Karnataka

Kolkata, Nov 14: Amid the chaos over the Narendra Modi-led central government's demonetisation move, citizens here on Sunday spotted two sacks stuffed with torn Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes in a garbage dump. Torn and damaged currency notes of the banned denominations were found in a garbage bin in south Kolkata's Golf Green area on Sunday morning, a spectator said. "We saw a crowd of people

Bengaluru, Nov 14: Real estate agents operating in Bengaluru and other major cities of the state may have to shell out hefty sums to register themselves under the new Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. The state government has in its draft rules — the Karnataka Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2016 — prepared for implementing the Act proposed to create two

Bengaluru, Nov 14: The state BJP leadership has not invited its senior leader K?S?Eshwarappa to Monday's ground-breaking ceremony to its mega convention of Other Backward Classes, scheduled to be held at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on November 27. Names of many BJP?leaders, including Union ministers Ananth Kumar and D?V?Sadananda Gowda and party MLC?B?J?Puttaswamy, have been mentioned in the

New Delhi, Nov 14: Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, the iconic face of refugee struggle who was deported from Pakistan a few days ago, will soon travel to India for medical treatment. Sharbat became the worldwide face of refugee struggle after her photograph appeared in the National Geographic Magazine in 1984. She was deported to Afghanistan on Wednesday on charges of falsifying identity papers

Mangaluru, Nov 14: Two days after a missing girl from Kanyana village in Bantwal taluk was found with her Muslim boyfriend, miscreants belonging to a saffron outfit attacked latter's father in the same village on Sunday. 58-year-old Aboobakar, father of Sameer, is undergoing treatment at Community Health Centre in Vittla after the unexpected assault. He has identified the assailants as Chandrahas

Mangaluru, Nov 13: Expressing dismay over nationwide chaos after the controversial demonetization, Congress leader U T Khader said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Arun Jaitely failed to monitor situation in the country after. "Even when people are struggling to withdraw cash from ATMs, the Prime Minister was seen acting as a modern Nero in Japan," Khader told media

Belagavi, Nov 13: Coming down heavily on those who raised voice against demonetisation that led to chaos across the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Congress did not have the strength to touch high value currency during its rule and claimed that the "clean up" was required as a lot had been looted in the last 70 years. "I am surprised that the Congress is asking why did I stop

Mangaluru, Nov 13: In the wake of recent untoward incidents in parts of Mangaluru taluk, the police has clamped prohibitory order Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the limits of city commissionerate. City police chief M Chandra Sekhar told media persons that the prohibitory orders that came into force at 2 p.m. on Sunday (Nov 13) will be there till 10 p.m. on Nov 16 throughout

Udupi, Nov 13: In gut-wrenching tragedy, a mother and her child were run over by a speeding car on National Highway 66 at Pangala in Udupi on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Pushpalata (36) and her child Takshi (3), from Innanje village. The tragedy took place when they were waiting for bus to go to Udupi. It is learnt that a Maruti Swift car, which was moving at a very high speed

Bengaluru, Nov 13: Amid demands for his resignation for allegedly looking at girls' pictures on his mobile at a public function, Karnataka Minister Tanveer Sait today met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and said he was ready to face any probe in the incident. Sait said he will abide by the decision of the Chief Minister and claimed he had filed a police complaint against the reporter and cameraman of