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

BENGALURU: The BBMP has finally woken up to the plight of victims of dog bites. For the first time, the civic agency has come up with a compensation structure for them. Following a directive from the high court a few months ago, the Palike on Tuesday issued a set of guidelines under which victims

MANGALURU: A retired railway employee succumbed to burn injuries after he set himself ablaze near his house in Jeppu Bappal on Saturday night. Mangaluru South (Pandeshwar) police named the victim as Sivasubramany. He was 67. The victim earlier had consumed poisonous substance in the evening. A

MANGALURU: The department of health and family welfare has taken due cognizance of the recent 'sale' of kidney by a woman in Magadi to settle her debts. Minister for health and family welfare U T Khader said that the Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka (ZCCK) for organ transplant will be direc

MANGALURU: Department of Posts joined the financial inclusion channel to deliver financial services at affordable costs to sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments of society with the first Postal ATM set up at Pandeshwar Head Post Office becoming operational on Friday. The ATM was inaugura

MANGALURU: KMC Hospital, Mangaluru, will introduce latest technology rotablator and 3D mapping system. Dr Annapoorna Kini, director Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology and professor of cardiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, will inaugurate the rotablator on Friday. Dr Jayaprakash Shen

MANGALURU: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Gosamrakshana Samiti will take out a mammoth vehicle rally and jatha on foot on July 13 to protest against cattle trafficking in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district. The vehicle rally will start from leading religious places in Udupi, Dharmasthala, Puttu