Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jun 28: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 20 immovable properties and balance in bank accounts -- Rs 11.98 crore -- totaling around Rs 209 crore in IMA Group Ponzi scheme case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). "The agency attached 20 immovable properties worth Rs 197 crore, Rs 98 lakh from 51 bank accounts and Rs 11 crore held in Pradhan

Dubai, Jun 28: Consulate General of India in Dubai has stepped in to resolve the issue of over 300 expat workers of a private firm here, who were struggling to make ends meet as they have not received their salaries for several months, the media reported. The workers, many of them from India, are facing extreme shortage of food and health issues due to stress. Many of them want to return to India

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Wary about its image having taken a hit after the Lok Sabha poll rout, the Congress in Karnataka told chief minister H D Kumaraswamy about the need to change style of functioning of the ruling coalition, top party sources said on Thursday. The Congress, the senior coalition partner with JD(S), has held discussions with Kumaraswamy about protecting the image of the government and

Bengaluru, Jun 28: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly Session will be held from July 12 to 26 at Vidhana Soudha here, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Krishna Byregowda said today. Briefing newsmen after the Cabinet meeting held here on Friday, he said that several important Bills will be placed during the Session. This is for the first time the Legislative Session was being held

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday clarified that his upcoming trip to the United States is unofficial and he will be travelling on personal expenses. The statement comes amidst criticism the Janata Dal (Secular) leader is facing regarding the alleged expenditure of taxpayers' money for unofficial purposes. "I am travelling to New Jersey to participate in a

Osaka, Jun 28: In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota from 170,000 to 200,000, paving the way for 30,000 more Indians to go for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in the kingdom. The issue of India's Haj quota was discussed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral talks with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman here. Modi, who is in Japan for the

Bantwal, Jun 28: The police have arrested a person on charge of raping and impregnating his own daughter in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The victim, who is a minor girl, lived with her father, mother and a sister in Bantwal. In her complaint, she stated that at 11.45pm on February 8, when everyone was asleep at home, her father raped her for the first time. Then she continued the

Mangaluru, Jun 28: The state rank list of NEET (UG) 2019 has been released and the students of Expert PU College, Mangaluru have secured 12 of the top 50 ranks. A single PU College securing 12 of the top 50 ranks, i.e., 24% of the top ranks in the state and garnering all the ranks of the undivided Dakshina Kannada district is a rare achievement, said the Chairman of the Institution, Prof. Narendra

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Thursday flayed the people of Badami, his assembly constituency, for voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election and ignoring those who "believe in development". Siddaramaiah said the Congress government carried out several development works in the constituency but the people still voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Badami comes under the

Bengaluru, Jun 28: Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, in a defiant stand, insisted he will not give up the plush rooms at the Taj West End in Bengaluru where he operates from, despite heavy criticism, especially in the context of his village stay programme. Although he normally stays at his home in JP Nagar, Kumaraswamy has been operating from a set of suites at the five-star hotel since becoming