Searches as part of tax evasion investigation New Delhi: Sleuths attached to the Income Tax (I-T) Department conducted simultaneous raids on the offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in New Delhi and Mumbai this afternoon. A team of 15 officials conducted survey operations and sources said the searches were related to allegations of International…
Tiger menace in Ponnampet taluk: Kodagu Forest staff under pressure to capture big cat
February 14, 2023Family loses three persons in 48 hours; Combing operation begins to trace elusive feline Gonikoppa/Bengaluru: Soon after she heard the news of the death of two close relatives in tiger attacks at Palleri and K. Badaga villages in Ponnampet taluk of South Kodagu, a 65-year-old Jayamma died of shock at Koluvige tribal colony in Mysuru…
‘Like environment and water, children are also resources of the country’
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: “We have embarked on a coordinated drive involving 24 departments to bring all levels of children to the mainstream of the society by ensuring all facilities and inculcating good culture among them,” said Chairman of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) K. Naganna Gowda. Addressing media persons at Vartha Bhavan in…
Students peek into world of plants, birds at Kukkarahalli Lake
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Environmental expert Aneguli Subbarao from Sagar in Shivamogga District kindled interest among students on the world of insects and plants having medicinal qualities in the surroundings of Kukkarahalli Lake in city. Subbarao addressed the Science students during the inauguration of two-day Nature Camp, organised by Department of Environmental Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education…
Fire destroys vegetation at Karighatta in Srirangapatna
February 14, 2023Srirangapatna: Karighatta Forest area near Ganjam in the taluk has been totally destroyed in fire mishap that occurred on Monday. The plants and trees, along with dried grass, have been totally gutted in the fire. Though efforts were made by the personnel of Fire and Emergency Services Department along with those of Forest Department, environmental…
Casteist skit at college fest: Bengaluru’s Jain Varsity Dean, seven students arrested
February 14, 2023Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police arrested the Dean, Programme Co-ordinator and seven students of Jain (Deemed-to-be-University) over a controversial skit on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Dinesh Nilkant, Dean, Faculty of Management and Director (Admissions), Prateek, Programme Coordinator and seven students have been arrested, said P. Krishnakant, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). Police declined to give details about…
PM Modi meets Kannada film industry powerhouses
February 14, 2023Praises South movies for giving a great boost to India’s culture, identity Bengaluru; Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Kannada actors Yash and Rishab Shetty along with a few social media influencers at Bengaluru’s Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening. Late actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar’s wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and ‘Kantara’ producer Vijay Kirgandoor of Hombale Films…
Organisations demand withdrawal of recognition
February 14, 2023Mysuru: Strongly condemning the skit enacted at Bengaluru’s Jain University where Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Dalits were reportedly mocked, members of the University of Mysore Researchers Association and Dalit Vidyarthi Okkoota staged a demonstration in front of Kuvempu Statue at the entrance of Manasagangothri campus here yesterday. Raising slogans against Jain University, the protesters accused…
Wedding gifts stolen from Kalyana Mantap
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A bag containing gold ornaments and cash, which were given as gifts to the groom, has been lifted from the wedding reception stage at a Kalyana Mantap in city. According to the complaint lodged by H. Pradeep, the wedding of his brother H.C. Pramod of Kirijaji village in Hunsur taluk was held at Sa.Ra….
Two chain-snatchers arrested
February 14, 2023230 grams gold chains worth Rs. 14 lakh recovered Mysuru; Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two chain-snatchers and have recovered gold chains worth Rs. 14 lakh from them. The Cops arrested the chain-snatchers on Feb. 6 and during interrogation, the accused are said to have confessed of snatching gold chains from women in Mysuru city and…
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