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Mangaluru, Feb 17: Sleuths of Income Tax department today raided properties belonging to four prominent entrepreneurs in the coastal city of Mangaluru. According to sources, around six teams of I-T officials simultaneously raided offices and residences of the entrepreneurs, who are known for their contribution towards education field in coastal Karnataka. Sources privy to the development claimed

New Delhi, Feb 17: Petrol and diesel prices touched new highs on Wednesday after fuel rates were hiked for the ninth consecutive day. In Delhi, petrol and diesel prices were increased by 25 paise each. Petrol is priced at Rs 89.54 per litre, while diesel at Rs 79.95 per litre in the national capital. The petrol price in Mumbai has touched the Rs 96 per litre mark. In the financial capital, petrol

Hours after being removed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi took to Twitter to thank the people of union territory and all the public officials for being a part of her journey. "I thank the Government of India for a lifetime experience in serving Puducherry, as its Lt Governor," Bedi said in a statement. Stating that Puducherry has a very bright future, Bedi added that its

Beltangady, Feb 16: More than three weeks after the landslide at Bangarapalke Badamane Abbi Waterfalls in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district, the mortal remains of a student who had got trapped under a pile of mud was recovered today. The victim is Sanath Shetty (21), son of Kashibettu Krishnaiah Vasudeva Shetty of Laila village. He was a second year degree student of SDM College

Dubai, Feb 16: Wealth of millionaires and billionaires in the UAE increased by $45 billion (Dh165.15 billion) in the second half of 2020 despite Covid-19 pandemic taking toll of its economy. Data from the New World Wealth showed that the wealth of high net worth individuals grew from $825 billion ($3 trillion) from June 2020 to $870 billion ($3.2 trillion) by the end of December 2020. The UAE

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Karnataka has issued new guidelines mandating all those coming from Kerala to the State to carry a negative RT-PCR test report not older than 72 hours. Not just that, it has ruled that all those who have come to the State from Kerala in the last two weeks, exempting those with a negative test report not older than 72 hours, to be mandatorily subjected to COVID-19 test. A similar

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Following the detection of four cases of new Covid virus strains, the state government has made it mandatory for passengers arriving to Karnataka from the United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa to produce RT-PCR negative certificate to board the flight and additionally undergo an RT-PCR test at Bengaluru Airport. Even if they test negative, they shall undergo home quarantine

Dhahran: Alfanar and Aramco have agreed to build sustainable cooperation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which covers various initiatives‏ ‏that are aimed to augment localization, innovation, digitization, and sustainability in Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are in line with the In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) flagship program that Aramco launched to support economic development

Patna, Feb 16: A special court in Bihar has awarded death sentence to a private school principal for raping an 11-year-old girl, a student of Class V of the same school. The order was passed by Additional District Judge (ADJ) in Patna, Awadhesh Kumar, who also sentenced the principal Arvind Kumar’s associate Abhishek Kumar (29) life-term for his complicity in the crime. Besides, the court also

Bengaluru, Feb 16: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that deputy commissioners had been given the authority to initiate action against affluent people who failed to return BPL cards voluntarily. Speaking to media persons, after inspecting the ongoing airport project work at Sogane near Shivamogga on Tuesday, he asked undeserving people to return the cards at the earliest. Replying to