BENGALURU: How toxic is Bengaluru’s air? It was ranked 63rd among 168 cities for PM 2.5 levels in 2015-16 by a report — titled ‘Airpocalypse’ — on air quality. Tumakuru was ranked 67th. New Delhi, which has been in the news for dizzying levels of air pollution, was ranked first. But other cities

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday restrained the city police from interrogating Siddartha H.M, advocate, without prior permission from the court. In October last year, the police found ₹1.97 crore in Mr. Siddartha’s car while he was entering the Vidhana Soudha. Giving liberty to the police

Writer and critic G. Rajashekhar has rejected the Karnataka Sahitya Academy award announced on Tuesday, owing to “continuing atmosphere of intolerance” in the country and in the State. Mr. Rajashekhar, who is recovering from ill health at a private hospital here, told The Hindu that many writers

Bengaluru: A 20-year-old mason who allegedly harassed girls and pestered them to hug him, has landed in police custody. Manikanta alias Mani, a resident of Muneshwara Block, Vyalikaval, was arrested on Wednesday. Vyalikaval police received two complaints against him on Tuesday. The mason first

BENGALURU: As the government grapples with a whopping 59 lakh illegal and unauthorized constructions in Karnataka, some of which will be regularized under the new Akrama-Sakrama scheme cleared by the high court, the urban development department (UDD) plans to bring in a new integrated software to re

BENGALURU: Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala will address a joint session of the state legislature on February 6. It was decided to convene a five-day legislature session from February six to 10, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

BJP leader and four-time MLA for Kagwad, Bharamagouda alias Raju Kage, and his family members are facing the charge of attacking and attempting to murder Youth Congress worker Vivek Shetty. He was allegedly attacked for sending obscene and threat messages to a few women in Mr. Kage’s family, besi

High Court of Karnataka judge P. Vishwanatha Shetty (retd) has emerged as the consensus candidate for the post of Karnataka Lokayukta, a position that has been vacant for over a year. Mr. Shetty’s name was finalised on Monday at a high-level committee meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaia

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

Dharwad: First female religious leader Jagadguru Mate Mahadevi finds fault with women over increasing sexual assaults in India. According to Coastal Digest reports, the Lingayat spiritual head was reacting to the mass molestation in Bengaluru during the New Year’s Eve celebrations urged the girls

BENGALURU: Hardly a week after the New Year’s eve molestation incidents, another horrific incident has come to light. A Burqa-clad woman was molested by a unknown man as she was on her way to work at 6:30 am in morning. The incident took place on Friday in Bengaluru’s KG Halli area and the ent

Bhatkallys News |  January 7, 2017 MANGALORE,  Jan 6: One of the  ambitious projects of the  Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy, the Beary- Kannada- English dictionary  will soon become a reality as the entire material  is ready and will be sent to the press next week.&

 Express News Service  |     03  January 2017 KARWAR: Alleging doctors had not given proper treatment to his mother, BJP’s Uttara Kannada MP Anant Kumar Hegde allegedly assaulted doctors and staff of a private hospital in Sirsi on Monday night. [embed]https://youtu.be/Uwpm7TpHW28[/embed] Accord

Bhatkallys News | 3 January 2016 MANGALORE, January 3: Vartha Bharati, one of the  leading Kannada dailies in the region, is gearing up to get into mobile App mode.  Keeping pace with the trend, the newspaper  will launch Vartha Bharati App for Android mobile devices on the Google Play Store on J

BENGALURU: The state government has approved raising female squads specialising in riot control in the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP). Recruitment of women reserve constables is underway, and the foundation stone for the construction of the first women's barracks will be laid on Friday at

BENGALURU: As the state gets ready to welcome the new year, so are 41 IPS officers who have been transferred with immediate effect across the state. In a major reshuffle of the police top brass, chief minister Siddaramaiah has transferred some of the more prominent names from the Bengaluru city p

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured a decision on release of Rs. 4,702 crore drought relief to Karnataka for kharif crop loss in 2016 will be taken on January 4, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said. An all-party delegation led by Mr Siddaramaiah today called on Mr Modi and requ

As India is gearing up to eliminate malaria by 2030, Karnataka has greater challenges in controlling the vector-borne disease. While the number of positive cases is on the decline, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts have been consistently reporting the highest cases in the State. However, healt