Karnataka

Bengaluru, Jan 20: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday urged Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to grant Rs 500 crore for organising the Mahamasthakabhisheka at Shravanabelagola in Hassan district in February next year. The state government is making every effort to make the upcoming event a grand success. The grant, if released, will be utilised for the overall development of the pilgrim

Belagavi, Jan 20: The politically powerful Jarkiholi family woke up to a shock on Thursday as the Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted simultaneous raids on the residences of Small Scale Industries Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi and his brother Lakhan at Gokak. A separate team also raided the residence of KPCC women's wing president Laxmi Hebbalkar at Kuvempu Nagar here. The I-T department officials

Belagavi, Jan 19: The district police have nabbed the absconding Kagwad (Athani taluk in Karnataka) MLA Bharamagouda alias Raju Kage of the BJP, four of his family members, and driver, accused in a case of assault on Congress worker Vivek Shetty. The team headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Ravindra Gadadi arrested Mr.Kage, his wife Shobha, daughter Trupti, his brother Siddagouda Kage

New Delhi, Jan 19: Ending the suspense, the government today appointed Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma as Director of CBI. His name was cleared by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as members. Kharge is understood to have recorded his dissent

New Delhi, Jan 19: Dr Zakir Naik, a prominent Islamic orator and authority on comparative religion, is likely to be questioned by National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is scanning his firm's 78 bank accounts, and alleged real estate investments worth at least Rs 100 crore in and around Mumbai by him and his associates. The probe agency, which had in November last year registered a case

Mangaluru, Jan 19: A man was thrashed by the general public for allegedly eve-teasing and harassing women at Bellare village in Sullia taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. The accused has been identified as Santosh Shetty Madavu, a local resident. Interestingly, he is said to be a member of Bajrang Dal, an organisation which is known for attacking non-Hindu men for being friendly with Hindu girls

New Delhi, Jan 19: Unwilling to lose the momentum it gained for a less-cash economy after demonetisation and restrictions on cash withdrawals, the government may announce big disincentives in the upcoming Budget for usage of cash. The government may reduce threshold for quoting PAN card for cash transactions, say sources. The threshold, which is Rs 50,000 now, may be brought down to Rs 30,000 to

Bengaluru, Jan 19: The Debt Recovery Tribunal today ordered the SBI-led consortium of banks to start the process of recovering Rs 6,203 crore, at annual interest rate of 11.5 per cent, from embattled tycoon Vijay Mallya and his companies in the Kingfisher Airlines case. "I hereby ask the bankers to start the process of recovery of Rs 6,203 crore at the interest rate of 11.5 per cent per annum from

Etah (UP), Jan 19: At least 20 children were today killed and several others injured when their school bus collided with a lorry amid dense fog on Aliganj-Paliyali road near here. The bus was carrying students to J S Vidyaniketan school which had opened despite the district magistrate's orders to keep all schools closed in view of intense cold, officials said. The mishap occurred near Asadnagar

Beijing, Jan 19: A robot journalist made its debut in a Chinese daily today with a 300 characters-long article written in just a second, scientists say. The article, published in the Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily, focused on the Spring Festival travel rush. Its author, Xiao Nan, took only a second to finish writing the piece and is able to write both short stories and longer reports