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Among those searched is I K Puttaswamy, an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) posted at Harangi Dam sub-division in Kodagu district. In Bidar, searches were conducted against Suresh K L, retired Finance Controller at the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU), Nandinagar. Officials said Shivanna, Deputy Director in the Fisheries Department in Ballari, was also covered under the operation. In Mysuru, premises linked to Kiran Kumar, Assistant Engineer in the Publ
PATNA: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is all set to embark on 'Vote Adhikar Yatra' from Bihar's Rohtas district on August 17 to register a protest against how the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls was being conducted in the state. This comes at a time when the Opposition is ratcheting up its protest against the SIR and casting aspersions on the integrity of elections. AICC general secretary (organisation) and MP KC Venugopal held a meeting with the INDIA bloc leaders at Sasaram in Rohtas district on Wednesday and reviewed preparations for Rahul Gandhi's visit to Bi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Easing inflation and favourable monsoon boosted rural demand in India in the April-June period this year, outpacing urban consumption once again, according to a new report. According to the report by global research firm NielsenIQ, rural markets and small manufacturers propelled the packaged consumer goods sector in Q2 2025. Rural markets grew twice as fast as cities, as urban areas showed signs of recovery, particularly in smaller towns. According to the report, e-commerce also rose significantly, led by increased shopper penetration and spending, especia ...Read More >
Indore, Oct 15 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh's Lokayukta police raided the premises of a retired excise officer in two cities on Wednesday and unearthed movable and immovable assets worth Rs 18.59 crore, including Rs 1.13 crore in cash, belonging to him and his family, an official said. Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Sunil Talan said based on a complaint of disproportionate assets, raids were conducted at a property in Gwalior and seven other locations in Indore belonging to retired District Excise Officer Dharmendra Singh Bhadoria. ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Dec 3 (PTI) The Karnataka government on Tuesday requested the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to investigate and take necessary action against a West Bengal-based manufacturer, amid concerns that recent maternal deaths in Ballari district, could be linked to substandard Ringer Lactate solution supplied by the company. In a letter, Karnataka Health Principal Secretary Harsh Gupta, drew the attention of the DCGI to the supply of several batches of "Compound Sodium Lactate I P (Ringer's Lactate I P)" by the West Bengal-based pharmaceutical company Paschim Banga Pharmaceutical ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when intoxicated. As per police, Shamma was addicted to ganja. On the fateful night, he against pressuri ...Read More >
Koppal: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to visit the districts in the Kalyana Karnataka region from Oct 15 to 17 to inaugurate several projects. She will officially launch various initiatives in Koppal on Oct 15, in Ballari on Oct 16, and in the Vijayanagara district on Oct 17. She will unveil projects that were developed with funding from the Union govt, as well as those that are still in progress. Among the projects, the finance minister will inaugurate a cold storage facility ...Read More >
The agency has alleged large-scale irregularities in the recruitment process of the Kolar-Chikkaballapura District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (KOMUL) In a major development in the ongoing probe into the 2023 KOMUL recruitment scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has issued a Provisional Attachment Order attaching immovable and movable assets worth Rs 1.32 crore. The properties belong to Malur Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda and other individuals allegedly involv ...Read More >
Representative Image: The action was taken based on a complaint that Bhadoria had amassed disproportionate assets. Image: Shutterstock The Lokayukta police in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday conducted raids at various premises of a retired excise officer and found assets worth around Rs 10 crore belonging to him and his family, a police official said. Talking to reporters, Lokayukta Police Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Sunil Talan said the raids were conducted at one property in Gwalior and seven loc ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Lokayukta police on Tuesday unearthed total disproportionate assets (DA) of Rs 30.28 crore allegedly possessed by eight state government officials. The sleuths conducted searches simultaneously at 35 places, including the residences and offices of the officials and the residences of their relatives in Mysuru, Belagavi, Mangaluru, Chitradurga, Shivamogga, Ballari, Bidar and Kodagu. Susheelamma HG, who has taken voluntary retirement from the post of accounts assistant attached to Nirmithi Kendra in Chitradurga allegedly possessed Rs 8.20 crore DA, which is the highest among the ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The ED, Bengaluru Zonal Office, issued a provisional attachment order on July 16, attaching assets worth approximately Rs 1.32 crore of Malur Congress MLA KY Nanjegowda and others, in a money laundering case related to Kolar-Chikkaballapur District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Ltd (KOMUL) recruitment scam in 2023. In a release on Thursday, the ED said it had filed a money laundering case against Nanjegowda and others based on material collected during investigation in relation to a land grant scam in Malur taluk under Nanjegowda's chairmanship, under the Prevention of Money La ...Read More >
