BENGALURU: Observing that a person's detention under the Goonda Act cannot be extended beyond three months at one go, the Karnataka high court has ordered the release of a Viveknagar resident, accused of anti-social activities and jailed under the act. A division bench headed by Justice Vineet Sa

MANGALURU: District magistrate and deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim has issued an order banning transportation of sand from Dakshina Kannada to other district with from 12am on June 7. The ban order was issued following complaints on shortage of sand for construction activities within the district

BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has granted anticipatory bail to Karwar MLA Satish Krishna Sail in relation to six cases registered against him over allegations of transportation of illegal ore from Belekeri port. The sitting Congress MLA,has been asked to execute a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh

BENGALURU, KARNATAKA:  The Karnataka government is sending over a bill of more than Rs. 5.11 crore to neighbour Tamil Nadu soon. This is just the expenses of their law department that has been spent on conducting the trial of Chief Minister, J Jayalalithaa, and three others in a corruption case over

BENGALURU: The high court on Thursday directed the state government to ensure that all minority schools in the state have basic facilities like drinking water, toilets, teachers and so on as per the apex court's directive. "It is now your (state government's) headache, our headache is over," a di

BENGALURU: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will issue concessional passes for primary, secondary and high school students for this academic year. The passes will be issued from June 6 at 40 bus counters from 8am to 5pm on all working days. The counters will be closed on Sunday

BENGALURU/MYSURU: The Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered tests on samples of Maggi noodles in the light of reports that they contain harmful chemicals. A decision on their sale will be taken on Friday. Health and family welfare minister UT Khader asked joint director, food safety and standards,

A cabinet meeting of the Congress government in Karnataka Monday cleared a decision to file an appeal before the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case. Jayalalithaa, who was handed a four-year prison term by a trial court

Bengaluru/Belagavi/Karwar: From Monday, the Goa government will levy taxes on private vehicles with border districts' registration. It had previously exempted entry tax for private vehicles from border towns and taluks of Belagavi and Uttara Kannada. Last week, Goa's public works department minister

BENGALURU: Health and family welfare minister UT K hader on Saturday hinted at a long-term plan to stop tobacco cultivation in a phased manner in the state. "We canno t stop production of tobacco at one go. It has to be done in phases, say 15% in the first year, 10% in the second year and so on.

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada recorded 74% polling in the election held for 227 gram panchayats in the district on Friday. While there are 3,399 seats in the district, 109 candidates were elected unopposed. Hence, the election was held for 3,288 seats and the number of candidates in fray was 7,619.

In a traditional ceremony, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar, the adopted son of Pramoda Devi Wodeyar, was on Thursday crowned as the titular head of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family. The coronation took place at Kalyana Mantap in Amba Vilas Palace here at an auspicious hour amid Vedic cha

BENGALURU: A 102-year-old woman from Doddahalasuru in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district and a 91-year-old man from Gandabomanahalli in Kudligi taluk in Ballari district are among the 2 lakh-plus contestants for the 85,661 gram panchayat seats in the two-phase polls on Friday and June 2. C

Bengaluru, May 28: Regional passport officer from the city, Kartikeyan, announced that the time taken for police verification in case of issuance of passports has been reduced to 23 days from the previous 43. This has been done to simplify and hasten the passport distribution process, he clarified.

Bengaluru: When the national tiger census report was released in January this year, Karnataka had every reason to feel proud. The state is now home to 406 tigers, the highest in the country. There is 35% rise in the number of big cats compared to the previous 2010 census. And the credit mainly goes

Bengaluru: A fee hike is on the anvil for private engineering, medical and dental colleges. A day after the state government incorporated the consensual agreement in Karnataka Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Determination of Fee) Act, 2006, college representatives

BANGALORE: No one in Bharathnagar, KGF, is ready to talk about the town's suddenly infamous son, Rajan Natarajan aka Pari Rajan, 54, who is suspected to be the kingpin of an illegal lottery racket that threatens to ruin the career of more than one IPS officer.Rajan's neighbours say they don't know a

BENGALURU: BJP leader and Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the lottery racket, alleging "some ministers are involved in it". The demand came even as the Congress government sought to downplay official collusion in the scandal. "Contrary to media speculation th