to reporters at Mysuru, Bommai said the National Investigation Agency suspects movement of terrorists belonging to the Jamat-ul-Mujahideen

Jubail, Oct 18: The Beary entrepreneurs in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are gearing up to launch the Jubail chapter of Mangaluru-based Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 21. A preparatory meeting in this regard was held on Thursday, October 17 at Golden Fish Restaurant in Jubail, wherein Zakariya Jokatte, the vice president of BCCI, shed light on the history and achievements of the