Karnataka

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Homestays in the state must register with the tourism department by December 1, 2016. Earlier the department directed the homestays to register by November 15. But owners of homestays have cited various reasons for not being able to register their properties and have requested the department to extend the deadline. The registration can be done through www.karnatakatourism.org

Chandigarh, Nov 16: A self-proclaimed godwoman and her private guards went on a shooting spree at a wedding in Haryana's Karnal town on Tuesday, allegedly killing the groom's aunt and leaving three of his relatives critically wounded. Sadhvi Deva Thakur, who was a guest at the wedding held in the town 120 km from Delhi, opened fire to celebrate, the police say. A dozen men who had come with her

Chicago, Nov 16: A Muslim student's hijab was allegedly ripped off and her hair pulled down by a classmate at a school in Minnesota, the latest in a series of assaults and threats reported against headscarf-wearing women in the US following Donald Trump's win. The incident took place at Northdale Middle School in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, prompting Anoka-Hennepin School District to launch an

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy is in the eye of a political storm, a day before his daughter's wedding on Wednesday. An activist has filed a complaint with the directorate general of income tax (investigations) questioning the extravagant nature of the wedding. In the complaint, RTI activist T Narasimha Murthy said the arrangements have already raised

New Delhi, Nov 16: To stop repeat money exchangers thronging banks with invalid currency notes, banks have started applying indelible ink mark on the right hand index finger of customers in the select metro cities. SBI and few other banks in Delhi have started using indelible ink. As per the government statement, 11 branches of SBI are using the method to weed out customers queuing up again and

Bengaluru, Nov 16: The Centre's move to demonetize high value currency notes threatens to derail Karnataka's revenue collection this financial year. Officials fear that the state might miss its revenue target by at least Rs 5,000-Rs 15,000 crore for the current fiscal. The move has already affected liquor sales, property transactions, and sale of new and used vehicles. "We are still assessing the

Mangaluru, Nov 16: When millions of people across the country are cursing the Prime Minister standing in long queues outside banks, a youth in a remote village in Dakshina Kannada district has dedicated his auto-rickshaw to serve bank goers. Aboobakar Sadiq (28), a resident of Mundoru in Puttur taluk, who identifies himself as a fan of Narendra Modi, is offering free ride to public who want to

Udup, Nov 16: A teenager was killed, when a scooter skidded due to sudden application of brakes at Heskethur village in Kundapur taluk on Tuesday. According to Kundapur Traffic Police, Pushp was riding a two-wheeler with Karthik (19) as a pillion rider from Hunsemakki to Korgi. When a truck came from the opposite direction, Pushp applied brakes suddenly at Heskethur. As a result, the scooter

Bengaluru, Nov 16: Police on Tuesday arrested Kannada actor Duniya Vijay on charges of assaulting the father-in-law of his movie producer's younger brother. He was released on station bail a few hours after the arrest. In his complaint, Jayaram said Vijay allegedly kicked and attacked him during an altercation on Tuesday morning. Jayaram is the fatherin-law of Shankar Gowda, younger brother of

Udupi, Nov 16: BJP leader and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP has demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA)?probe into all the cases of attacks on Sangh Parivar activists. Speaking to reporters on?Tuesday after visiting the house of RSS leader and advocate K?S?Padmanabh in Igooru, she said that only a premier investigating agency like NIA can trace the real culprits involved in such attacks