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

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada District Administration warned Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to be alert and monitor strictly all construction sites in the city to control the rising number of malaria cases.  Citing the failure on part of the city corporation in reducing the mosquito source and cont

BENGALURU: City in-charge minister KJ George on Wednesday told reporters he is not a receptionist to respond to every telephone call from mediapersons. The minister, who of late has earned a reputation of being unavailable to the media, claimed: "I have a lot of work to do and if I keep attending to

MANGALURU: New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has given fillip to industrialization in Karnataka by means of offering most comparative rates as compared to other major ports. The port has given all facilities to encourage coastal movement of traffic and now is the first Indian port to start the Ro-Ro s

UDUPI: Malpe beach in this temple town on Sunday became the first beach in the country to provide Wi-Fi facility to visitors 24x7. Courtesy technical expertise provided by BSNL, visitors can access free Wi-Fi. The only rider is that a person can avail this facility for 30 minutes per number at 4G sp

In the wake of the arrest of six suspected terrorists with ISIS links in the state, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said that more than 300 places have been identified as "sensitive". "Police department in Bengaluru and in the entire state have identified more than 300 places as sens

BENGALURU: Come February 1, BMTC monthly passes will all be priced uniformly at Rs 1050. BMTC has proposed uniform pass rate and do away with two types of it, one worth Rs 850 and the other 1300. This can be used for all classes/types of bus services. The monthly pass holder will require to get an i

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district administration has decided to leave no stones unturned to check the illegal transportation of sand to other states through the district. Very soon, all check posts will be under CCTV surveillance to monitor the movement of trucks and other heavy vehicles that

MANGALURU: Though the helmet rule, which mandates that all riders and their pillions have to compulsorily wear the protective headgear, kicked in across Karnataka on Wednesday, Mangaluru riders will have 12 day breather. The rule will be enforced from February 1, says Mangaluru city Traffic Polic

Pulling up BBMP on Tuesday, the high court suggested the govern ment take a call on dissolving the civic agency and appoint an administrator to run its affairs instead. A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee made this suggestion while wondering how was it that the

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s seat booking on the web has hit a new high with number of seats booked per day crossing 25,000. The revenue from the web booking is now around 20 per cent of the total traffic revenue. As many as 2,000 seats are being booked per day through mobile appl

The state government has imposed an eight per cent luxury tax on each bed in an ICU. Last week, the department of commercial taxes sent a directive to all hospitals across the city stating: "The accommodation provided in an ICU charging more than Rs 1,000 per day per room attracts luxury tax at the