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Former union minister, economist and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Shourie has stepped up his attack the Narendra Modi government and its policies, terming the demonetisation exercise as a money laundering scheme. In an interview with NDTV last night he said: "Demonetisation was a money laundering scheme. Because everybody who had black money, converted into white through banks."

Mangaluru, Oct 4: IPS officer Uma Prashanth on Tuesday took charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) of Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate. The post was vacant after DCP Hanumantharaya was shifted to law and order department. The State government had transferred Uma to Mangaluru through an order dated September 18. Uma has worked in the past in different designations at

Mangaluru, Oct 4: Indian Coast Guard handed over two fishing boats to the Coastal Security Police in Karwar for action after they were found conducting bull trawling which is banned in the State, on Monday. A Coast Guard release said here on Tuesday that Coast Guard Ship C-420, while on surveillance patrol, carried out boarding operation on the two fishing boats, Sagar Kusum and Sagar Kusum V, at

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The BJP's Karnataka unit has hit out at multilingual actor Prakash Raj for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on those "celebrating" the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, saying he has shown "political immaturity." Raj had described as "chilling" the silence of Modi on those "celebrating" the killing of Lankesh, including the ones followed by him on Twitter

Belagavi, Oct 4: The parents-in-law of Renu Suhas Killekar, former deputy mayor of Belagavi City Corporation (BCC), hanged themselves by a single rope in their apartment here on Monday morning. While Narayan Killedar, 80, was a retired Indian Air Force employee, Vasundhara Killedar, 68, was a homemaker. According to police sources, Vasundhara had been disturbed for the past few months and that may

Mangaluru, Oct 4: Local leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party accorded a warm welcome to Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, who landed at Mangaluru International Airport on Tuesday night. Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, former MLA Yogish Bhat, Umanath Kotian among others were present at the Airport. Amidst tight security Yogi travelled to Kerala, where he would participate in BJP’s

Bhatkal, Oct 3: Bodies of two boys, who had ventured into the sea near Sasihithul, and were missing since Monday afternoon, were found on Tuesday morning behind Kaikini Mutt, in Bengre Village, of Bhatkal taluk. The deceased have been identified as Ganesh Masti Naik (12) and Vinayak Nagesh Naik (14), both residents of Sasihithul village. According to police officials, the two boys had gone to sea

Managluru, Oct 3: Veteran Yakshagana artiste Chittani Ramachandra Hegde passed away at a private hospital in Manipal on Tuesday night, due to pneumonia. He was 84. He was the first among Yakshagana artistes to receive Padma Shri award. A school dropout who studied up to Class 2, Ramachandra Hegde performed Yakshagana for nearly seven decades and won a national award. He is survived by his wife

Mangaluru, Oct 3: BJP national president Amit Shah's scheduled programmes in the coastal city has been postponed indefinitely due to “unavoidable circumstances.” Shah supposed to meet opinion makers and intellectuals on Wednesday in Mangaluru. The district unit of the BJP had also scheduled a meeting of Shah with BJP state leaders on the same day. BJP DK district president Sanjeeva Matandoor said

New Delhi, Oct 3: A government crackdown on Muslim-dominated abattoirs and the trade of cattle dragged down India's exports of leather shoes by more than 13 percent in June, as leading global brands turned to China, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to secure supplies. The drop in exports of shoes and leather garments comes as a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has sought to create