MANGALURU: Fazal Raheem has replaced Hemanath Shetty as the president of Puttur block Congress. The order dated January 26 and signed by G Parameshwara, president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), states Raheem should take charge of the office immediately. Shetty was in the eye of sto

MANGALURU: Autorickshaw unions withdrew their stir on Friday, but the dispute over fare still persists. Autorickshaws were off the roads after the unions commenced an indefinite stir from Wednesday. On Friday, union leaders declared that they were withdrawing the strike after the district in-c

MANGALURU: As the auto rickshaw unions on Thursday decided to intensify their stir and stay off the road even on the third day on Friday, the RTA has hit back sending them a terse warning. The Secretary, RTA warned them that if the auto unions did not withdraw the strike, the RTA will cancel the

BENGALURU: This helpline was launched to help women in distress but over the past one year it's caused much stress to its operators. The toll free number of Vanitha Sahayavani was flooded by lakhs of calls in 2014 but not all were genuine. It was frequently misused by men wanting to hear a female vo

From Anna Bhagya to Bachchilu Bhagya, chief minister Siddaramaiah has been rolling out populist schemes one after another, putting severe stress on public finances. This, despite the fact that the state's revenue collection has taken a major hit this fiscal and adversely impacted construction projec

It was old Mysuru that moulded RK Laxman's simple but fascinating worldview. The cartoonist, who was born and grew up in the old locality of Lakshmipuram, loved the sights and soul of a city that fuelled his art. Once during a visit, he even went for a drive around his old haunts in the city, like D

BENGALURU: In New Delhi, an Obama-Modi joint statement on Sunday spelt out a plan for both their countries to make drones together. Closer home, in Lalbagh, a drone surveying the ongoing Republic Day Flower Show caused some buzz, after it spotted a fire and prevented damage. The incident happened be

MANIPAL: Minister for health and family welfare U T Khader in an international conference at Manipal University here on Saturday pointed that hospitals can manage without doctors, but not without nurses. "Nursing is a noblest profession of all," he said. The conference is culmination of silver ju

BENGALURU: Observing that village panchayats across the state are acting like 'super governments', the high court on Friday said the government needs to rein them in before the situation goes out of control. "These panchayats are issuing all kinds of licences though they don't have any power. You

BENGALURU: Continental AG, the 34.5 billion global automotive conglomerate, will double the headcount at its research and development division in Bengaluru in the coming years. The India R&D centre works across a number of the company's divisions, the third such `crossdivision' centre after thos

MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada district achieved an overall 99.85% success in the four-day intensified pulse polio immunization programme that concluded on Wednesday. Pulse polio drops were administered to 1,68,223 children out of 1,68,479 children in the target age group of zero to five years in the d

MANGALURU: Growing influence of drugs and alcohol on Gen Y is on the radar of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The student body's nationwide campaign 'Nasha Mukth Bharath' aims at awakening the youth to the perils of drug consumption. It also seeks to address another major problem -- the i

Bengaluru: A 17-year-old II PU student shot himself in the forehead with his father's licensed gun in his Doddabommasandra residence, off Tumkur Road, North Bengaluru on Monday afternoon. Jitendra Chandrashekar, the only son of former Border Security Force soldier Chandrashekar and gas agency emplo

MANGALURU/UDUPI: The first day of four-day nationwide pulse polio immunization drive carried out in Dakshina Kannada district saw 1,49,332 out of 1,68,479 children in the target age-group of zero to five years administered polio drops in the five taluks as part of the booth level activity. The overa

31st March 2015 is the last date for LPG Subsidy by which you will have to submit the required documents to your distributor online or offline to avail this scheme.  This is the grace period of LPG Subsidy. Since LPG Subsidy scheme has been officially stated from 1st January 2015. Even if you hav

The Bengaluru police's Bhatkal crackdown came under a shadow on Saturday with the lawyer of a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative claiming he had been framed for his activism. High court lawyer Md Sultan Beary represents Dr Syed Ismail Afaq, who was arrested earlier this month in connectio

Bengaluru: An observation in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report of 2010 that the state government should collect rentals from the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and Bangalore Golf Club (BGC) for allowing them to use prime land will be executed soon. Both organizat

MANGALURU: The health and family welfare department has identified 24,000 high-risk areas in the state, which have more migrant labourers, for effective implementation of the Pulse Polio Immunisation Drive 2015. The department set a goal of administering polio drops to 75.94 lakh children below f