Bengaluru, Oct 22: A staggering 24 lac beneficiaries of the Gruha Jyothi scheme across Karnataka have failed to submit the required documents for verification, while over 1.10 lac consumers have voluntarily opted out of the free electricity facility. Providing details on the ongoing verification

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Government doctors working in taluk hospitals and primary health centres (PHCs) across Karnataka will have to mark their night attendance through the Kartavya mobile app after 9 pm from November 1, with a new geo-fencing system set to track their locations and unauthorised absence

Bengaluru, Oct 21: Karnataka has recorded a severe rainfall deficit of 32% during the 2026 southwest monsoon season, from June 1 to September 30, marking the highest deficit since 1918, when the state recorded a 47% shortfall, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The state reco

Mangaluru, October 20: Hundreds of passengers from the coastal districts who depend on Mangaluru International Airport for travel to and from Saudi Arabia are facing disruption after flight operations at major Saudi airports were affected by attacks by Houthi rebels. With services suspended, some Um

Kasargod, Oct 19: Playing songs or videos loudly through mobile phone speakers, shouting or creating a disturbance during train journeys could prove costly, with Southern Railway directing officials to crack down on behaviour that inconveniences fellow passengers. Offenders could face a fine of Rs 1

The Karnataka unit of the INDIA bloc has announced a major protest in Bengaluru on November 5 against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, demanding that the exercise be scrapped and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resign. The decision was taken at a meeting of allia

Bengaluru, Oct 17: Compared to other major states in the country, Karnataka has recorded the highest dropout rate among boys at the high school (classes 9 and 10) level. The rate at which boys are dropping out of schools in Karnataka is alarming, placing the state at the top of the list of states

Mangaluru, Oct 16: Around 500 Umrah pilgrims who travelled from Mangaluru are stranded in Saudi Arabia after flight operations were suspended at major airports following attacks by Houthi rebels, stated the Dakshina Kannada Haj Umrah Private Tour Organisers' Association. Addressing a pre

Bengaluru, Oct 13: In a setback to the Karnataka government, the High Court of Karnataka has struck down provisions of the 2022 law that increased reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) from 15% to 17% and for Scheduled Tribes (STs) from 3% to 7%, declaring Sections 3 and 4 unconstitutional. The

Bengaluru, Oct 7: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the fake medicine racket in Karnataka has found that nearly 15,000 vials of two spurious antibiotics — Zavicefta and Emblaveo, for which Pfizer holds the rights — were distributed over the past one-and-a-half years. SIT of

Mysuru, Oct 4: Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said the Election Commission would itself investigate complaints over Form 7 applications allegedly filed by BJP members seeking deletion of voters’ names, ruling out a separate probe by the SIT constituted by the state government. Sp

Mangaluru/Udupi, Oct 3: The state government has declared Bantwal, Beltangady and Ullal taluks in Dakshina Kannada, and Udupi and Byndoor taluks in Udupi district as drought-affected areas. Madikeri and Kushalnagar taluks in Kodagu district have also been declared drought-affected. Earlier, the s

Bengaluru, Oct 2: Karnataka is set to introduce a points-based driving licence system under which motorists will accumulate points for different traffic violations, with licences to be suspended once a specified threshold is reached. A joint review meeting of the Home and Transport Departments he

Bengaluru, Oct 1: In a major move concerning road safety, the state government has decided to strictly prohibit the use, production, and manufacturing of unsafe half-helmets across Karnataka. Transport minister Byrathi Suresh clarified that the government will take legal action not only against t

MANGALURU: One person died and nine others were injured after a major blast followed by a fire at the Coker Hydrotreater (CHT) Unit of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) at Jokatte near Mangaluru around noon on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Manish Karkara (30),

Udupi, Sep 30: The Vande Bharat Express operating between Mangaluru and Madgaon has been extended up to Bengaluru. Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Kota Srinivas Poojary about the decision through a letter. MP Kota Srinivas Poojary had written to the Union

Bengaluru, Sep 27: The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) has cancelled the candidature of an applicant who wrote 'Jaya Sri Rama' on the descriptive answer script during the gazetted probationers main examination for the year 2023-24. The incident occurred during the General Studi

Mangaluru, Sep 22: The Mangaluru-Kuwait direct flight service, which has been suspended for the past six months due to the war, is likely to resume soon. According to information available, Air India Express is preparing to restart direct flights between Mangaluru and Kuwait in the last week of O