Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday urged local and international investors to put their money on the Smart City Mission, assuring them that it was a safe bet. Mr. Naidu unveiled a list of 98 cities with Uttar Pradesh taking the largest share of developing 13 smart cities follow

MANGALURU: Puffing away in public spaces could henceforth invite a fine of Rs 1,000 or a jail-term of one year under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. It is the role and res

In the end, it turned out to be a return of the BJP and an embarrassment for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The BJP won 100 of the 198 seats, a clear majority, but down from 112 in 2010, in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council while the Congress improved its ta

In an act of moral policing, a Muslim man was allegedly stripped, tied to electric pole and thrashed by hindu rightwingactivists in Mangalore for travelling with agirl hailing from a different religion. According to reports, when the 29-year-old man was going in a car with his Hindu colleague, fe

Veteran Congress leader and MLA of Deodurg constituency in Raichur district, Karnataka, A Venkatesh Naik (79) died in a rail accident near Penugonda in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, at about 2.30 am on Monday. The accident occurred when Bangalore-Nanded Express (Train No: 16594) in which Mr

BENGALURU: It was 2.30am when the first AC coach of Bengaluru-Nanded express was rammed by a granite loaded lorry that derailed four coaches of the train. The incident happened between Rangepalli and Penukonda stations in Andhra Pradesh. One of the five dead are sitting MLA A Venkatesh Naik from

BENGALURU: In localities of wards in Dasarahalli, a greater Bengaluru constituency, gone are the days wherein party workers used to sit with multiple sheets of electoral rolls. Being at help desk, their job is to help voters in identifying polling room number and distribute voter slips. Smartphon

This time, the State Election Commis sion will get hour ly updates on poll progress in each of the 6,759 booths set up for Saturday's BBMP election, thanks to a new mobile platform launched by the civic body . The platform, linking the BBMP's central server and cellphones of polling officers, will k

Metro Man E Sreedharan is right, say sources in the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation. There is slackening of pace in implementation of this multi-crore project, leading to a delay in operations. Many insiders share Sreedharan's view and say his criticism is apt. Most old-timers in the BMRC also a

After a manifesto and a vision document, the Congress on Tuesday came up with a ' chargesheet' against the BJP. The party released a recycled ' chargesheet', listing a string of alleged scams which are already in public domain, and held the party responsible for Bengaluru's woes. Titled Gentle

MANGALURU: Vishwa Konkani Student Scholarship Fund, established by World Konkani Centre, Mangaluru will award merit-cum-means scholarships worth Rs 3.5 crore to students from Konkani communities here on Thursday. Incidentally, the day is commemorated for inclusion of Konkani Language in Eighth Sched

The BJP has promised to make Bengaluru 'clean and safe' in the manifesto for the BBMP election it released on Sunday. "Bengalurueans have been shaken by various incidents of sexual assaults on girls and children ... The daily incidents of chain snatching have in stilled a stilled a deep fear. Tak

BENGALURU: Declaring that the agriculture sector will always remain his political and administrative priority, chief minister Siddaramaiah said he is unable to enjoy the celebrations of India's Independence when the farmers in his state are committing suicide. His tone was not in sync with the fe

Vote-bank politics peaks every time there is an election. This is because the political class is sure that only a small section of the educated citizens will head out and vote. And that is how the corrupt and the criminal-minded become our councillors and MLAs. To stop this trend, Rajya Sabha mem

In the last year, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahana gara Palike (BBMP) has used less than half of the money allotted to it to improve road infrastructure in the city. There's no real explanation of why the rest wasn't spent--and going by the state of the roads we use every day, we aren't convinced what has be

BENGALURU: As many as 260 prisoners across the state are keeping their fingers crossed as Independence Day approaches. The prisons department has recommended to the home department that these 260 convicts who have served more than 14 years in prison and showed good conduct be released on August 15.

MANGALURU: The CEO of a Seattle-based IT company, who hails from Udupi, has launched a website for his missing mother after the family exhausted all avenues to trace her. Satish Shetty's mother Malathi, 65, was reported missing from the family's ancestral home in Korgi village of Kundapur taluk o

MANGALURU: Government schools too have a good track record of providing better education. Many dignitaries have received their education in government institutions and not in English medium schools. Therefore, parents must not hesitate or have second thoughts in sending their children to governme