Karnataka

Lucknow, Jan 17: Lucknow's Eti Agarwal topped the Chartered Accountants final examination - November 2016 - results of which were declared on Tuesday. Eti, who got a call from ICAI president and vice-president an hour ago, secured 599 marks out of 800, which is 74.88%. Bagging All India second rank was Bhiwandi's Piyush Ramesh Lohia wh scored 71.75% followed by Jyoti Mukeshbhai Maheshwari who

Belagavi, Jan 17: A week after an FIR was registered against BJP MLA from Kagwad constituency Bharamgouda (Raju) Kage and 12 others, for assaulting a Congress leader, police still have no clue of the whereabouts of the MLA or his kin. Raju Kage accused of assaulting Congress leader Vivek Shetty from Ugar Khurd of Athani taluk applied for anticipatory bail in the Belagavi district court. The

New Delhi, Jan 17: Demonetisation may wipe out the present stock of black money held in cash from the economy but cannot eliminate the ill-gotten wealth converted into assets such as gold and real estate, Assocham said today. However, the industry body has suggested measures like lowering stamp duty on property transactions to tackle the menace. "Invalidating existing high-denomination notes

Bengaluru, Jan 17: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has stepped in to arrest the drift in Karnataka BJP, which is caught in a cold war between seniors BS Yeddyurappa and KS Eshwarappa. The Sangh may hold parleys with the two veteran leaders, who were bred in the RSS stable, to mend fences at the coordination committee meeting to be held in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Though the RSS claimed the

New Delhi, Jan 17: Rubbishing the recent media reports about confiscation of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's properties worth Rs. 15,000 crore by United Arab Emirates officials, the Ambassador of the UAE has made it clear that he has no information on any such operation. “I heard about the reports, but with all respect to the media (that reported the story), I have no information about such raids

Udupi, Jan 17: A labourer, who was working on the first floor of an under construction building, accidentally slipped from the ladder and died at Hombady-Mandady village in Kundapur taluk on Monday. According to the police, Joga Poojary (38), a mason, was working on a window on the first floor of the building, when he accidentally slipped and fell down at around 9 a.m. A seriously injured Joga was

New Delhi, Jan 17: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday will hear a plea against the ban on the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF).The IRF, which is headed by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, earlier moved a petition seeking directions against the ban imposed on it by the central government. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked ASG Sanjay Jain to produce the relevant records/materials which were

Panaji, Jan 17: Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Muthalik and his associates have been banned from entering poll-bound Goa for 60 days beginning tomorrow as authorities fear "serious law and order problems" if they are allowed to enter the state during the period. Stating that election code of conduct has already been in place, the administration said in its order, "If Muthalik or any of its (Sene's)

New Delhi, Jan 17: With the Ministry of Environment and Forests seeking more time to submit its report on the Yettinahole project, the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal on Monday fixed the next hearing to January 20. The bench, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, agreed to defer the hearing and asked the ministry to submit its report before January 20. Earlier, the NGT had asked the

Bengaluru, 17: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday asked senior police officials to work more on methods for preventing crime. He said this while chairing the senior police officers' annual conference here on Monday. The chief minister advised the police to be people friendly. Sources said Siddaramaiah referred to the Kammanahalli molestation case and political murders in Mandya and felt that