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Karnataka BJP’s anti-cow slaughter bill withdrawn

Members of Cow, Cattle protection force(CPF) and All Religions Parliament (ARP) took out rally from Town hall to Rajbhavan to protest against slaughtering of Cow Progeny and Cattle in Bangalore. (TOI file photo) BELAGAVI: The Congress government fulfilled one of the assurances it had made during

Mangaluru hospital to be the first centre in Karnataka to have e-ICU

MANGALURU: SCS Hospital in the city will be the first medical centre in Karnataka to introduce e-ICU facilities. Dr Jeevaraj Sorake, chairman and managing director of the hospital said InteleICU, the IntelliSpace Consultative Critical Care (ICCC) of Philips Healthcare has developed the ICCC solut

Applying under Tatkal? Wait for passport to get shorter

BENGALURU: Passport applicants have reason to cheer. To provide faster service, the Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bengaluru, has increased the number of appointments for those applying under Tatkal category. At the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Lalbagh, the number has shot up from 140 to 240 pe

KHB paid Rs 8.52 cr to land owners without verifying documents: CAG

Belagavi: Rapping the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) for rampant discrepancies in its works, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said fixing allotment rate before completion of three projects resulted in Rs 146.26 crore loss to the exchequer. In its report for February 2008-July 2013, the

Special train via Mangaluru from today

MANGALURU: Konkan Railway will run special trains between Nizamuddin - Trivandrum via Konkan route to clear extra rush of passengers. Details of train service are as follows: Train no. 04410 AC premium special will leave Nizamuddin on every Tuesday on December 16, 23, 30 and on January 6,13, 20 a

Ambitious English training programme fails to benefit students

BENGALURU: An endeavour to hone the skills of government school English teachers in writing, reading and communication through the British Council (BC) has all but fallen flat. The state government had spent more than Rs 1 crore for the training programme to improve the quality of English teaching i

Bengaluru to get dedicated 100-bed ICU hospital

MANGALURU: Minister for health and family welfare UT Khader on Saturday announced that an intensive care hospital with 100 beds will be set up in Bengaluru soon. The move has been mooted following the death of two boys due to lack of ventilators in Bengaluru hospitals. TOI had highlighted the iss

Karnataka Speaker bans mobile phones in Assembly

Use of mobile phones in the Karnataka Assembly was banned on Friday, a day after the House was rocked by chaos over a BJP member watching a zoomed in picture of Priyanka Gandhi during proceedings. Speaker Kagodu Thimappa suspended Prabhu Chavan said: “I hereby pronounce that the use of mobile pho

City to host 'Jana Nudi' literary meet from December 13

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

Congress hits out at BJP MLA for watching Priyanka Gandhi's photos in Karnataka Assembly

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

Uber fallout: Background check of cabbies is set to go online

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

President Pranab launches mobile e-governance facility in Karnataka

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

Over 4,000 services now on your fingertips

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

Protest rally takes violent turn in Mangalore; cops resort to lathi charge

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

Aggressive Twitter, Facebook fans stump BJP with googlies

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

Passport Mela in Bengaluru, Mangaluru today to meet year-end rush

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

Cab service with auto fares

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

Proposal to build park in memory of crash victims

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