Karnataka

Dewas, Feb 1: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur and seven others accused in the murder of former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak Sunil Joshi were acquitted on Wednesday by Additional District Judge Rajiv M. Apte. Joshi was shot dead on December 29, 2007 in the Chunakhadan locality of Dewas town by two motorcycle-borne assailants. The trial in the case started in September 2015. Friend-turned-foe Joshi

Access to clean energy to become cheaper Smokers and tobacco consumers will have to shell out more for their indulgence as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley continued with the crackdown on these products by increasing taxes in the Budget for 2017-18. The Minister, however, made an attempt to make it more affordable for clean energy sources by cutting duties on solar tempered glass, fuel cell based

Mangaluru/Udupi, Feb 1: Income Tax officials on Wednesday raided a co-operative society, and a few residences in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. The team comprised officials of the department from Bengaluru and Goa and the operation started in the morning. Official sources confirmed that the raids were conducted in the office of Badagabettu Credit Cooperative Society Limited on LMH Road in

Bengaluru, Feb 1: An autorickshaw driver has been arrested for trying to rape a woman inside an ambulance while she was being taken to the hospital. The 42-year-old woman, a resident of Subramanyapura main road, reported the matter to the doctor at a private hospital, who encouraged her to go to the police. The police have arrested the accused, Siddaraju (32), a resident of Yelachenahalli. In the

The Budget broadly focussed on 10 themes. The 2017 Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday, was broadly focused on 10 themes — the farming sector, the rural population, the youth, the poor and underprivileged health care, infrastructure, the financial sector for stronger institutions, speedy accountability, public services, prudent fiscal management and tax

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday slammed the Centre for presenting the Union Budget, hours after the death of former Union Minister E Ahmed saying it was “improper, unfortunate and amounted to showing disrespect” to the departed leader. In a statement, the Chief Minister said it was in the same Parliament building that Ahamed, a senior sitting member

New Delhi, Feb 1: Continuing with government steps to clamp down on black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today proposed to ban all cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh beginning April 1, 2017. The decision to ban cash transactions beyond a threshold is based on the recommendation of the Special Investigation Team on black money that was set up by the Supreme Court, Jaitley said while presenting

Udupi, Feb 1: By arresting a Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) activist, Udupi district police have cracked two cases – pelting stone at a mosque at Adi Udupi and stabbing two Muslim auto-rickshaw drivers at Karavali Circle in the wee hours of January 29. The accused has been identified as Ankit Poojary (28), hailing from Kumpala in Mangaluru taulk. An active member of HJV, he is an accused in a few

Manipal, Feb 1: Doctors from Kasturba Hospital successfully operated a 69-year-old woman from Davangere and removed an ovarian tumour weighing 16 kg here recently. Doctors said that it was the largest-ever tumor found in a patient in coastal Karnataka. The patient is recovering well and she will be able to get back to her work routine soon. The patient undergone hysterectomy and her uterus was

Kasargod, Feb 1: One person has been arrested in connection with the murder of Manzoor Ali, 42, a gold merchant from here, whose body was found inside an unused well at Bayar locality in Paivalige village near Manjeshwar on January 25. A team headed by Superintendent of Police K.G. Simon arrested Abdul Salam, 30, a native of Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district, from Uppala, late on Monday. The