Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 17: The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) to send a high-level team of officials to assess the ground realities on felling of trees in Yettinahole project area in Sakleshpur taluk in Hassan district. The tribunal's principal bench, headed by Swatanter Kumar, directed that the team of officials from MOEF regional office in

New Delhi, Dec 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told BJP parliamentarians that the government's next crackdown would be on benami or proxy-owned property. Vowing to rid the country of corruption, he said banning Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes was only the beginning of a mega fight against black money in all its forms. By stating so, the prime minister sought to send out a strong signal that

Houston, Dec 16: Some employees of Microsoft and Amazon.com have joined their peers in Silicon Valley in pledging to never help US President-elect Donald Trump in his reported plan to register and create a database of all Muslim immigrants. A group of Silicon Valley technologists, engineers, designers and executives have co-signed an online pledge stating that they will refuse to participate in

New Delhi, Dec 16: Petrol price was today hiked by Rs 2.21 a litre and diesel by Rs 1.79 per litre, excluding local levies. The price revision was to come into effect yesterday, but was deferred possibly to save the demonetisation-battered government from any blushes in Parliament. The revised rates will be effective from midnight tonight. This increase excludes local levies. The actual hike after

New Delhi, Dec 16: Offering yet another chance to black money holders, the government today said they have time until March-end to come clean by paying 50 per cent tax on bank deposits of junk currencies made post demonetisation. Offering tax dodgers confidentially and immunity from prosecution under the new tax evasion amnesty scheme PMGKY, which kicks-in from tomorrow, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh

New Delhi, Dec 16: The union government on Friday announced that it has set up an email address where people can send in information about money laundering. “A new email ID created for people to give information on black money to tax authorities,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said. The email id, [email protected], will be monitored by a cell which will take immediate action of the

Mangaluru, Dec 16: A new post graduate department of Geography has been inaugurated at Mangalagangothri. Dr. P. Bore gowda IAS (Retd), inaugurated the M.Sc. Geography in an event presided over by Prof. K Byrappathe Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of the University. The event was organised by the Department of Geography, Mangalore University. The programme started with a prayer song sung by Savitha Kumari

Bengaluru, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to extend the use of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in govt utility centres like hospitals, railway tickets etc. The apex court also stayed proceedings on petitions against demonetisation notification in all high courts and transferred them to itself. It referred the petitions challenging Nov 8 notification on demonetisation to five

Mangaluru, Dec 16: Legendary Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin's exploits on the cricket field are not over yet as the former Indian captain will be padding up for Mangalore Premiere League – 2016, the biggest cricket carnival of coastal Karnataka. The event is scheduled to be inaugurated at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium of New Mangalore Port Trust at Panambur

Bengaluru, Dec 16: Trouble has escalated for the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka, the lone major state ruled by the Congress. The party is suffering a string of setbacks and embarrassments ahead of the all-important 2018 assembly election, making it rather easy for the BJP to achieve its objective of setting up a Congress-mukt Bharat. If KJ George was embroiled in the MK Ganapathi suicide