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

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