Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 28: Tax sleuths are investigating big cash deposits and loan repayments at Vasavi Credit Cooperative Society. An official statement on Friday said they were verifying “such huge deposits after demonetisation.'' Sleuths searched society premises from January 24 to 26. With its head office at Malleswaram, Vasavi Co-operative Society runs four branches---at Sanjay Nagar, Moodalapalya

Udupi, Jan 28: Sleuths of the Department of Forests successfully caught a leopardess at Gundupade in Pernankila village in Udupi taluk and later released into the Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary in the district. A cage was laid to trap the wild cat three days ago after the residents of Gundupade village lodged a complaint with the Department of Forests that a leopard was roaming around. In one

Bengaluru, Jan 27: The Income Tax department has claimed to have unearthed one of the largest black money scams post-demonetisation after it raided a city-based cooperative society and found it to be allegedly running a chit fund and dubious transactions operation worth Rs 200 crore with the active involvement of its CEO. The taxman, at the end of search operations at five branches of the credit

Jaipur, Jan 27: Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was allegedly assaulted here today by activists of a Rajput community group who also forced stoppage of shooting of his movie 'Padmavati' by vandalising the set at Jaigarh Fort, alleging that the director was "distorting facts". Police said it had detained five persons for disturbing peace even though no complaint was received from Bhansali's side

Bengaluru, Jan 27: The Karnataka High Court today issued a bailable arrest warrant against beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya for allegedly violating an undertaking given by him and his companies not to transfer their equity shares in United Breweries Holdings Limited (UBHL) to British spirits company Diageo Plc. "We are issuing a bailable arrest warrant against the accused (Vijay Mallya) for

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27: In a shocking revelation, a former activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has claimed that his organisation forced him to indulge in anti-social activities such as attacking religious centres of non-Hindus, and then tried to kill him for political gains. The victim of the venomous ideology is S Vishnu (25), hailing from Karakulam Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, who

Chennai, Jan 27: Blaming "anti-national, anti-social and extremist elements" for infiltrating the pro-jallikattu protests and the subsequent violence here, the Tamil Nadu government today said the "evil forces" that had attempted to divert the peaceful agitation would be identified and tried before law. Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said such persons had made the students "unable to rejoice the

Mangaluru, Jan 27: Buoyed by the success of pro-Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, thousands of people in the coastal city on Manglauru on Friday took to the streets demanding legal approval for Kambala, the traditional buffalo race of Tulu Nadu. Actors from Tulu film industry and activists were part of the major pro-Kambala protest held at Hampanakatta, in the heart of the city. Activists from

Udupi, Jan 27: A youth was killed and another injured when a speeding bus rammed into a motorbike at Othinene village coming under the Byndoor police station limits in Udupi district on Thursday. Manjunath (23) was riding a motorbike along with Suresh as pillion rider from Hangal in Haveri district to Udupi, while the tourist bus was moving in the opposite direction from Udupi to Murudeshwar. The

Mangaluru, Jan 27: Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has threatened to fast unto death in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue near Town Hall in the city if the state government does not change its stand on the Yettinahole project during the upcoming legislature session. The BJP leader also demanded the government to promulgate an ordinance on Kambala to allow the continuation of traditional