Karnataka

Mumbai, Jul 18: In a shocking incident, the son of a top IAS couple from Maharashtra has been founded dead under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday. The deceased, Manmath Mhaiskar (22), the son of Milind Mhaiskar and Manisha Mhaiskar, was found dead outside the Dariya Mahal building at Neapen Sea Road. The Mhaiskars are residents of nearby Marine Drive area. The deceased had injuries on his head

Udupi, Jul 18: Two persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly cheating the Innanje Cooperative Agricultural Bank to the tune of Rs 64 lakh at Innanje village in Udupi district. It may recalled that Shankar Acharya (50), his wife Nirmala Acharya (45), their daughters, Shruthi Acharya (24), an MBA graduate, and Shreya Acharya (21), an MCA student, had allegedly committed suicide in their

New Delhi, Jul 18: The Central government on Monday refused to give another opportunity to exchange demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 to those who couldn't do it by the deadline of December 30, 2016, saying this would defeat the very objective of eliminating black money. In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Finance Ministry Under Secretary T. Narasimha said: "The very object of

New Delhi, Jul 18: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday promised a delegation of BJP MPs from Karnataka that he would study whether the National Investigating Agency (NIA) can take over the probe into communal violence incidents reported from Bantwal and surrounding areas in Dakshina Kannada district. Receiving a memorandum from the delegation led by state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa here

Bengaluru, Jul 18: With murmurs about anomalies in the appointment of new KPCC officer-bearers growing louder, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is learnt to have asked party MLAs not to comment on the issue in public. Chairing the Congress legislature party meeting at the Vidhana Soudha on Monday, he said the party high command had finalised the list of office-bearers. KPCC president G Parameshwara

Bengaluru, Jul 18: As many as 222 of the total 224 MLAs in the state exercised their franchise for the Presidential poll in Bengaluru on Monday. Congress MP from Chikkodi Prakash B Hukkeri was the lone MP to vote at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, the venue for the poll in Karnataka, while other MPs from the state voted at Parliament House in New Delhi. The absentee legislators were JD(S) rebel

Mangaluru, Jul 17: A P Aboobacker Musliyar, General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama, has appealed to people in the coastal Karnataka to maintain peace and not be carried away by forces that what to create disharmony. Talking to reporters here on Monday, the Sunni stalwart of South Indian said some vested groups are trying to create divide among communities for their own

Bantwal, Jul 17: Sri Rajashekharananda Swami, the chief pontiff of Vajradehi Mutt seer, who claimed that he has an 'explosive' information about the murder of RSS worker Sharath, failed to appear before the Bantwal town police on Monday. The seer, however, sent his lawyer Mahesh Kaje to the Bantwal Town Police Station on his behalf. The lawyer handed over a written statement of the seer to Bantwal

Mangaluru, Jul 17: A Saudi Arabia-bound Air India Express flight from Mangaluru today made an emergency landing at Mumbai International Airport after a woman passenger was taken ill. "There was an emergency landing due to a medical reason today. The IX 885 flight that was flying to Saudi’s Dammam from Karnataka’s Mangaluru had a woman passenger who reported sick mid-air," an official told

Mangaluru, Jul 17: The office bearers of the Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have expressed deep discontent against the DK district administration for not formally inviting them for the recently held peace meet. Addressing a press meet on Monday, K S Mohammed Masood, the president of the Committee, said that deputy commissioner K G Jagadeesha must give a clarification as to