Karnataka

Belagavi, Dec 2: Home Minister G Parameshwara on Thursday said nine persons affiliated to the BJP and the RSS have been killed in the last three years in the state. In his written reply to BJP's Arun Shahapur in the Legislative Council, the minister said that the suspects in the recent murder of RSS activist Rudresh in Bengaluru are said to have links with SDPI, PFI, Indian Mujahideen and Al Ummah

Udupi, Dec 1: Twenty four persons, including 17 students, were attacked by honeybees in separate incidents in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district on Thursday. In the first incident, 17 students of the Government Higher Primary School were stung after a beehive was attacked by a bird at Kambadakone village in Kundapur taluk. The students were playing in the school verandah between 8.30 a.m. and 8.45 a

Mangaluru, Dec 1: Dakshina Kannada district police nabbed two people accused of murdering a man over a property dispute within three hours of the incident. The incident took place near S R Bar in Ujire around 10.15pm. Annu, 35, a resident of Kolya, was standing at a petty shop near S R Bar when Venkatesh and Girish, the accused, arrived in two vehicles, stabbed Annu and fled. Locals took the

Mysuru, Dec 1: A three-year-old, who accidentally fell into a vessel containing hot sambar a week ago, succumbed to her injuries in a hospital. Harsha was the only child of Mahadeva Achar and Anitha, who are residents of Kumbara Koppal. As Anitha works in a hotel near Vijayanagar, she used to take her child along regularly. As she worked, the child used to play nearby. But on Saturday, while

Bengaluru, Dec 1: In one of the biggest seizures of new currency, the Income Tax department today confiscated over Rs four crore in searches against at least two individuals in Bengaluru. Officials said the searches were launched on the premises of an engineer and a contractor.The sleuths of the department seized over Rs four crore in new currency, mostly in denomination of Rs 2000, some notes of

Mangaluru, Dec 1: City based not-for-profit organisation Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has been granted with the prestigiousIndia Youth Fund Award' by UN-Habitat &NarotamSekhsaria Foundation. The award was given for APD's Smart SwacchaMangaluru (SSM) project for SWM during the Young Social Innovators Conclave 2016 held in Mumbai on 15th November. APD Foundation's founder Abdullah A. Rehman

New Delhi, Dec 1: A day after the hacking of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the official Twitter account of Indian National Congress was also hacked today with the party saying some messages laden with expletives and profanities were posted online. The hacking of the Congress Vice President's Twitter account led to twin probes by the Delhi Police and the Ministry of Electronics and Information

New Delhi, Dec 1: The Government will target growing the ambit of Aadhar for cashless transactions through the Aadhar Enabled Payment System. Under the service, Aadhar cardholders will be given the option of debiting or crediting money to their Aadhar linked bank accounts. Recipients will have to key in their Aadhar id number and undergo a fingerprint or iris scanner verification for each

New Delhi, Dec 1: Amendments to the I-T laws do not seek to tax inherited gold and jewellery as also those items that are purchased through disclosed or agriculture income, the government said today. The Lok Sabha earlier this week passed the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, which proposes a steep up to 85 per cent tax and penalty on undisclosed wealth that is discovered by tax authorities

Bengaluru, Dec 1: Bengalureans are a worried lot as they get ready for a new month starting Thursday. As the government fixed a ceiling on withdrawals after the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes on November 8, people fear banks and ATMs will see unprecedented rush from December 1 onwards. “I have only Rs 300 left in my wallet. I might get my salary tomorrow. But how will I withdraw money