Karnataka

New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court questioned the Centre on Thursday on the way it had handled the aftermath of demonetisation and asked why there was unequal distribution of new currency notes among people. Indirectly pointing towards recent raids in which people were caught with stash of new notes, a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said that

Mumbai, Dec 16: The Mumbai police has seized Rs 10.2 crore in cash, out of which Rs 10 crore were in the scrapped Rs 500 notes and Rs 10 lakh comprised of the newly issued Rs 2000 notes, from a car at Chheda Nagar Junction in Tilak Nagar, Chembur. In another incident, Dhananjay Gawade, a Shiv Sena corporator from Nalasopara was detained for carrying new notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denomination

New Delhi, Dec 16: Beards are not a universal requirement in Islam, and Muslims in the Indian Air Force can't flout the service rule on shaving, the Supreme Court has said. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur confirmed the sacking of an airman, who had refused to shave off his beard despite a disciplinary notice. Maintaining that discipline and uniformity are of paramount

Bengaluru, Dec 16: As many as 1,500 liquor shops along state and national highways could shut down following a Supreme Court order on Thursday. A?bench, headed by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, directed the Union and the state governments to close all liquor shops located within 500 metres of the national and state highways. The court has given all such liquor shops time till March 31, 2017 to

Dharwad, Dec 16: Unaccounted money totalling Rs 23 lakh, including Rs 20 lakh in 2,000-rupee notes, was seized from three men at Kundgol, near Hubballi, on Wednesday evening, police said. Kundgol police inspector T Venkataswamy and sub-inspector Dinesh Jawalkar found the cash when they intercepted an MUV on Betdur Road. There were 1,000 notes of Rs 2,000 denomination and 3,000 notes of Rs 100

New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Karnataka to continue releasing 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu till January 4. A bench, presided over by Justice Dipak Misra, maintained its order passed earlier, after considering the matter in chambers. The court passed its order even though Karnataka contended that it has not been able to comply with the direction to

New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government how some individuals had access to large piles of new currency when banks refused customers even their weekly quota of Rs 24,000, post demonetisation. “How are crores in new currency being seized every day when you have been citing cash crunch... You yourself have been arguing that banks are not able to give even Rs 24,000 to

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Unsatisfied with chief minister Siddaramiah's decision to handover the alleged sexual escapade of former excise minister MY Meti, veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary has demanded a CBI inquiry into the case. Speaking to media persons in Mangaluru, the former union minister, who has been constantly criticising the Siddu govt's way of functioning in recent months, said

Dec 15: Svetlana Roslina, 24 and a mother of two, lost her life in a chocolate factory where she worked in when she fell into a vat of molten chocolate. Russian police are investigating the freak accident with two possible reasons being weighed - the first was that she was trying to retrieve her phone which she dropped; the second is she was emptying a sack of ingredients when the mishap occurred

Mysuru, Dec 15: Mysuru South police have solved the case of a double murder by arresting the priest of a local temple, who in spite of having a wife, had developed an illicit relationship with one of the victims. The priest, identified as Mahesh of Uththanahalli, was arrested on Wednesday, after the victim's husband, Mallesh, lodged a police complaint. Mallesh, in his complaint, has alleged the