Karnataka

Belagavi, Dec 3: Karnataka Legislative Assembly was rocked by opposition protests for the second consecutive day, with BJP demanding resignation of Minister Tanvir Sait for allegedly looking at sleazy pictures on his mobile phone at a public function recently. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ruled out Sait's resignation and charged the BJP with targeting him on a "non-issue" as he belonged to a

Belagavi, Dec 3: The Karnataka government today told the Assembly that IAS officer D K Ravi, whose 'mysterious' death had raised a storm in the state, had committed suicide under "mental pressure". 35-year old Ravi was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at a flat in Bengaluru under suspicious circumstances in March last year. Bowing to public pressure, the state government had handed

Moradabad (UP), Dec 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is working on a formula on how to send the corrupt to jail who deposited their money in Jan Dhan accounts of poor after demonetization and ensure this money goes to the poor households. Responding to criticism over long queues outside banks and ATMS since the note ban decision on November 8, he accused his rivals of trying to

New Delhi, Dec 3: India on Saturday sought investments from Qatar in the infrastructure and energy sectors as the two sides signed four agreements, including on visas and cyber security. During delegation-level talks here led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Qatari counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, the two sides reviewed bilateral relations in depth, in

Kochi, Dec 3: Hemanth Joseph, an engineering student, has found out a route to bypass Apple's highly secure activation lock, which allows the owner to prevent others from using the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or Apple Watch once it is stolen or lost. "I found out a way to bypass the lock screen when somebody tries to open any of devices, locked by the owner using 'Find iPhone' app," said Joseph, a

Kanpur, Dec 3: A woman delivered a healthy baby girl inside a bank in Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh while she was waiting in a queue with her mother-in-law to withdraw cash on Friday. Other women present helped Sarvesha deliver the baby after an ambulance did not reach the Punjab National Bank's Jhinjhak branch. Cops then drove the mother and child to the hospital in a police van

New Delhi, Dec 3: A budding engineer, whose “innovation” was appreciated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at aMake In India' event last year, has now been arrested for printing fake notes of newly introduced currency of Rs 2,000. The 21-year-old B.Tech graduate Abhinav Verma, who also belongs to an Indian Army family, was arrested by Punjab police wit Rs 42 lakh fake currency in the

Belagavi, Dec 3: The union government has earmarked Rs 12 crore each for Belagavi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Davangere, Shivamogga and Mangaluru, for preparing an action plan under the Smart Cities initiative. Replying to a question by B Y?Raghavendra (BJP), Minister of State for Municipal?Administration Eshwar Khandre said Rs 1 crore had already been released to each city. Under the Smart City mission

Ahmedabad, Dec 3: A businessman from Gujarat has disappeared after disclosing unaccounted earnings of Rs 13,860 crore under the Centre's Income Declaration Scheme (IDS). Mahesh Shah, 67 , lived in a 4-BHK apartment in an old building in Ahmedabad, and was known to take an autorickshaw to work. The billionaire also owed money to neighbours. Shah's cash disclosures account for more than 20% of the

Mysuru, Dec 3: Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) brought the prime suspect in the court blast case to Mysuru on Friday. He was grilled by Mysuru police officers and then taken to the district court complex for reconstruction of the crime scene. Dawood Suleman, 23, a software engineer from Chennai, who was arrested in Madurai on Monday, was interrogated by Deputy Commissioner of