Karnataka

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized 2.5-kgs of gold from two employees of Spice Jet at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar here on Friday. This, DRI sources say, is one of the largest seizures of gold at MIA in the recent past. The value of the gold seized, sources state is around Rs 70 lakh and was seized from the airline employees when

Mangaluru, Jul 15: Except a faction led by Kerala-based cleric AP Aboobacker Musliyar, representatives of most of the Muslim organisations in Dakshina Kananda on Friday took part in a protest meet organised by a district level forum of the Muslim organisations in Mangaluru against the ongoing vilification campaign against Dr Zakir Naik. Addressing the hundreds of agitators, who had gathered in

Bengaluru, Jul 15: Infosys has relaunched its employee stock option plan (ESOP) for junior to middle level management staff as it looks to rein in rising attrition that stood at 21 per cent in the April-June 2016 quarter. However, the company is not "unduly concerned" about the jump in attrition, which read 17.3 per cent in the March quarter and 19.2 per cent in the year-ago period. "Today, we

Mumbai, Jul 15: Rejecting allegations that his sermons “inspired” terror activity, physician-turned-preacher Dr Zakir Naik on Friday clarified that he never encouraged anyone to kill innocents and said he will cooperate with any probe agency if it approaches him. Talking to media persons via Skype from Medinah, Dr Naik, who is facing the heat over allegations that he inspired some of the Dhaka

Pune, Jul 15: Datta Phuge, the Pune businessman who came to be known as the "gold man" after he was photographed in a pure gold shirt a few years ago, was allegedly beaten to death in front of his son late last night. Mr Phuge, 48, was reportedly attacked by a dozen men who dragged him out of his car, struck him with a sickle and pounded him to death with huge stones before running away. His 22

Lucknow, Jul 15: A day after a Shia fringe group placed a Rs 15-lakh bounty on the head of Dr Zakir Naik, Hindutva extremist leader Sadhvi Prachi has announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh to any person who will behead the Mumbai based Islamic orator. Prachi made the announcement while speaking to media persons at Roorkee in Uttarakhand in the presence of police. Later speaking to a daily newspaper, she

Patna, Jul 15: A young Bihar-cadre Indian Administrative Service officer was caught taking bribe from a truck driver on his first posting as a Sub-Divisional Officer and arrested by the state vigilance bureau. This is the first time an IAS officer in Bihar has been arrested while taking bribe. Dr. Jitendra Gupta, a 2013 batch officer, was posted as SDO Mohania in Kaimur district of western Bihar

Bengaluru, Jul 15: The CID has decided to probe two calls made to DySP M?K?Ganapathi on June 24 regarding a case pending in the Madiwala station. The CID, probing Ganapathi's suicide, will seek information from the office of the DG?&?IGP. In 2014, when Ganapathi served as inspector at the Madiwala station, there were allegations against him and three other inspectors about misrepresenting entries

Mangaluru, Jul 14: Veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary on Thursday accused Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of damaging the party's image and demanded his resignation. Addressing media persons in the city, the former union minister and aide of former prime minister Indira Gandhi said that no one is greater than the party. “Let the legislation and the High Command decide the next

Tumakuru, Jul 14: A masked man attacked a church in Tumakuru on Thursday morning, setting the door on fire. Police said the miscreant poured petrol on the main door of Tomlinson Church in Siragate and set it ablaze. Teams have been formed to trace the culprits, said SP Karthik Reddy. No major damage was reported, but a portion of the wall beside the doors has turned black. CCTV ?footage showed the