MANGALURU: Bright ideas were sorely missing at the Smart City consultation with citizens at Kadri Park premises on Sunday. Although Mangaluru City South MLA JR Lobo clearly delineated that citizens should not bring up existing problems at the meet, but suggest how various options like tourism, ed

BENGALURU: Energy minister DK Shivakumar had assured that after October 1, citizens will not face any more power cuts. Ten days into October, unscheduled power cuts ranging between four and 10 hours daily have left citizens fuming. Worse, power utilities are engaged in a blame game. Bescom, that

All India Congress Committee (AICC) vice-president Rahul Gandhi arrived in Karnataka on Friday for a two-day State visit. Mr. Gandhi arrived at the Kempe Gowda International Airport at 10 a.m. and left to Mandya for interactions with debt-ridden farmers of the district. The district has recorded

BENGALURU: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will spend 20 minutes each with families of two farmers who committed suicide in Mandya district. He'll arrive in Bengaluru on Friday and take a chopper to Mandya at 9.45am. He'll visit the homes of farmer Mahesh from Panakanahalli and Madegowda of

BENGALURU: For 60-year-old S Emily, life isn't easy. Unable to continue with her higher studies due to financial constraints, she worked as an office assistant at a city school with a minimal salary. After retirement, she has to take care of her husband and her savings are dwindling. "I don't hav

Imports from Egypt, China and Pakistan coupled with harvesting of the local crop have led to a fall in onion prices to Rs 45-55 a kg from Rs 70-80 in retail markets in Karnataka. Local produce reached the two main wholesale markets of Hubbali and Bengaluru in the last few days. The traders expect pr

Bengaluru Subscribe Bengaluru BMTC to pilot CNG in Bengaluru Updated: October 4, 2015 09:25 IST | Avinash Bhat      HYDERABAD, 16/07/2007: A view of the first CNG-driven APSRTC bus that was flagged off by the Chief Minister from the Assemb

Nearly 400 students of Milagres College, took out a two-wheeler rally focusing on the importance of wearing helmets while riding two-wheelers here on Thursday. There were about 200 two-wheelers, including motorcycles and scooters, in the rally. The Udupi District Police is promoting voluntary wea

BENGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah has been issuing confusing statements on the location of IIT. More than a week after he wrote to centre seeking change in the location to Dharwad from Raichur, Siddaramaiah on Tuesday made another U-turn saying he never demanded that the IIT be set up in Rai

MANGALURU: The Tulunadu Rakshana Vedike on Wednesday staged a rasta roko demanding the district administration to set right the problems arising due to the Jeppu - Mahakalipadpu manual railway crossing and the potholes on the road leading to Jeppu via National Highway 66. Yogish Shetty Jeppu, fou

BENGALURU: Unscheduled power cuts in Bengaluru and other major cities are still the norm despite a grand announcement of curtailing power cuts after September 20 came from energy minister D K Shivakumar, about a fortnight ago. In his defense, Shiva Kumar on Tuesday blamed the indifference of the

MANGALURU: Manipal Hospitals, a part of Manipal Health Enterprises, entered the 'India/ Asia Book of Records' by organizing largest free heart screening event by a hospital chain on a single day assessing 10,732 people across its units on the account of 'World Heart Day'. The screening was conduc

BENGALURU: Satish U R, a native of Tumkur district landed early morning in the city to meet his kins in NIMHANS hospital. "I thought I would get a bus early in the morning before the protestors even wake up to obstruct the city's functioning. There was none. Auto rickshaws charged a bomb of Rs 500 t

The Home Department has made elaborate security arrangements to ensure law and order across the State on Saturday in view of a Karnataka Bandh call given by over 1,000 associations. " We have ensured necessary measures to thwart any attempts of violence and there will be tight security in place,"

A permanent solution for travelling public on the notorious Shiradi Ghat road on the Bengaluru-Mangaluru national highway will come at a high cost. An estimated Rs 10,000 crore is the cost of the four-lane, 23-km-long pass planned at the Ghat, which includes 12.41 km of tunnel. The feasibility st

BENGALURU: A 6 year old boy kidnapped by a relative was rescued in the nick of time by Ashok Nagar police. The police arrested two persons- 25 year old Gagan and Clinton for the kidnap, just as Clinton had reached the City Railway station with Jishnu (the victim) to get away from Bangalore. On We

BENGALURU: The city has seen the first successful simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant in the state on 23-year-old Shakeer D, a resident of Bengaluru. Shakeer, who had been suffering from Type 1 Diabetes since the age of 12 years received the organ five weeks back from a deceased donor. The

September 22, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: Following complaints of sand being sold at exorbitant prices in Uttara Kannada district, Deputy Commissioner Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh has issued a directive to issue fresh guidelines over fixation of sand price within a week. He announced