MANGALURU: 'Jana Nudi', two-day literary meet, will be held under the aegis of Abhimatha Mangaluru at Shanthi Kirana, Nanthoor here from December 13. Litterateurs and activists from various parts of the state will take part in Jana Nudi, which is a platform to oppose the commercialization of lite

Bengaluru: In an embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party, party MLA Prabhu Chavan was caught on camera watching a zoomed in photo of Priyanka Gandhi on his mobile phone in the Karnataka Assembly. Another MLA UB Banakar can also be seen playing video games during proceedings of the Legislative As

BENGALURU: Police are going into a huddle this weekend to discuss the modalities of issuing background verification certificates to cabbies operating in Bengaluru. They have set a December 31 deadline for the task. Police are working on a where application and verification would be online. They a

Bengaluru: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday launched the unified mobile governance platform here to provide a host of services to people across Karnataka. The Karnataka MobileOne multi-mode service, touted as the first of its kind in India, will enable the common man to access about 4,500 ser

Bengaluru: Karnataka's digital footprint just got bigger. The state continued to maintain its tech edge in the country, launching Karnataka MobileOne on Monday. This mobile-governance tool provides citizens access to over 4,000 services — both public and private — through handheld devices. "Prime

Dec 08, 2014  Mangaluru:  The protest rally organised by Hindu outfits  at Vamanjoor on December 8, Monday to condemn the December 5 incident of attack on Datta Peetha pilgrims took a violent turn when protestors tried to defy prohibitory orders and enter Ulaibettu.  Police had to resort to lathi

BENGALURU: It was to be occasion for the BJP to powwow with its online sympathizers: the Twitterati, Facebook followers and social media set. But party leaders were left literally fumbling for words, as a barrage of uncomfortable questions caught them off-guard. Questions from Twitter users, a ma

Dec 06, 2014 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bengaluru/Mangaluru: Regional Passport Office, Bengaluru will be holding a 'Passport Mela' on 6th December 2014 (Saturday) to expedite submission of passport applications in view of the high demand for passports towards the end of the year. This info

A price war between cab and autorickshaw services seems imminent with TaxiForSure, a leading taxi aggregator, launching a new service on Thursday. The Nano Taxi Service will have a fleet of 100 cars. The fares are Rs 25 for the first two kilometres and Rs 10 per km after that, which is comparable

MANGALURU: A proposal to build a park in the memory of the victims of flight IX812, which crashed off Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at Kenjar near here on May 22, 2010, was mooted at a meeting that was on chaired by deputy commissioner A B Ibrahim. The latest proposal is a slight modifica

Bengaluru: The Kuppegala incident in Mysuru district, where some school children refused to eat midday meals as it was prepared by a dalit cook, is not an isolated event. There's rising discrimination against the scheduled castes/tribes in Karnataka according to government data. Annually, over 3,000

BENGALURU: A Bogota plan is set to be replicated in namma Bengaluru to decongest the city's harrowing traffic. As a first step, all vehicular movement is likely to be banned on Brigade Road and Commercial Street, the two prominent shopping hubs in city's CBD (Central Business District) area. A si

Mangalore: Passengers had a miraculous escape after a sleeper bus travelling from Bengaluru to Manipal caught fire in the wee hours of Monday in Uppinangady police station limits. Speaking to mediapersons, SP Sharanappa said that fire erupted in the Seabird private bus, when it reached Sannampady

BENGALURU: The Kiss of Love event, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on Sunday, was put off following an order from a magistrate court, directing city police to take strict action against the organizers. A petition was filed by K Shivakumar Reddy, president, Sri Rama Sene, Bengaluru unit, and M V

MANGALURU: Instead of muddy fields, the asphalted streets of Mangaluru will host Kambala buffaloes this Saturday. Kambala committees from Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod districts will walk 200 pairs of buffaloes on Mangaluru roads on Saturday to protest t he ban on buffalo races in Dakshina K

BENGALURU: The transport department has set December 15 as the deadline for schools to schools to implement safety guidelines in their buses. If not, the institutions will have to face legal action. The buses will have to display the names of children, their class, address, phone nu mber, blood gr o

BENGALURU: Is your water connection registered and legal? If not, get it regularized before December 31. Else, the tap will go dry first, and then the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will lodge a criminal case that attracts imprisonment up to two-and-a-half years. Following a ra

MANGALURU: Suresh Prabhu, union minister of railways on his first visit to Mumbai after taking charge of the Railway Ministry reviewed working of Konkan Railway. Chairman and managing director of Konkan Railway Bhanu Prakash Tayal had a detailed meeting with the minister and all aspects of the worki