Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 8: Sandeep Gururaj, the deputy general manager (corporate finance and treasury) of Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), his wife and two other women have been arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 62 crore from the privately-held conglomerate. According to police, Sandeep transferred the company’s funds to his personal account and his wife’s bank account. He also

Bengaluru, Jan 8: The Income-Tax (I-T) Department would soon issue orders for attaching the property of Karnataka's Congress Minister D.K. Shivakumar, a top official said on Monday. "The case (investigation) on Shivakumar is in progress. We will soon be issuing orders to attach his property," Karnataka Director-General of Income-Tax (Investigation) B.R. Balakrishhnan told reporters here. The

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The Bharat Bandh called by Central Trade Unions on Tuesday evoked poor response in Karnataka’s coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. Most parts of the cities of Mangaluru and Udupi and other prominent towns in the region looked normal while some people volunteer shut their shops. The public transports, commercial establishments and other operations which

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 7: Case has been registered against four RSS activists for hurling a country-made bomb at Nedumangad police station during the state-wide protest called by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi on Thursday. RSS evangelist Nooranad Praveen is among the four against whom the case has been registered. Violent protests broke out across Kerala last week after two women of menstruating

Mysuru, Jan 7: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) units in Mysuru and Chamarajanagara districts on Monday demanded resignation of BC Development minister Puttaranga Shetty, after his aide was caught with Rs 25 lakh cash moving out of his office in Vidhana Soudha early last week. The BJP activists in the undivided Mysore District held demonstrations demanding sacking of the minister, the MLA elected

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy withholding the names for five Congress legislators who were recommended to be appointed for state-run Boards and Corporations has created a fresh bout of tiff between coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal(S). Congress had recommended 19 legislators to be appointed to boards an corporations and nine members to be appointed as parliamentary

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Scores of passengers were left stranded and many others had to miss their connecting flights, while some even missed their business meetings and appointments as the airport authority in Bengaluru rescheduled at least 20 flights due fog on the runway. Scores of passengers in Bengaluru were left stranded, with several missing their connecting flights while a couple of them missing

Bengaluru, Jan 7: Commuting in Bengaluru is likely to be disrupted on Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of a two-day nationwide protest called by trade unions against the Centre’s anti-labour policies. KSRTC and BMTC buses, autorickshaws and banking services are likely to be affected. App-based cabs, airport taxis and Metro trains will operate. There’s no clarity yet on education institutions and

Bengaluru, Jan 7: A WhatsApp message bridged 20 years and 2,000km of gulf separating a 48-year-old man from his family and facilitated their reunion here on Sunday. It was an emotional moment for Mahaveer Singh Chauhan, from Jhab village in Jalore district of Rajasthan, when he embraced his 24-year-old son, Pradyuman Singh, on a Nimhans hospital bed. Pradyuman was four years old when he last saw

Mangaluru, Jan 7: The CCB sleuths of Manglauru city police have arrested three persons in connection with a murder of a 26-year-old youth at Panjimogeru in Kavoor police station limits. The arrested are Sunil Kumar, 26, a resident of Panjimogeru, Kavoor, Praveen Poojary alias Chotu, 23, from Kodikal and Preetham alias Abhi, 22, a resident of Urwa Store. On the night of January 3, Rakesh (26), a