BANGALORE: Supplying food through anganwadis, a solution thought out to tackle malnutrition in the state, might just be aggravating the problem, a recent report has revealed. As many as 34,594 children have been identified as severely malnourished in Karnataka. Food grains supplied to anganwadis

BANGALORE: A Bangalore boy has made his mark at the US Physics Olympiad. Rahul Rai, a class 12 student of AECS Magnolia Maruti Public School on Bannerghetta Road, has won the bronze medal in the semi finals held in May - he was in the top 25% of the competition. The US Physics Olympiad is conduct

BANGALORE: The government has brought out some amendments to simplify land reform laws — a move that could have far-reaching consequences on industrial development. On Friday, the assembly passed the Karnataka Land Reforms and Certain Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014, paving the way for cutting

BANGALORE: The fate of thousands of engineering students studying in six colleges hangs in balance as the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has disaffiliated two of them and slapped show-cause notices on four others for lacking in teaching faculty and other facilities. Four of the six c

MYSORE: Heavy rain lashing the Kodagu district has left affected the normal life of people in many villages downstream of Cauvery , Harangi and Lakshmantirth rivers and many villages lie inundated due to submerging of areas by flood waters. In a record time , the Bhagamandala the birth place of Cauv

Paddy cultivation has picked up pace in the district owing to revival of monsoon in July. Last month the district received just a little over half the rainfall it normally got in June. According to the figures provided by the Rain Monitoring Cell at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, the normal rainf

Facing public anger, police today arrested a skating instructor in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl at a public school, six days after the outrageous incident was brought to light. As protests demanding answers from the police and the government over alleged inaction intens

The move of the Dakshina Kannada district administration to recommend Mangalore Junction as the railway station in the city to be developed to world-class standards has not gone down well with rail enthusiasts even as Southern Railway is unaware of any such move. Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim,

MANGALORE: In a bid to clear the air over the process of identifying endosulfan victims, district health officer Dr HS Shivakumar said on Monday that the process is still on. A team of medical experts are present at District Wenlock Hospital every Monday and Tuesday to check people who are suspected

ADGP Law and Order (State Police Headquarters) M N Reddi took charge as the new City police chief soon after the government issued the order of his appointment. Auradkar has been posted as ADGP KSRP. The government also shifted Additional Commissioner (Law and Order) Kamal Pant, second-in-command

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that the government will enact stringent laws to punish rapists and those involved in sexual harassment of women to prevent such terrible incidents from occurring in the State. Reacting to the public outcry over the rape of a six-year-old girl in a Bangalo

MANGALORE: Internal bickering, sense of frustration has left wide chasms in Dakshina Kannada district unit of Aam Aadmi Party. This manifested itself with founding members including Robert Rosario, founder convener, S Nandagopal, founder co-convener, Dharmendra, convener, Ajay Kumar, founder joint s

A fire mishap at an IT company in AMR Tech Park on Hosur Road left the third floor of the five-storey building gutted. No casualties were reported as employees rushed to safety after they heard the fire alarm at around 1.20 p.m. However, fire fighting and rescue operations left 10 personnel choki

The alleged rape of a six-year-old at a prominent school in Bangalore has enraged the city and triggered massive protests by parents. The union education ministry has said it will examine the incident. A large group of parents protested outside Vibgyor High School on Thursday demanding that it

BANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ended uncertainty over the fate of railway projects whose costs are shared equally by the state and the Centre. He said the state government will continue to provide 50% financial assistance to the ongoing projects. Ahead of the railway budget, h

Mangalore University has added a feather to its cap by developing a technology, and fabricating a prototype system, for the removal of two radioactive gases (radon and thoron) present in work places of industries that handle uranium and thorium. The technology, called thoron mitigation system, will

The Upa Lokayukta has issued an emergency notice to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner and the Principal Secretary of the Horticulture Department for allowing “illegal constructions” inside Cubbon Park. The Upa Lokayukta has summoned the officials to present details before

MANGALORE: Southern Railway will convert mail/express trains as superfast express trains with immediate effect. The revised timings of these trains at major stations in Palakkad division are as under: Train 22638 Mangalore Central - Chennai Central West Coast Express will leave Mangalore Central at