The chance arrest of three drug peddlers on Wednesday has revealed many unknown aspects of the narcotics trade: that bitcoins are being used to buy drugs from a dark site is foxing Bengaluru police. Faced with the first such online drug racket, they are now looking at the prospect of tracking the

In six years, only seven out of 191 registered patients from govern ment hospitals in Kar nataka have received a kidney transplant. This is because only three government hospitals are licensed by the Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka (ZCCK) for organ transplantation, one each for kidney , li

BENGALURU: Ending all speculation, BBMP commissioner G Kumar Naik on Monday issued a notification confirming elections to the local body on August 22. The results will be announced on August 25. As many as 71.8 lakh voters will elect corporators for 198 wards. A total of 6,733 polling stations wi

BENGALURU: A day after the newly appointed city police commissioner NS Megharikh assured that attention will be paid to social media, a picture circulated on WhatsApp helped traffic police nab an errant auto driver on Saturday. Incidentally, the driver was stealing his own auto that had been seiz

HUBBALLI: The humble jowar roti — the North Karnataka staple — is now crossing the seas to reach homesick Kannadigas yearning for its chewy wholesome goodness. Growing demand from Australia, England, West Asia and the US has spawned a small-scale industry in Hubballi, a busy commercial hub 400km

BENGALURU: The legislative council passed a bill on Thursday to increase the compensation under Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) to twice the size of property notified for a public purpose by the government. The move, which follows demands from several quarters of society to make TDR more att

Bengaluru is caught in a jam literally. For, the number of new vehicles vrooming on city roads has increased adding to its infamous traffic mess. In 201314, 4.58 lakh new vehicles were registered, 23,837 more than previous year. But in 2014-15, 5.09 lakh vehicles were registered, up by 50,792 over t

It was a decade ago on a Sunday that former president A P J Abdul Kalam gave a 60-minute PowerPoint presentation to 300 legislators of Karnataka and a host of special invitees on how to take the state forward. Addressing the special joint session of the state legislature on November 21, 2005, to

MANGALURU: Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) joined the select band of airports in the country to offer free Wi-Fi allowing passengers quick and easy access to email, social networks and entertainment content. The service will be free for 30 minutes and thereafter will be charged at as pe

The police officer will match biometric data, photo, and address of the applicant in the NPR, Aadhar data and check criminal antecedent on CCTNS, a comprehensive database for crimes and criminals that connects around 14,000 police stations across the country. (Representative photo) Text resize:AAA

MANGALURU: Residents of Jayanagara in Jalligudde, led by CPI(M), held a protest in front of the mayor's chamber inside Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) building seeking solution for drinking water crisis. CPI(M) Mangaluru City South committee secretary Sunil Kumar Bajal said nearly 200 families r

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district administration has revoked ban on sand mining with riders. The administration had banned sand mining in the district from June 15 to August 31 to facilitate breeding of aquatic life during monsoon. Meanwhile, various organizations of builders and contractors h

MANGALURU: INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier commissioned in 1987, may be brought to Mangaluru to set up an Aircraft Carrier Museum if a proposal in this regard was approved. Dakshina Kannada district sent a proposal to the government of Karnataka with reference to a letter from Rear Admiral SN Gh

RS Deshpande, former director of the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru and national fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has authored 17 books and over 110 research papers in national and international journals. One of his books includes `Agrarian

BENGALURU: It is relatively good news for Bengaluru from the National Crime Records Bureau. There's a 4% dip in the number of road accidents in the city in 2014. There was also a marginal drop in fatalities in road accidents. While 771 people died in road accidents in 2013, 729 were killed in 201

Alert public and the police thwarted a gang of four who were tunnelling their way into a jewellery store on Kanakapura Road in the wee hours of Friday. The gang was just a few feet short of breaking into the store. Police chased and arrested three suspects — Kabir (29), Hussein (25) and Salim (30

BENGALURU: Healthcare infrastructure is creaking in the city in the face of an unprecedented spiral in the number of dengue cases. Prominent hospitals are shutting their doors on fresh cases, saying they are brimming with patients. Areas within BBMP limits in the past 15 days have seen 140 positi

MANGALURU: Sunanda (not her real name) was out of the city when she received an SMS from her bank regarding debit card transactions. The text said her card was used at point of sale (POS) terminals. (A card holder has to hand over his/her debit card at a POS to the merchant for swiping.) She was sho