MANGALURU: Childline 1098 will launch Childline Se Dosti Week-2015, a campaign to make the public a stakeholder in childline, on November 14 . Renni D'souza, director, Childline Mangaluru 1098, said the aim of the campaign is to capture the attention of those who are unaware of its services. "Our

BENGALURU: The tiny tots of Trio World Academy went for an eco-friendly celebration of festival of lights, using flowers and organic colours, instead of crackers, in their effort of having a pollution-free Diwali. Dressed in bright ethnic outfits, the toddlers enjoyed filling rangolis drawn by th

BENGALURU:  Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad today said 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same status as of Maratha king Chhatrapathi Shivaji, if he was a Hindu and not a Muslim. In another remark that stoked a controversy, Mr Karnad said it would have been "apt" had the

BENGALURU: To meet the festival rush, KSRTC will deploy 500 extra buses from November 10 (Naraka Chaturdashi) to November 12 (Balipadayami). Special buses will run from Kempegowda bus station to Dharmasthala, Kukke Subramanya, Shivammoga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Davanagere, Hubbali, Dharward, Belagavi

BENGALURU: The resounding victory of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) led by Nitish Kumar in Bihar has some pertinent lessons for major parties in Karnataka - the BJP, Congress and JD(S). While the verdict is a wake-up call to the BJP to rein in its hotheads, it's also a message to Siddaramai

MANGALURU: The Indians - most of whom are from the coastal region - are members of the Navachethana Welfare Association, Kuwait. Members of the association, reports say , have been organizing the event for the past decade.This time, it is learnt, they did not apply for permission. Indian amba

BENGALURU: The city police are on the look-out for a person who cheated over 60 soft skill trainers for allegedly taking money from them to train in soft skills abroad and vanished without trace. Venkatsubramanian T, one of the victims, who filed a case against the accused Sharad Soni with Banash

BENGALURU: A 19-year-old girl was allegedly raped in a moving bus on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The rape allegedly occurred in a mini-bus near Lakondanahalli cross. Police said that the driver asked his bus cleaner to drive the vehicle while he allegedly raped the girl. After committing the c

BENGALURU: Soon you will have to address the Bengaluru city railway station as Kranthiveera Songolli Rayanna (Bengaluru) station. The state government has proposed ministry of railways to change the name of city station and dedicate it to the legendary warrior and army chief of Kittur under the r

BENGALURU: The anganwadi at a slum in southeast Bengaluru opens at 10.30am, but a group of barefooted children, clad in old and torn clothes throng the premises by 9am itself. The only reason they are here is to begin the day with a morsel of food. But by the time they get the first serving of the d

BENGALURU: The State Government has sought for a United States of America Consulate to be established in Bengaluru for ease of Visa process to the "promised land". On Tuesday, at a meeting between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee and US Ambassador to India Richard Ra

BENGALURU: The new Bengaluru minister KJ George said the city's issues are not new to him considering he represents an assembly constituency in the city. In an interaction here on Monday, George said cleaning and developing Bellandur Lake will be a top priority. Bengaluru has a dedicated minister

MANGALURU: The swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan - organized by Ramakrishna Mission - entered its 25th successful week on Kannada Rajyotsava Day. Inaugurating the 25th abhiyan by lighting the lamp, Swami Nityasthanandaji, acharya, Ramakrishna Math, Belur math highlighted how Indians have neglected hygiene

Police have cracked the case of the sensational theft of Rs. 50 lakh from the van of a cash management firm on M.G. Road with the arrest of a 21-year-old diploma dropout from Doddaballapura. The theft took place on October 21 when the van was parked outside a bank. The youth, Jagadish, was picked

Passengers using Bengaluru City Railway Station will no longer have to stand in long queues for unreserved tickets. On Thursday, 10 automatic vending machines were inaugurated. Passengers can use smart cards to get tickets from these machines. In addition to the machines, 20 mobile phone charg

MANGALURU: Even as the strike of drivers continues to hit the services of Ola Cabs, the district administration has taken note of the issue and has convened a tripartite meeting on October 28. Members of Dakshina Kannada District online Taxi Drivers and Owners Association continue to remain offli

BENGALURU: Minister of State for Fisheries and Youth and Sports, K Abhaya Chandra Jain received a death threat call from dreaded gangster Ravi Pujari on Saturday afternoon. Along with him, it is said even Forest Minister B Ramanath Rai also received a similar such call from Pujari. Speaking to

MANGALURU: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has officially written to the state government that the Yettinahole project is "unscientific and not feasible". T V Ramachandra, coordinator, Energy and Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), B