Mysore: A Vishwa Hindu Parishad activist was murdered by unidentified assailants in Mysore on Sunday. Sri Raju, an active member of VHP’s Mysore wing was attacked on Sunday afternoon when he was standing at a tea shop. He died on the spot, which prompted BJP and VHP workers staged protest at seve

BENGALURU, March 11, 2016: Each of the 1,032 test centres will have one chief invigilator, apart from sitting and flying squads. A total of 6.4 lakh students will be writing the II Pre-University (PU) exam, which will begin on Friday. Of this, 31,252 have enrolled as private candidates. Pallav

Bengaluru: March 9, 2016:Karnataka has become the first State to offer cashless trauma care to road traffic accident victims. The scheme which offers immediate trauma care services irrespective of their financial income, was launched by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Under t

MANGALURU: Increasing number of vehicles with PY (Pondicherry) registration has prompted RTO in Mangaluru to act tough against vehicle owners, who have violated rules of taxation. It has become a routine in Mangaluru and other parts of the city for owners of the high end cars to register their ve

MANGALURU: Mangalureans are saying goodbye to the existing CFL bulbs with LED bulbs. The scheme launched in Mangaluru a fortnight back has got good response, say Mescom officials. So far, 29,032 LED bulbs have been purchased by Mescom consumers. While a consumer having a 3kw and above load will 1

Bengaluru: As power generation in the state has been hit following the fire at Sharavathi hydroelectric plant (HEP) in Shivamogga, the Karnataka government has urged the Centre to provide an additional 1000 MW from the central grid to tide over the crisis. Energy minister DK Shivakumar met Union

MANGALURU: The city sizzled on Friday with the mercury shooting up to 38.6 degree Celsius - an all-time high for February. On Thursday, the temperature had was 38.4 deg C. Friday's temperature is 6 degree C above the normal mean max of 31.9 deg C for February. The earlier high for the decade for Fe

BELAGAVI: Inquiry committee of Press Council of India (PCI) upset with the election commission for being reluctant about complaints it registered with the Council against various media houses for allegedly publishing paid news during elections and not pursuing the complaints in further course of tim

Udupi:Toursim in the coastal district got a further boost with the launch of heli-tourism. Deputy commissioner R Vishal on Monday inaugurated heli-tourism in the district, the first joy ride service of the coastal district at Adi Udupi. With the increase in foreign and domestic tourists to Karnat

Mangaluru: The Central government is planning to make impose penalty on those who litter in public places, said Union minister for urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation and parliamentary affairs M Venkaiah Naidu at the 40th Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan of Sri Ramakrishna Mission in Ma

MANGALURU: State government has appointed chief of city police units in Karnataka as the member secretary of the District Police Complaints Authority functioning out of police commissionerates in the state. Accordingly, M Chandra Sekhar, police commissioner, Mangaluru city police will be the member

Hme minister G Parameshwara on Friday said the state government would constitute peace committees involving Africans and locals in every locality that has foreign student population.  Parameshwara told media that the government would issue directives to hold these peace committees to discuss and un

Following the advisory from the Centre, the State Health department will intensify screening for Zika virus carriers at the Kempegowda International Airport and the Mangalore International Airport from Thursday onwards. The Health department, which is coordinating with the airport authorities, ha

Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today urged the global investor community at 'Invest Karnataka 2016' to consider Karnataka as their partner for growth. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today urged the global investor community at 'Invest Karnataka 2016' to consider Karnataka

Health Minister U T Khader on Monday said the State government has taken the spread of dreaded Zika virus seriously and precautionary measures are being taken to prevent its spread in the State. Speaking to reporters, he said it is yet to be confirmed whether Zika virus really exists or it is onl

MANGALURU: Monday marked day one of the compulsory helmet rule for pillion riders being enforced across Dakshina Kannada district and as many as 2,642 cases were booked in Mangaluru Commissionerate and Dakshina Kannada District Police limits. While of these 1,517 cases were in Mangaluru Commissio

MANGALURU: Come March, Mangaluru will have a flight to Bengaluru every two hours. At present, the city has nine flights to Bengaluru every day. While six of these flights are operated by Jet Airways, SpiceJet operates two and the latest entrant to the Mangaluru sector - Air Pegasus -one.  JT Radhak

Belagavi: Farmers of Shivamogga district led by Kuruburu Shantakumar, state president of Sugarcane Growers Association, have extended financial assistance to the family of Vittal Bhimappa Arabhavi of Kankanwadi village in Raibag taluk, who committed suicide by consuming poison in the premises of Suv