Karnataka

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two Income Tax (I-T) officials in an alleged Rs 14 lakh bribery case and recovered Rs 1.65 crore in cash from them, the premier probe agency said on Thursday. "The I-T officers were arrested in Koramangala in the city's upscale southwest suburb on a complaint from a private firm's Managing Director after a case was registered

Bengaluru, Apr 5: As many as 317 candidates have filed nominations in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in coastal and northern Karnataka for the second phase of polling on April 23, said an official on Thursday. "With the last day of nominations for the second phase ending on Thursday, 317 candidates have filed 457 nominations as some of them have submitted more than one set of papers to the Returning

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy Friday accused coalition partner Congress and others of hatching a 'chakravyuha', a deadly formation in epic Mahabharata, to defeat his son and JDS nominee Nikhil in Mandya Lok Sabha seat. Bringing to fore again deep fissures in the ruling front, the JDS leader lashed out at Congress and others for 'colluding' with independent candidate

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Two days after the Election Commission of India stopped Karnataka Chief Minister's Range Rover and his convoy for checks, HD Kumaraswamy accused the poll panel of harassing his family. “Election Commission and Income Tax Department are literally harassing me and my family. Let the EC officials perform their duties, but don’t harass us on mere suspicion,” said the Chief Minister

Vijayapura, Apr 5: The process for deporting 24 illegal Bangladesh nationals who were staying illegally has been undertaken in this North Karnataka city as per Court order by the local police from Thursday. Police said on Friday that the illegal migrants, who had entered the country without valid Passport and working in a beef packaging factory here were arrested during a raid in 2016 and charge

Bengaluru, Apr 5: Nitesh Estates Limited, a real estate company, is in the dock for allegedly duping as many as 50 customers of Rs 120 crore after promising delivery of villas and residential apartments. The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has raided the company’s corporate office on M.G. Road. The raids were the fallout of a series of complaints of cheating by the firm’s chairperson and managing

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The Karnataka State Commission for Women has summoned Tejasvi Surya, the BJP candidate for Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency, after a complaint was filed following a tweet by a woman alleging that he had harassed her. Chairperson of the commission Nagalakshmi Bai said that Mahila Congress president Pushpa Amarnath had filed the complaint. “We have also issued a notice to him

Bengaluru, Apr 5: At least two persons were killed and several others were injured after an under-construction car parking structure collapsed in Karnataka’s capital. The incident took place at 4: 40 am in Apmc yard, Yeshwantpur, which lies in the northwestern part of Bengaluru city. Police said that the workers were sleeping at second floor of the building when the tragedy occurred. “Around 70

Haveri, Apr 5: BJP’s Haveri candidate Shivakumar Udasi filed four sets of nomination papers on Thursday. He filed the first set with his family members — father and Hanagal MLA C M Udasi, mother Chennamma, wife Revathi and another relative. He filed the other three sets with MLAs and party leaders. Later, a massive rally was taken out from Purasiddeshwara temple to Municipal School grounds, where

Mandya/Hassan, Apr 5: JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda on Thursday claimed that the rivalry in Congress ranks against Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s candidature in Mandya constituency, is so deep rooted that even former chief minister Siddaramaiah cannot salvage the situation. Addressing a rally in KR Pet, Mandya district, Gowda said: “I’ve been freed by deputy chief minister G Parameshwara from electioneering