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

In the second such incident in the past one week, a power supply failure on reach 3 of Namma Metro (Sampige Road-Nagasandra) stalled services for around an hour on Monday. A total of 84 passengers stranded in a train were evacuated by security personnel. According to officials, the power supply t

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Friday asked the state government to check whether it can follow the New Delhi model which has banned diesel vehicles to avoid increasing air pollution levels, in Bengaluru as well. While hearing a related case, Justice AN Venugopala Gowda asked the state go

MANGALURU: A woman who has made significant contributions to society as an ambulance driver in the city has been selected for the first 'Mangaluru Press Club Award'. C S Radhika, 43, who has been serving as an ambulance driver with her own vehicle since 2002, was adjudged the right candidate for

After being stabbed in his back, shoulder and leg for resisting a robbery, a 26-year-old IT administrator was forced to walk 2.5 kilometres - all while bleeding profusely - towards the nearest hospital, while his pleas for help went ignored by dozens of of commuters and pedestrians. The victim is

BENGALURU: Transport department officials booked and seized 150 vehicles after checking 2000 in Bennerghatta Road, IIM-B, JP Nagar, Jayanagar, Delmia Circle, Banashankari Circle, Ashoka Pillar for various violations. Private Vehicles including goods vehicles, buses, Maxi cabs and private cars wer

BENGALURU: Politicians are increasingly using smart phones and social network ing sites to further their polit ical agenda, but not chief minister Siddaramaiah. "I do have a mobile phone but I use it only when needed I don't use a smartphone and my personal staff manage it including all my social

BENGALURU: At 26, her favourite break is going deep into a tiger reserve. "It was a four-day trip with friends in Tadoba tiger reserve in Maharashtra, and we couldn't spot a tiger's tail till the last day. And then, on our last safari, it was right there behind our jeep. Maya (the tigress) had beaut

MANGALURU: Leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP), Hindu Jagaran Vedike (HJV), Bajrang Dal and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) have urged the city police and Dakshina Kannada district administration not to give permission for Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's programme in the city. South Ka

Mangaluru: Election officer of Dakshina Kannada-Udupi local authorities constituency A B Ibrahim, who is also the deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada said nominations of 14 candidates have been found to be in order during the scrutiny of papers on Thursday. The nominations papers filed include t

BENGALURU: "Only Kannadigas will be given preference while recruiting engineers in the energy department in future," power minister DK Shivakumar said on Wednesday. He was speaking at the 110th anniversary of the electrification of Bengaluru, the first city in India to get electricity generated by a

BENGALURU: It is official with Raj Bhavan on Tuesday confirming that Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar Rao has resigned. A communique from Raj Bhavan said governor Vajubhai R Vala had accepted the resignation of Justice Rao with immediate effect. TOI was the first to break the news that Lokay