BELAGAVI: Two kids, aged four and two, died of suffocation on Thursday after they accidently switched on central locking system of their father's car and got trapped inside the vehicle at Madigunji in Karnataka's Khanapur taluk. The two were identified as Prem and Pritam. Their sister, Prithvi, 5

DHARWAD: A century-old Kannada magazine that incubated many young writers and fashioned a new literary path for decades has wound up for want of funds. Sadbodha Chandrike was launched by Venkatesh Trivikrambhat Kulkarni, popularly called Galaganatha, in Haveri district's Anandavana, Agadi, in 190

BENGALURU: Trains rolling into and out of the Bengaluru City station were stopped in their tracks when railway employees went on a flash strike and switched off operation and control systems. Traffic at all the 188 stations in the Bengaluru railway division was affected. It was perhaps the first

BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Monday went into damage-control mode after the CBI turned down its request for a time-bound inquiry into the death of IAS officer DK Ravi. It quickly issued a fresh notification asking the agency to investigate the case at the earliest. Earlier, the governme

BENGALURU: The evaluation of second-year PU examination answer scripts didn't take off on Sunday as 17,000 lecturers boycotted work demanding increase in salaries. As announced by the Karnataka State PU Lecturers' Association, lecturers didn't take up evaluation at 41 centres in eight districts -Be

BENGALURU: The city will soon get piped natural gas (PNG) grid, Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Saturday. "Bengaluru will be connected to PNG soon, I promise," he told media on the sidelines of the launch of the 'Give It Up' scheme. The cit

Pollution board seeks action against MRPL phase III :The regional office of Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has recommended action against Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) for not complying with various provisions of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act,

BENGALURU: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has said that in recent past it has come to light that day passes being issued to passengers are being misused by transferring the pass from one person to another and resale of the pass by making alterations in date or month etc. So i

BENGALURU: BJP's national office-bearers on Wednesday met to set the agenda for the two-day national executive meet begining on Friday in Bengaluru amid tight security. BJP national President Amit Shah and top leaders from Karnataka are participating in the office-bearers meet. Prime minister Nar

April 01, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Karwar: 29 permanent Aadhar Centres have been established in Atalji Jana Snehi Kendras in the Uttara Karnataka district, informed Deputy Commissioner of Uttar Karnataka district, Mr. Ujjwal Kumar Ghosh. Addressing a press conference, he has appe

Residents of Domlur II stage area took it upon themselves to transform a bare 14,000 square feet of land into a park, after civic apathy had seen it being rendered into a debris and garbage dump. The land at the junction of 4th main and 3rd was supposed to be a mini forest area but neglect had at

BENGALURU: Road transport, highways and shipping minster Nitin Jairam Gadkari announced the Bengaluru—Chennai expressway on the lines of Mumbai—Pune expressway. On Tuesday, he was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of upgradation of two national highway projects in Karnataka—NH 218-Bij

Bengaluru: Travelling to the Kempegowda International Airport just got costlier. From April 1, the two-way toll for cars, jeeps and vans will go up to Rs 120 from Rs 115. The monthly pass for vehicles in this category will cost Rs 2,615, up from Rs 2,560 now. BMTC and cab operators are expected to

Bengaluru: Who is responsible for planning Bengaluru's development? Nobody, it seems. With the term of the current master plan getting over this year, ideally a new master plan — comprehensive development plan (CDP) - 2031 — should have been in place by now. However, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Pl

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday asked the education secretary to appear before it on Monday to explain the rationale behind the fixation of school fees as well as the salaries and emoluments of teachers of private schools. "As per your October 2014 notification, a headmaster has to

BENGALURU: The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation has approved the Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF) as a Central Sector Scheme, with a corpus of Rs 500 crores, to support market interventions for price control of perishable agri-horticultural commodities. PSF will be used to advance intere

HUBBALLI: Starting April 1, Rs 10 will get you entry to any Bengaluru City railway platform, while Rs 5 will take you to Malleswaram, Cantonment or Nayandahalli stations. That's the minimum unreserved ticket fare. People chary of paying up Rs 10 for a few minutes of farewells on the platform, have a

The State Election Commission announced that the much-awaited gram panchayat (GP) elections across the State will be held in two phases in May. The elections will for around six thousand gram panchayats be held in some districts on May 8 and in the remaining districts on May 12. - ARF