Karnataka

New Delhi, Mar 29: The Railways found itself caught on the wrong side of the model code of conduct yet again when passengers on Friday reported that tea was being served in paper cups with "main bhi chowkidaar" ('I'm also watchman') written on them. As the image of the paper cup tweeted by a passenger on Kathgodam Shatabdi went viral, the railways said its has withdrawn the cup and penalised the

Bengaluru, Mar 29: Thanks to the intervention of the AICC President Rahul Gandhi, the sitting Congress Lok Sabha member Mudduhanumegowda, who had filed his nomination to retain his seat from Tumakuru, is likely to withdraw his candidature. He was upset over the denial of ticket to retain his seat as the Central party leaders had conceded the Tumakuru seat to alliance partner JD(S) during the seat

Belagavi, Mar 29: Three members of a family were killed on the spot and three others injured when a car in which they were traveling collided against a truck at Hebbal village in Kanapur taluk in the district last evening. Police said on Friday that the deceased hailing from Nagenahalli in Bengaluru and they were identified as B S Babayya (65) and his daughter in-law Azirabi (34) and grand son

Mandya, Mar 29: A women’s wing leader of the Janata Dal (Secular) has claimed that she had alerted CM HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday night about possible income tax raids on political leaders and their associates based on information from a cab driver. The woman — who covered her face in the video in an attempt to conceal her identity — said the cabbie worked in Bengaluru. In the video, posted to

Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Bharatiya Janata Party defended action by the Income Tax Department as a “non-partisan professional work” which “the coalition was needlessly politicising”. The sleuths of IT department on Wednesday and Thursday raided residences of several individuals having close links with Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress across Karnataka. JD(S) called the raid as a revenge by BJP led

Udupi, Mar 29: A local court here has sentenced four persons in the murder of an undertrial, Vinod Shettigar, which took place at the District Jail at Anjar near Hiriyadka in Udupi district on January 14, 2011, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 20,000 each, under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, on them. Shanthi Bai, Principal Public Prosecutor, said here on Thursday that the

Bengaluru, Mar 29: An 18-month-old girl and her 5-year-old brother drowned in a sump in an under-construction residential building at Kodigehalli, K.R. Puram, here yesterday. According to the police, the young siblings, Basamma and Naveen, resided in a makeshift shed near the building with their parents, who eked out a living as construction labourers. The children’s father, Mallappa, was out of

Bengaluru, Mar 28: The Income Tax office, Karnataka and Goa area, has clarified that it had conducted raids on residence, properties and offices of several contractors and connected persons today. It is a routine rid after getting credible evidence on tax evasion and no Residence or Offices of Members of Parliament or Karnataka Legislature members were targeted. The IT Department conducted raids

Shivamogga, Mar 28: Alleging that the Opposition Congress leaders are indulged in demoralizing the Indian Defence forces by questioning the success of the Air strike on terrorists locations inside Pakistan, Former Karnataka Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader B Sriramulu said that “If Pakistan bombs India, nobody except Rahul will perish”. Addressing an election meeting after B Y

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, who seeking reelection on BJP ticket for the third consecutive term today rubbished the reports of secret pact with the Social Democratic Party of India as baseless rumours. Congress leaders in the coastal district had recently claimed that SDPI fielded its candidate from Dakshina Kannada just to help BJP by dividing non-communal votes and