MANGALURU: Believe it or not. The permit of auto rickshaws, that is issued for Rs 500, is sold at a whopping sum of Rs 1.75 lakh in black market in coastal city. The matter was raised by members of various auto rickshaw drivers associations at a meeting convened by deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim

Though the Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday directed the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to operate air-conditioned services between the city and the international airport, the corporation is unlikely to commence the operations. Chairing a meeting

BENGALURU: City-based Manipal Hospitals, which operates over 5,200 beds, has partnered with healthcare startup Portea Medical to expand its reach into the emerging home healthcare space. Manipal had rolled out a specialized at-home healthcare vertical Manipal Homecare in 2010, which will now be o

MANGALURU: Researchers should share their knowledge for the benefit of the masses and their focus should be eradication of diseases from the society, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare. He was speaking at the inaugural of the three day Fourth National conference of Society of Biologica

Karnataka Government has released Rs. 45 lakh to set up Kannada Study Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University in the national capital, according to President of Delhi Karnataka Sangha Vasanth Shetty Bellare. In a statement, Mr. Bellare said setting up of the chair would provide an opportunity for th

The State government on Friday told the Karnataka High Court that it is planning to re-introduce use of revenue stamps. Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar made a statement in this regard during the hearing of a PIL petition. He said the State Cabinet would discuss the matter after taking a final de

Four Janata Dal (Secular) leaders met with Governor and Chancellor of Universities Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala here on Friday demanding an inquiry into various irregularities in the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). They alleged that scams worth crores of Rupees had been exposed earlier too

Mangaluru: Meet Chandramouli Shenoy M, Mangaluru's own Super Randonneur (SR). The 43-year-old is back home after clocking 600km in 40 hours on a bicycle in Gurgaon-Rajasthan, earning him this tag. So what is Randonneuring? It is a non-competitive endurance cycling sport that originated in France

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is understood to have made a breakthrough in the case pertaining to the mysterious death of 14-year-old schoolgirl Nanditha K B.  While the post-mortem report has not yet been made public, highly-placed sources claimed the girl had consumed a handful of

NEW DELHI: Government is planning to make Aadhaar mandatory for issue of passports and is in the process of establishing a system for validation of criminal antecedents of the applicant. The issue was discussed threadbare at a meeting between the Ministries of the Home and the External Affairs, o

New Delhi: Manohar Parrikar is the new Defence Minister and Suresh Prabhu will head the Railway Ministry Minister in the expansion-cum-reshuffle of the Narendra Modi ministry after 21 new Ministers were sworn-in on Sunday. Parrikar, who quit as Goa Chief Minister to join the Union Cabinet, takes

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called on his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah here on Monday and discussed issues related to modernisation of high and low level canals of Tungabhadra and sharing of river water. Mr. Naidu requested the Karnataka Government to spare 32 tmc

The action follows the Karnataka High Court’s decision to lift restrictions imposed on the police from filing charge sheets against schools for failing to adhere to safety norms The Bengaluru City police are all set to file charge sheets against over 180 schools that were earlier booked for faili

Minister for Health and Family welfare U T Khader on Wednesday took an accident victim to hospital in his car. The minister, who was on his way back from the Kempegowda International Airport, noticed a traffic jam on Yelahanka flyover. An auto driver, Stalin, a resident of K G Halli, was severly

MANGALURU: The first Haemophilia treatment centre in the country will be launched in Bengaluru next year, said Health Minister U T Khader. He told reporters on the sidelines of a review meeting  at the Government Wenlock Hospital at Hampankatta on Wednesday that Haemophilia and Thalassemia diseas

BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister K J George came under attack from opposition for his controversial remarks that the media highlighted sexual assaults for TRP ratings, even as chief minister Siddaramaiah sidestepped the issue. As George waded into controversy, HP slammed his remarks for shiftin

MANGALURU : Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Wednesday admitted that failure on his part to recognise sincere party workers, who had worked for the party, led to the downfall of the regional party. ``I'm on a party revival mission as elections are still 42 months away,'' said Gowda who wi

The taluk administration, under tight police security, demolished 201 huts along the Karwar beach, constructed illegally by local fishermen to house their fishing equipment, on Sunday. The action was taken following the Supreme Court order to clear encroachments on government lands. Tahsildar Mad