BENGALURU: Pillion riders, get set to wear helmets compulsorily from January 12. Transport minister B Ramalinga Reddy announced that the government had notified the rule on mandatory helmet wear for pillion riders on December 28, 2015. There was a grace period of 15 days which will expire on January

MANGALURU: A person acting as ticket examiner in train 22609 Mangaluru - Coimbatore Inter City Express on Wednesday aroused suspicion among the passengers. It was Shafi, passenger from Kozhikode who alerted the Railway authorities about this. The suspect did not have any identity card or uniform of

Even as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seems to be inclined to have former Karnataka State Human Rights Commission Chairman Justice S R Nayak as the new Lokayukta, his appointment may not be a smooth affair.  While social activists apprehend ‘conflict of interest’ if Justice Nayak is selected, legal

UDUPI: A visit to the famed Malpe beach off this temple town of Udupi from January 15 will give tourists access to free WiFi. This freebie comes courtesy an initiative of the department of tourism, which in association with BSNL has made arrangements for this roll out. The rider is that a user can a

BELAGAVI: CM Siddaramaiah laid the foundation stone of different development projects worth Rs 1,000 crore in Ramdurg taluk on Monday including Veerabhadreshwar lift irrigation scheme estimated for Rs 544 crore. The programme was held in the premises of Shivasagar sugar factory in Udupudi of Ramd

The Indian Science Congress returns to Karnataka after 12 years -and Mysuru after 33 years -on Sunday. The last time Karnataka hosted the ISC was in 2003, when it was held in Bengaluru. The state capital has hosted ISC eight times. In 1982, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi inaugurated the 69th

BELAGAVI: Saumendu Mukherjee, a 1988 Karnataka cadre IPS officer took charge as Belagavi city police commissioner on Saturday, following incumbent commissioner S Ravi has transferred with promotion as Inspector General of Police of Karnataka Reserve Police.  Speaking to reporters, Mukherjee said he

BENGALURU: The state government has decided to hike the prices of milk by Rs four per litre from January 5. After a late evening meeting between chief minister Siddaramaiah and minister of state for animal husbandry A Manju, the government decided to hike the prices of milk by the said amount.

Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene staged a protest in front of the Bescom office here on Thursday condemning erratic power supply. The protesters alleged that the unscheduled and long power outage has affected agricultural activities and drinking water supply. The students

Mangaluru: Close on the heels of Mangaluru City Police Commissioner S Murugan imposing a temporary ban on Islamic religious speaker Dr Zakir Naik’s proposed visit to Mangaluru on January 2, 2016, the organizers approached the state government and decided to postpone the event by two months after the

The counting of votes for the elections to the Legislative Council from local bodies constituencies will begin at 8 am in 20 counting centres across the State on Wednesday. The polling was held on December 27. Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha said that security arrangements were in place an

MANGALURU: Mangaluru City Police and Dakshina Kannada district administration is toying with the idea of banning entry of heavy goods vehicle in to the city during peak hours. Taking note of the growing traffic jams in the city at key junctions and arterial roads leading to the city, the authorities

Polling ended in elections for 25 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council today. A total of 1,07,123 voters were eligible to vote in the exercise, including members of all urban and rural local bodies and MLAs. The Congress fielded candidates in 21 constituencies, while the Bharatiya Janata

MAGALURU: City police issued a prohibitory order banning Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik from entering Mangaluru city and participating in programmes from December 31 to January 6.  City police commissioner S Murugan said prohibitory order has been issued banning Naik's entry under Section 144 of Cr

BANGALURU: For residents of 20 apartments in Silverwood Enclave in Tatanagar, it has been a miserable three weeks. Garbage collection was irregular here and it finally came to a standstill hree days ago. Reason: The residents decided not to pay Rs 1,000 per month to the gar bage contractor. Efforts

MANGALURU: Special train will be operated on Konkan Railway route between Kochuveli and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus to clear extra rush of passengers during New Year in coordination with Southern Railway and Central Railway. Train 06159 Kochuveli - Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast special train will

After the demise of her husband, C.S. Radhika not only drove an ambulance, but owned a fleet For 43-year-old C.S. Radhika, life did not end with the sad demise of her husband when she was just 30. She was left with her husband’s ambulance and two daughters aged seven and four when C.S. Suresh pa

Fourth Force — a startup specialising in background verification of employees to the corporate, banking and retail sector — launched its Bengaluru chapter recently. A venture by retired police officials, the pan-India organisation claims the capability to conduct physical verification of every appli