Karnataka

New Delhi, Feb 20: Bank accounts in the name of children and a sudden surge of balance in them in the weeks after November 8 demonetisation will now be scrutinised by income tax authorities. Swollen zero balance Jan Dhan accounts will also come under scanner as the I-T department is preparing to send emails to assessees whose deposits do not match their tax-paying profile. As part of the Centre’s

New Delhi, Feb 19: Over Rs 110 crore cash and 18.68 lakh litres of liquor worth a few crores have been seized so far in Uttar Pradesh, where Assembly polls are being held. The seizure has been done in the three phases out of the total of seven-phase election schedule for the state. A record seizure of Rs 38.40 crore cash and 2.04 lakh litres of liquor (with estimated market value of Rs 5.72 crore)

Mumbai, Feb 19: A reported communication failure on board a Jet Airways aircraft while flying in the German skies gave a scare to German authorities who feared a hijack and scrambled their fighter jets. The incident happened three days back when the Mumbai- London flight 9W-118, with 330 passengers and 15 crew members, lost contact with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) for a "brief period" while

Tirupati, Feb 19: The most sought-after 'Tirupati Laddu' has caused an annual loss of over Rs 140 crore to the cash-rich administration of Lord Venkateswara hill shrine for the last three years owing to its subsidised price and free distribution to some devotees, temple sources said. The mouth-watering sweet dish has been sold by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) at a subsidised price of Rs

Bengaluru, Feb 19: The cash-for-high-command scandal seems to have turned into a nightmare for investigating agencies in Karnataka. Both the Congress and the BJP have been approaching one agency or the other to lodge complaints against one another. The Congress has filed complaints with the Lokayukta and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). To counter this, the BJP has taken the matter to the

Mangaluru, Feb 19: The city crime branch of Mangaluru city police is claimed to have thwarted a murder and robbery plot by arresting six men after intercepting two vehicles near Tannirbhavi beach on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. The arrested have been identified as Safwan Hussain (33), Mohammed Faisal Ibrahim Sheik (33) and Shamshuddin (27), all residents of Surathkal, Abdul Naseer alias

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Justice S Abdul Nazeer, who was the senior judge of Karnataka High Court, has been elevated as the judge of Supreme Court. He was one of five new judges sworn in on Friday. The apex court now has a total strength of 28 judges. With the swearing in of Justice Sanjay Kishnan Kaul, Justice Naveen Sinha, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagouder, Justice Dipak Gupta and Justice S. Abdul

Mangaluru, Feb 19: Police have taken a few Hindutva activists into custody after the murder of one of their associates in the wee hours of Sunday at Niddel, Maroli in Mangaluru. Pratap (25), an activist of Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV), died on the spot after attacked by the fellow activists of the same outfit. However, the main target of the assailants, Manikantha, a mason by profession, escaped

Kochi, Feb 19: Some persons have been taken into custody in connection with the abduction and harassment of noted South Indian film actress Bhavana, police said here today. Police had yesterday taken the driver of the actress' vehicle into custody soon after she complained about the ordeal she underwent the previous night while travelling from Thrissur to Kochi for dubbing. The actress was

Mysuru: Feb 19: Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said, the Janata Dal (Secular) will form the next government by after getting a clear majority in the 2018 Assembly elections. Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, the JD(S) state president said that the state will witness his party’s surprise victory next year. Stating that he would release the first list of 125 MLA candidates of the