Karnataka

Belagavi: Nov 30: Travel expenses of 32 ministers in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet between April and October this year amounted to Rs 2.8 crore, the Legislative Assembly was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to K?Gopalaiah (JD-S), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that this amount included expenses towards use of special aircraft and helicopters by the ministers which amounted to Rs 1.73 crore

Bhopal, Dec 1: In a shocking incident, BJP women's wing leader Jamila Khan died after being shot by unknown assailants on Wednesday. The murder took place in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, according to news agency ANI. "Jamila Bi (50) was shot at, apparently by unidentified person (s), when she was at her residence in Indira Sahayta Nagar," said Gautam Nagar police station in-charge, Mukhtar

Bhatkal, Dec 1: The town police have arrested five persons, including the president of a co-operative society, while they were transporting Rs 2,000 notes amounting to Rs 35 lakh here on Tuesday evening. The police have seized the money and the vehicle. The arrested are Subrahmanya Vasappa Gowda, 39, a resident of Malali in Hosanagar taluk, Shivamogga district and president of the Kubera

Bengaluru, Dec 1: The Income Tax Department officials on Wednesday conducted raids on two government officials and a business house. While, the I-T Department remained tight-lipped about the searches, it is not confirmed if the raids were in connection with demonetisation or regular raids. Sources said that the raids were conducted on the premises belonging to T N Chikkarayappa, Managing Director

Belagavi, Dec 1: The BJP on Wednesday sought an explanation from the state government in the Legislative Assembly on the reason behind the withdrawal of cases against Popular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD). Participating is a discussion on the law and order situation in the state, R?Ashoka (BJP) sought to know the rationale behind the government's move which comes at a

Mysuru, Dec 1: The Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) — the Reserve Bank of India's currency printing press in Mysuru — has been printing currency notes worth Rs 3 crore every day. In order to address the problem of change, the press has been according priority to notes of Rs 500 denomination. The BRBNMPL has been directed to increase the output, by working 24 hours a day

Meerut, Nov 30: Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha has warned the 2015 UPSC topper Tina Dabi against marrying the second rank holder Athar Aamir-ul Shafi Khan. Members of Mahasabha have written a letter to Tina's parents asking them to cancel the wedding or at least convince Khan to get converted to Hinduism. “This decision of your family will promote love jihad and thus the wedding should not take

Mangaluru, Nov 30: Accusing the police department of exhibiting anti-Muslim bias, Popular Front of India has questioned the credibility of the lists of most wanted criminals prepared by police in Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada district as they contain maximumMuslim' names. The grave allegation was made by a speaker at a protest meet organised by the PFI in front of the office of

Mangaluru, Nov 30: The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India-Mangaluru has rubbished the prediction of experts that demonetisation would lead to a major slump in the prices of apartments, houses and lands. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday, D B Mehta, president, CREDAI, Mangaluru, describing reports of house/apartment prices dropping by 30% or more, land prices

Mangaluru, Nov 30: With the onset of cruise season, two cruise vessels MV Norwegina Star and MV Nautica have been called at the New Mangalore Port. MV Norwegina Star, a giant cruise vessel having a length of 294 meters with 2,064 cruise passengers and 1,048 crew members, and MV Nautica with 590 passengers and 398 crew called at the port on Wednesday. In addition to the above, 109 passengers have