In order to encourage the youth to enlist as soldiers, the district administration is organising a training camp and awareness programme here. The Indian Army will hold a recruitment rally for five categories of soldiers at Sainik School in Vijayapura from May 12 to 18. In 2015, 64 candidates app

Kavita Sanil of the Congress was elected Mayor of Mangaluru in the elections here on Thursday. Rajaneesh K. of the same party was elected unopposed Deputy Mayor. Both of them are Commerce graduates and their term would end on March 8 next. Ms. Sanil defeated Poornima of the BJP by 38-20 votes. Th

Bhatkallys News Service | March 10,2017 Srirangapatna (Mandya district) -- The travel time by trains from Bengaluru to Mysuru is expected to be reduced by another 10 minutes, in a couple of months, once the gap of 500 metres between the two pairs of bridges, across the two branches of the River Cau

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya -- Indian fugitive in the UK wanted for wilful tax evasion and loan defaults -- took to Twitter on Friday, saying he was ready to negotiate with banks to pay a "one-time settlement" charge on his Rs 9,000 crore loan default. "Public sector banks have policies for one-tim

Bengaluru: Three teenaged boys died of suspected food poisoning at a private residential school in Karnataka’s Tumkaru district, an official said on Thursday. “The boys, students of Vidhyavaridhi International Boarding in Huliyar town, are suspected to have died of food poisoning, as they fell

CM wants entire Green Line to be operational by then Citizens waiting for Namma Metro services between Sampige Road station and Yelachanahalli on the North-South corridor can expect them by April 15. According to City Development Minister K.J George, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed the

Passer-by informs police of incident; sewerage board official says he is shocked Three workers, including a supervisor, attached to a Hyderabad-based company, chosen on contract by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB), died allegedly due to asphyxiation after they entered a man

Bengaluru, March 7,2017: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today launched a comprehensive web-based platform showcasing the government's performance and achievements to the citizens. Developed as the Chief Minister's dashboard, 'Pratibimba,' which means reflection, will serve as a tool to imp

Mangaluru, Mar 6 (PTI): A 17 year-old girl from Panemangalore at nearby Bantwal, who had gone missing since March 2, was traced at Bhatkal with her lover the next day, police said. The girl had disappeared from a hospital at nearby Thumbay, where her mother had been admitted for treatment. The

New Delhi/Mangaluru,Mar 07, 2017: In a move to boost India's energy security, the Union cabinet on Monday gave post facto approval for signing of an agreement that will see crude oil for strategic storage flow in from a state-run company of Abu Dhabi for meeting unexpected future exigencies. "Acc

Non-resident Kannadiga (NRK) diaspora could soon get NRK cards that the State government will co-brand with leading banks and corporates. The card will help them avail of special discounts at hotels, jewellery showrooms and hospitals, besides providing speedy services in government departments. T

A graveyard, a commercial complex, private layouts, a dumping yard, temples, a granite factory, an educational institute and independent bungalows are illegally housed in the Jnanabharathi campus of Bangalore University (BU). This was revealed in a report prepared by BU after Higher Education Min

An unemployed engineering graduate committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter over a family feud at his house in Yelahanka New Town on Monday night. The deceased have been identified as Amit Kumar Jha (35), his wife Meenakshi Jha (30) and their two-year-old daughter. The family was liv

If you spot a pothole and dread its impact on motorists using that road, what do you do? One option is to click a picture, ‘WhatsApp’ it to 814POTHOLE (the letters correspond with the numbers 7684653) and wait for ‘Pothole Raja’ to come to your rescue. The special powers of this new superhero

MANGALURU: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here declared its second full blown emergency in less than 24-hours with an Indian Navy MiG 29K making an emergency landing on Tuesday. The first emergency was declared on Monday to accommodate Air India flight 681 bound for Kochi fr

An air hostess was sexually assaulted and injured by a biker in northeast Bengaluru's posh locality. The incident took place on February 12 and it was reported to the police on February 14, however, six days after there has been no headway in the case. The air hostess along with her friend was wa

Hubballi :   In a shocking incident in Dharwad’s Managundi village, a teen, who was presumed dead by the villagers, reportedly came back to life on the way to his funeral. Minutes before the cremation, he suddenly woke up, taking his relatives and villagers by surprise. He was then rushed to a

A Bengaluru techie was arrested by the Chikkamagalur Police on Thursday after his former girlfriend filed a complaint alleging that he had uploaded a sex tape of her on a porn website. According to the Chikkamagalur SP, the accused, Hemanth, is a 29-year-old techie employed at the Manyata Tech Pa