Bengaluru: Did an alert cab driver, who found bookings of a large number of SUVs to Hassan, Mandya and Mysuru very unusual, tip off JD(S) leaders on likely tax raids? In a video that is doing rounds in social media, a JD(S) women’s wing leader from Mandya has claimed that she had alerted CM…
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Coalition partners take to streets against I-T raids
March 29, 2019Bengaluru: Venting ire against the Income Tax Department that launched a series of raids over several business houses and persons allegedly supporting Congress and Janata Dal (S) in Karnataka, the two party’s top leaders came to streets last afternoon and organised a major protest in front of the I-T Department Office in Bengaluru. The leaders…
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Top Income Tax Officer in the line of fire
March 29, 2019No politician targeted in I-T raids, clarifies Department Bengaluru: B.R. Balakrishna, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax and Director-General (Investigations), Karnataka and Goa, was the target of many barbs and allegations by politicians on Thursday. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy alleged Balakrishna was acting like “an agent of the BJP” and was promised a gubernatorial post…
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Raid was planned months in advance, say I-T sources
March 29, 2019Bengaluru: The contractor-official-politician nexus and their dealings caught the attention of Income Tax (I-T) officials who led yesterday’s simultaneous and coordinated raids. Certain tenders awarded in Mandya, Hassan and Ramanagaram in the last few months and technical approvals given to projects in the Irrigation and Public Works Departments are said to have come under the…
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Tax officials return Rs. 36,700 found during raids
March 29, 2019Chinakurali: The Income Tax sleuths who conducted a raid on Minister C.S. Puttaraju’s nephew Ashok at his house in Vijayanagar Third Stage in Mysuru have found Rs. 36,700. “The officials came to my house at 5 am and searched the premises till 8 pm yesterday and found Rs. 36,700 and they have returned the cash…
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I-T files yet another complaint against D.K. Shivakumar
June 21, 2018Bengaluru: Income Tax Authorities have filed yet another complaint against Karnataka Minister for Medical Education and Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar. Following the complaint, the Economic Offences Court Judge M.S. Alva has issued summons to Shivakumar and four others to appear before him on August 2 for questioning. This is the fourth complaint filed by the…
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I-T sleuths raid house of Minimum Wages Commission Chairman
April 28, 2018Chamarajanagar: Even as the count-down for the State Assembly Polls has begun, Income Tax (I-T) Officials this morning raided the residence of Karnataka State Minimum Wages Advisory Board Chairman R. Umesh. R. Umesh, a class-I PWD Contractor, is a close associate of Chamarajanagar Congress MLA Puttaranga Shetty. Following suspicion of unauthorised money transaction and transfers,…
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I-T raids houses, offices of S.M. Krishna’s son-in-law
September 21, 2017Bengaluru: Café Coffee Day Founder V.G. Siddhartha, who is also BJP leader S.M. Krishna’s son-in-law, was raided by the Income Tax (I-T) Department sleuths this morning. Over 20 locations in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Chikmagalur have been searched by I-T officials. According to reports, several properties that belong to Siddhartha, including offices of Amalgamated Bean…
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