Karnataka

Mangaluru, Dec 9: Four shining stars of Indian National Blind Cricket Team will be coming to Mangaluru this weekend for the launching ceremony of the MPL cricket team owned by coastaldigest.com. The event, comprising of entertainment, fun games and raffle coupon distribution, will be held at Tannirbhavi Beach, one of the prominent tourist destinations in the city, on December 11 between 5:30 p.m

Mangaluru, Dec 9: The department of Journalism of city based St Aloysius College (Autonomous) on Fridayorganized an interfaith dialogue on the topicLove and Forgiveness: Preached and Practiced'. The resource persons were Rev. Fr Pradeep Sequeira SJ, Finance Officer, St Aloysius College, Advocate Dayanath Kotian, President of Forum of Justice, and Manna Muhammed, Teacher at Madrasatul- Huda-Al

Chennai/New Delhi, Dec 9: In the biggest seizure of cash and gold post demonetisation, the Income Tax department today said it has seized unaccounted assets worth over Rs 142 crore -- that includes about Rs 10 crore in new notes and gold bars weighing 127 kg -- during searches at multiple locations in Chennai to check tax evasion. This largest seizure of new currency notes in the country, after

Solapur (Maha), Dec 9: Twelve persons were injured after a car, allegedly being driven by a drunk driver, today rammed into a queue outside an ATM in Solapur district, police said. The injured have been admitted into a nearby hospital, where the condition of three is stated to be serious, police said. The incident happened around 11 AM at Atarnagar on the Solapur-Bijapur road, they said. "We have

New Delhi, Dec 9: The official twitter handler of controversial liquor baron Vijay Mallyaappeared to be hacked on Friday morning. A series of abusive and embarrassing tweets were sent out to over 5.51 million followers by a cracker group or individual named 'Legion'. A group by the same name few days back hacked the twitter handler of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. "My account has been

New Delhi, Dec 9: The Supreme Court today upheld the maintainability of appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing the river water. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said that all the appeals filed by the southern states against the Tribunal's award are maintainable, though the Centre had asserted

Mangaluru, Dec 9: A team from Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate has carried out searches in the office of Facebook in Mumbai over non-cooperation in connection with a case related to a derogatory post against Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple. The three-member Mangaluru City police team, led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Valentine D'Souza, has gone to Mumbai with a search warrant

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Fee Regulatory Committee to look into the complaint of an MBBS student who said she was forced to surrender her seat as the Kanachur Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, demanded excess fee. The committee is the competent authority to look into such complaints as per the Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The Tourism department is creating a new way for you to experience the beaches, mountains and heritage spots of Karnataka with motorcycle tourism. Collaborating with Wicked Rides, a bike rental startup, the Tourism department will be creating tours on two-wheelers to popular destinations like Gokarna, Bandipur, Agumbe, Belur and Mysuru. The government will provide spacious

Bengaluru, Dec 9: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested eight people in connection with the recent seizure of a huge stack of Rs 2,000 notes from two senior engineers. Those arrested are G Prashanth, brother-in-law of S C Jayachandra, Chief Project Officer of State Highway Development Project. Jayachandra was arrested by the ED officials on December 5. Based on his information, officials