Hassan: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(s) State President HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday asserted that he was waiting for the Income Tax Department to raid his house and that he was not under any pressure or feeling threatened by IT raids.

“I have not done anything wrong, nor have I looted anything. I am waiting for the IT Department to raid me. I will show them the documents related to CM Yediyurappa,” Kumaraswamy told reporters in Hassan on Tuesday.

Adding that the Country was in under undeclared emergency, Kumaraswamy noted that former Prime Minister and JD(s) supremo HD Devegowda should make a comeback to national politics.

“HD Devegowda’s return is the need of the hour. I will discuss this with him. The country is under undeclared emergency” Kumaraswamy said.

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Jammu (PTI): A mysterious blast occurred in a village in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir early Monday, officials said.

The blast took place near the main gate of the residence of former sarpanch Jai Ram Sharma at Gawala Talab, some 10 km from the International Border in the Ghagwal sector around 2 am, the officials said.

They said the blast uprooted the gate and a portion of the boundary wall but caused no casualty.

A team of forensic experts visited the site and took samples from the scene to ascertain the cause of the explosion, they said.

Police have registered an FIR, the officials said, adding senior officers are on the scene and further investigation is on.