Bengaluru: There is a 26% increase in the number of PU colleges in Karnataka in the past five years. The situation is not all hunky-dory as the numbers have thrown up worrisome trends. According to the Department of PU Education, as on January 1, 2017, Karnataka has 5,004 PU colleges, up from 3,9

BENGALURU: The long-pending rail coach factory in Kolar is inching close to reality with the Karnataka government promising funds and land for the project. The rail ministry cleared the project four years ago. At a meeting with representatives from Kolar, chief minister Siddaramaiah promised to e

Bengaluru: Mani Ashwin, 18, can't wait to get his finger inked. The engineering student, who will exercise his franchise for the first time when Karnataka goes to polls in 2018, is among the six youngsters who were handed over their voter IDs by governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday. "I am thrilled. W

Bengaluru: Kaveri (name changed), a single mother, lost her eldest child to a congenital liver disease despite transplant a few years ago. Her another son too had to undergo a second liver transplant in a city hospital recently. This was a cadaver liver transplant for the 12-year-old after the organ

Bengaluru: Cricketer Rahul Dravid has declined to accept the honorary doctorate that Bangalore University had decided to confer on him during its 52nd convocation ceremony on Friday. A press release from the university said the former Indian captain had thanked the university for choosing him for

Bengaluru: The Puttenahalli police fired two rounds at two men on a scooter who tried to attack them during a random vehicle check on Monday night. Inspector Dharmendra and his team were checking vehicles near Puttenahalli in the wake of increasing mugging incidents when two men on a scooter with

A suspicious object found at the under construction metro station at Lalbagh West gate created panic among the city police on Monday night. One of the security guards deployed at the site called up control room and informed about the suspicious object. The Siddapura police rushed to the spot a

Bengaluru: Raids by the Income-Tax officials resulted in a Karnataka Minister and the ruling Congress women’s wing President admitting to Rs 162.06-crore undisclosed income and unexplained cash of Rs 41 lakh and 12.8kg gold and jewellery after the November 8 note ban, said an Income-Tax official on

Bengaluru: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday searched the offices of Vijay Mallya-owned United Breweries (UB) group here, a CBI official said. “A 12-member team of the CBI is searching the offices in the UB City with a search warrant from a Delhi court. We are providing logistical s

Bengaluru: The Cabinet on Wednesday decided to recommend to Governor Vajubhai R. Vala to grant remission of sentence to 188 life convicts with good conduct to mark Republic Day celebrations. Law Minister T. B. Jayachandra told reporters that these convicts included eight women, who have served jail

Bengaluru: The Regional Passport Office will hold a ‘Special Jumbo Passport Mela’ on Saturday at the Passport Seva Kendras in Bengaluru (Lalbagh and Marathahalli), Hubballi and Mangaluru. For more details, visit www.passportindia.gov.in, a press release said.

Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Services and Sports, laid the foundation stone for the construction of a Mini Vidhan Soudha on 1.64 acres of land at the premises of the current taluk office at Bannanje here on Wednesday. The building is expected to constructed at an estimate

Passengers won't be able to fly from or land in Bengaluru during the daytime from February 19 to April 30, 2017 as the Kempegowda International Airport will be partially closed for the upgradation work on the existing runway. In a statement, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) said

In a proud new development, Bengaluru has been crowned the most dynamic city in the world. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting being held in Davos, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has published its list of world's most dynamic cities - the main ranking factors being rapid adoption of technology and

The Mangaluru city police’s patrolling got a boost recently with the addition of 25 new vehicles. With this, there will be 37 patrolling vehicles and each of the 15 police stations will have a minimum of two such vehicles. The new vehicles have been given by the State government to improve the

After a series of alleged attacks on women at the start of the new year, another incident has come to light. This time, a 21-year-old woman was allegedly drugged by a group of men at a popular pub on Brigade Road on Friday night. They then took her in a car towards their house in Kammanahalli Road a

TOI | Jan 18,2017 Bangaluru -- Ulsoor Lake, which witnessed fish deaths on several occasions in the last two years due to increasing sewage flow, is here to get some breather.  Bengaluru Development and Town Planning Minister KJ George on Wednesday laid foundation for installation of sewage

HUBBALLI, Jan 18,2016: Amma canteens in Tamil Nadu may be serving idlis at Re 1 each but closer home, a canteen in namma Hubballi is dishing out full meals for the same amount. Roti Ghar in the heart of the city in Kanchgar Galli (Prathamshetty Oni) also has a noble aim: to eradicate hunger from soc