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

The State government has sanctioned Rs. 80 crore to set up an advance science research centre at Belapu village in Udupi district under the auspices of Mangalore University, according to K. Byrappa, Vice-Chancellor. Of the amount sanctioned, the State Cabinet has approved to release Rs. 15 crore

Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah was firm on not handing over the probe into the mysterious death of IAS officer DK Ravi to the CBI. According to sources, the CM argued at a meeting of the council of ministers here on Monday that he was not in favour of the CBI probe. The meeting had been cal

Bengaluru: The problem of police atrocity, especially illegal detention of people, appears to be more than just frequent in Karnataka, if cases with the human rights commission are any indication. In the last three years, 279 cases against cops from across the state have been registered with the sta

MANGALURU: Southern Railway will run a special train to Mumbai CST via Konkan Railway route on March 23 from Ernakulam junction. Train 01066, Ernakulam - Mumbai CST superfast special will leave from Ernakulam Junction at 5.45am on March 23 to reach Mumbai CST at 8.15am, the next day. Composition

BENGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah today indicated that IAS officer DK Ravi's death investigation would be handed over to the CBI, saying that the state government's stand will be made known on the floor of the legislative assembly on Monday. Though AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh yeste

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members continued to stall proceedings of the Legislative Council on Thursday demanding a CBI probe into the death of IAS official D K Ravi. Subsequently, Council Chairman D H Shankaramurthy adjourned the House to Monday. Earlier, the Opposition members

MANGALURU: All India Radio, Mangaluru has arranged for a phone in-programme for the benefit of students appearing for SSLC examination and their parents. The programme will be broadcast every day for an hour from 5pm starting March 20 to 28. R Ashok, programme executive, AIR Mangaluru said the pr

BENGALURU: The city has earned a dubious distinction as far as pollution parameters are concerned. It has become the highest emitter of greenhouse gases in the transport sector — 44% of Bengaluru's total emissions come from its vehicles. For Delhi, the figure stands at 32%, says an IISc study. Th

Refusing to concede the Opposition demand for a CBI probe, Karnataka Government on Tuesday announced a CID inquiry into the death of an upright IAS officer DK Ravi, who allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances, as the issue rocked the state Assembly. Not satisfied with Chief Min

D K Ravi was among the few bureaucrats in the state behind whom an entire district rallied. People observed a day's bandh, came out on the streets to stage a dharna and launched a postcard campaign, seeking just one demand: cancel his transfer. Such was this 35-year-old's image: as an honest, tough,

MYSURU/BENGALURU: Two days after Siddaramaiah announced he would unveil a plan to make BBMP financially independent, the chief minister backtracked asking, "Where's the need?" He told TOI in Mysuru on Sunday that he had given sufficient funds for Bengaluru's development in his latest budget. When

With five awards — including three for students of Indian Institute of Science — Karnataka occupies top position among those chosen for the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) award. Over 1,700 nominations The fourth edition of the science awards received over 1,700 nominations, cov

BENGALURU: With an increase of 10 per cent in the budgetary allocation for the home department, a major push has been given to addressing major needs in the state's law and order situation. The budget allocation for the sector may have increased from Rs. 3,941crores to Rs. 4,372 crores to address is