Karnataka

Surat, Dec 18: The Income Tax department has seized alleged unaccounted assets worth Rs 10.50 crore from a tea seller-turned-financier after raids were conducted against him in Gujarat's Surat as part of the anti-black money crackdown post currency scrap. The I-T department sleuths, who conducted the searches yesterday at the premises of the tea seller, recovered cash of Rs 1.45 crore, with new

Mangaluru, Dec 18: Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who entered the cricket field after several years, on Saturday hit a stylish 28 runs from 18 balls against the Coastalwood XI. The 53-year-old legend padded up for an exhibition match and led Azhar XI after the formal opening ceremony of the Mangalore Premiere League 2016 at Dr Ambedkar ground, Panambur, Mangaluru. The Azhar XI

Bengaluru, Dec 18: A 25-year-old advocate practising in a lower court here was brutally murdered by an unidentified assailant in Mahalakshmi Layout, off West of Chord Road, North Bengaluru on Saturday evening. The victim is Jyothi, a native of Kanakapura. She worked in the office of a senior lawyer in Mahalakshmi Layout. Jyothi was residing in a paying guest accommodation near ESI hospital in

Mangaluru, Dec 18: A 21-year-old engineering student lost his life and his classmate suffered injuries after the motorbike they were riding was hit by a car at Ujire on the outskirts of the city on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Gopikrishna, a native of Srikalahasti in Chinttoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Sources from jurisdictional Belthangady police station said that Gopikrishna

Bengaluru, Dec 18: KAS officer L Bheema Naik had given his official driver, K?C Rameshgowda, Rs 50 lakh in scrapped notes for depositing in his bank account. Rameshgowda returned only Rs 42 lakh in new currency and refused to give the rest, leading to a heated argument with his boss, according to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). A CID officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity

Bengaluru, Dec 18: For the next one year, the JD(S) would focus on reaching out to the people of Bengaluru, especially non-Kannadigas, who have made the city their home, said party state president H D Kumaraswamy. Addressing the media during the two-day meeting of party workers and leaders and office-bearers of the 28 Assembly constituencies of Bengaluru on Saturday, Kumaraswamy said that over the

Bengaluru/Bagalkot, Dec 18: Jana Hitha Samithi, an NGO in the city, has filed a complaint with Upalokayukta Subhash B Adi and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former Excise minister H Y Meti. Its president Bhavani Ramaprasad said, “In 2015, I had given a complaint to Siddaramaiah about various forms of corruption prevailing in the Excise department. But no

Mangaluru, Dec 17: A search operation is underway for a woman who was seen jumping off a bridge near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city into Netravati river on Saturday. A few motorists and pedestrians reported seen the woman jumping into the river in an apparent suicide bid in the evening. One of the witnesses immediately called the police to provide the information. Police and swimmers

Mangaluru, Dec 17: All roads led to Dr B R Ambedkar stadium at Panambur, Mangaluru, on Saturday evening as a grand opening ceremony marked the commencement of the Mangalore Premiere League - 2016. Cricket fans of Mangaluru and surrounding areas were in for a visual treat at the spectacular Inauguration of the third edition of the MPL which saw a delightful medley of cricket, entertainment and

Bengaluru, Dec 17: CBI has arrested two employees of cash department of Reserve Bank of India in Bengaluru in connection with alleged conversion of Rs 1.99 crore of demonetised currency with specified bank notes of Rs 2,000 and Rs 100. CBI sources said Senior Special Assistant Sadananda Naika and Special Assistant A K Kavin were arrested for unauthorised exchange of the currency and have been