Karnataka

Bantwal, Feb 3: A young temple priest lost his life and his parents and children suffered injuries when the car he was driving veered off the road and plunged into a gorge on SVS College road near Vaidyanatha temple in Bantwal last night. The deceased has been identified as Kartik Bhat (38), chief priest of Ananteshwara temple in Vittla. He was also a popular astrologer in Vittla. The tragedy took

New Delhi, Feb 3: Government today introduced in Lok Sabha a bill that provides for holding, transfer and receiving of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes a criminal offence, punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000. The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, which seeks to end the liability of RBI and the government on the currency notes demonetised in November last, was

New Delhi, Feb 3: In a significant move to check black money, Income Tax Department can now scrutinise income tax returns of previous 10 years if any search leads them to undisclosed deposits or property of over Rs 50 lakh. The present ceiling for scrutiny of past returns of income is six years. In the Budget for 2017-18, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed to increase the scrutiny period

New Delhi, Feb 3: With the government planning to frame a law to prevent loan defaulters from fleeing the country, beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya has likened himself to a "football" being kicked around by "two fiercely competitive teams" NDA and UPA. Hitting out at the ongoing investigations by CBI and efforts to extradite him from the UK, Mallya also alleged that media has been used

New Delhi/Bengaluru, Feb 3: Criticising former chief minister S M Krishna for quitting the Congress, Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa on Thursday said it is unfortunate that the senior leader had attacked the party after enjoying several posts. No leader in South India held posts which Krishna held during his over four-decade association with the Congress. Had Krishna involved actively in

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A 25-year-old Ugandan woman was allegedly stabbed to death at her house in Bengaluru in a scuffle over payment for sex in the early hours of Thursday. Nakayaki Florence was a B.Com student, and a native of Kampala in Uganda. Ishaan (28), who reportedly knifed her to death, was nabbed from her house. The incident took place between 1.30 and 2 am at her second floor house in

Bengaluru, Feb 3: Shocked by public apathy to a road accident victim in Koppal district, chief minister Siddaramaiah appealed to the people on Thursday to rush to the aid of such victims and immediately shift them to hospitals, instead of wasting time taking videos of the accident. The CM's appeal came after Anwar Ali Ekalaspur, 18, bled to death after a bus rammed his bicycle in Koppal on

Bengaluru, Feb 3: A government appointed panel has recommended 100%?reservation for Kannadigas in employment, both in government and private sector with an exception to posts requiring high technical and administrative skills. The state government in 2015 had constituted a 21-member committee to revise the 30-year-old recommendations of the Sarojini Mahishi Committee to suit the present day needs

Mumbai, Feb 2: A textbook for Class XII in Maharashtra has cited an outrageous reason for the dowry problem prevalent in India - "ugliness" and physical handicap of a girl. The remark appears in a chapter in the sociology textbook titled 'Major Social Problems in India' of the state Secondary and Higher Secondary education Board. Along with other factors like religion, caste system, social

Bengaluru, Feb 2: In a heart-rending tragedy, a pre-nursery student succumbed to injuries after he accidentally fell from the compound wall of St. Thomas School, Seshadripuram, here. The victim has been identified as three-and-a half-year-old Harshit Swamy, the only child of Swamy couple from Vyalikaval. Swamy works as a security supervisor with a private company , and his wife is a homemaker