The car had a Maharashtra number plate. Luggage was tied to the roof of the vehicle, which made officials believe that a family had come from Maharashtra to visit Agra. A shocking and heartbreaking incident has come to light from the Taj Mahal complex in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly man was found unconscious and tied inside a locked car parked near the western gate. The incident has raised serious questions about human sensitivity and responsibility. According to Aaj Tak, the man had been locked inside the car for several hours. The extreme heat and humidity had made his condition critic ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. Also Read | Stocks To Buy or Sell Today, July 18, 2025: Hitachi Energy India, NTPC, HCL Technologies Among Shares That May Remain in Focus on Friday. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fi ...Read More >
Srinagar: Searches are being carried out by Jammu and Kashmir Police's counter-intelligence wing at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror case, officials said. The searches by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) are underway at 10 locations across four districts of the Kashmir Valley, the officials said. Searches are being conducted to locate terrorist sleeper cells and recruitment modules. The CIK searches are being conducted in six locations in Ganderbal, two in Budgam, and one each in Pulwama and Srinagar, they said. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Leaders of the 24 party I.N.D.I.A. bloc met virtually on Saturday to finalise their strategy for the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on Monday. They agreed to focus on eight priority issues, while reserving the option to raise additional local concerns as they arise. Among the key issues identified are Pahalgam terror attack and the Centre's response, Operation Sindoor and US President Donald Trump's claim that he brokered an India Pakistan cease fire ("five jets were shot down"), foreign policy questions, including India's position on the Gaza conflict, Special Intensi ...Read More >
BENGALURU: In a major reshuffle in the police department, 35 IPS officers were transferred on Monday. As proposed earlier, Bengaluru has got three new divisions (Law & Order) -- Electronics City, South West and North West Divisions. Uttara Kannada SP Narayana M has been appointed as DCP, Electronics City, while Anita Bhimappa Haddannavar and Nagesh DL have been posted as DCPs of South West and North West Divisions, respectively. DCPs of eight other divisions in Bengaluru city have also been changed. Besides, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Bengaluru, MN Anucheth has been posted as DI ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Deepavali nights were anything but quiet. Bengaluru recorded night-time noise levels touching 90 decibels in several areas -- nearly double the permissible limit, according to a report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).Noise levels spiked across residential neighbourhoods, revealing the city's festive soundscape remains far from compliant. Manual-monitoring stations recorded the highest night-time noise level at Sarjapur (90dB), followed by Indiranagar (73dB), Peenya (72dB), and Jayanagar (71dB). The Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) limit for residential are ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As India observes the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister on Thursday paid tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives during the Partition of India. Sharing an X post, Goyal said that on August 14, 1947, during the Partition of India, people endured the pain of violence, displacement and loss of loved ones. Also Read | Independence Day 2025: President Droupadi Murmu To Address Nation Today on Eve of 79th I-Day. "On this day in the year 1947, people had to endure the pa ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids on premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail and others across Karnataka, Goa, and Mumbai. This action is part of a money laundering investigation related to the alleged illegal export of iron ore, causing a significant loss to the government exchequer. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided premises linked to Karnataka Congress MLA Satish Krishna Sail and some others as part of a money laundering investigation against the ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Lokayukta, special establishment police, unearthed an additional Rs 1.65 crore worth of assets on Thursday during its ongoing investigation into the raids conducted at the properties of retired excise officer Dharmendra Bhadoria. On Wednesday, the Lokayukta team carried out simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to Bhadoria in Indore, and at one property each in Gwalior and Ujjain, uncovering assets worth approximately Rs 18.59 crore, indicating a disproportionate income of 829.66%. Under the supervision of superintendent of police (Lokayukta) Rajesh Sah ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a major reshuffle, the govt Tuesday transferred 35 IPS officers, including Bengaluru traffic police chief MN Anucheth. IPS officer Karthik Reddy was appointed joint commissioner of police (traffic), Bengaluru city. Anucheth was posted as deputy inspector general of police (DIGP, recruitment). Some of the officers transferred and their new postings are: Chandragupta (IGP, north-eastern range, Kalaburagi); Ajay Hilori (joint commissioner of police, CCB, Bengaluru city); Ida Martin Marbaniang (DIGP, administration, Bengaluru police headquarters); Vartika Katiyar (DIGP, Ballari range ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It stated Credit to Deposit Ratio Remains Below 80 per cent as Credit Offtake Lags. The report data pointed ...Read More >
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Hours after IT-BT minister Priyank Kharge Wednesday shared a video of a phone call in which an unidentified man, claiming affiliation with RSS, allegedly abused him in Hindi, home minister G Parameshwara said the govt has ordered an investigation. "We will find out who threatened the minister. We will identify the source," Parameshwara said. "A minister has the right to share his opinions. Threatening him for this is unacceptable. Action will be taken. Though tracking callers is difficult, we will crack this case." The incident comes a day after Priyank revealed he has been r ...Read More >