Karnataka

Bengaluru, Aug 20: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today brushed aside the BJP's allegation that his government was using the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) as a political tool against the opposition leaders, including state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa. He also asserted that the FIRs filed by the ACB against Yeddyurappa were based on merits. "I am not involved in filing the FIRs against

Bengaluru, Aug 20: The Karnataka ACB has termed the allegation by a senior officer in the state administration that he was being pressured by the agency to give a statement against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in a corruption case as a "feeble attempt to build a false defence". H Basavarajendra, now the Deputy Secretary, Mines, InvestigationCell and Sugar,in a letter to Karnataka Governor

New Delhi, Aug 20: Services at public sector banks may take a hit on Tuesday as all unions under the aegis of UFBU have threatened to go on strike against the government's proposed consolidation move besides raising a host of other demands. Most banks have already informed their customers that functioning of branches and offices will be impacted if the strike takes off. Operations at private

Bengaluru, Aug 20: A city civil court has ordered issue of summons to a private bank on a suit filed by a real estate development company seeking a whopping ₹101.77 crore as damages with 36% interest per year from the bank for causing loss to a project because of illegal suspension of disbursement of sanctioned loan amount and forcing the company to borrow money at an exorbitant rate of interest

Mangaluru, Aug 20: People in Dakshina Kannada have started raising voice against acquisition of their lands for the ongoing work of liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline from Kochi to Mangaluru. The project is being carried out by the Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL). Like in Kerala, many land owners in Dakshina Kannada have expressed fear of losing dwellings, agricultural lands and plantations

Bengaluru, Aug 20: KAS officer H Basavarajendra, one of the accused in the Shivaram Karanth Layout land denotification case along with former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, approached chief secretary Subhash Chandra Khuntia on Saturday, with a complaint, alleging “pressure” from ACB officials. In his complaint, Basavarajendra said ACB deputy superintendents of police Balaraj and J K Anthony John

Bengaluru, Aug 20: With exams only a month away, students in many private schools teaching state syllabus are still using photocopies of textbooks as they have not received the books for this academic year. “For many classes, even now, we have not received Part I textbooks. When we ask the department, they say the distribution is completed. But our students don’t have any study material to read at

Hubballi, Aug 20: A serious discussion about the demand for independent religion status for Lingayatism was held at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) baithak (meeting) chaired by Sarasanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat at ‘Keshav Kunj’ here on Saturday. The discussion focused on the stand to be taken by the RSS on the issue. A leader who attended the meeting said Bhagwat felt efforts should be made to

Udupi, Aug 20: Vishwesha Tirtha Swami, spiritual leader of Hindus and chief pontiff of Paryaya Pejawar Mutt will undergo surgical procedure for hernia at the Kasturba Hospital in Manipal on Sunday. Raghuram Acharya, Dewan of Pejawar Mutt, last night said that the seer will leave for the hernia operation after completing the ‘Maha Pooja’ at the Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple around 10 a.m. on Sunday

Udupi, Aug 19: Athul Rao, who was a close friend of Padmapriya, wife of BJP leader and former Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat, would face no further investigation into charges of adultery or driving her to commit suicide. He, however, would face trial of offences of cheating, forgery etc for allegedly projecting himself and the deceased as husband and wife. Raghupathi Bhat’s family had accused Athul Rao