Bangalore:  A house committee of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly has recommended that the state government ban mobile phones in schools and colleges, blaming the device for the rise in rapes and other crimes against women. The State Women and Child Welfare Committee has also expressed its supp

BANGALORE: It was vintage Bangalore on Sunday. Intermittent rain through the day, the sun playing hide and %seek and the clouds getting darker with the day. Unlike earlier days, the rain covered almost the entire city. From Kalyannagar, Ulsoor, Indiranagar, MG Road, Residency Road, Cubbon Park

BANGALORE: In a move that will upset many goldjewellery buyers, the government has brought the hugely popular installment schemes under the definition of public deposits. It means that most jewellers have to lower the effective returns on these schemes, and also limit the total deposits collected.

The Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association has filed a complaint with the Upa Lokayukta against the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Yavanika State Youth Centre for “putting up illegal constructions” on the park premises. The association, in the complaint filed here with Upa Lokayukta Subha

Siddaramaiah, in a statement, said that in addition to marketing dreams, the finance minister has also made some big announcements. But the budgetary provisions made are too meagre. There is nothing which can bring good days to the poor and farmers. In addition, social sector has been totally neg

A special campaign will be held, from July 15 to 31, to bring 91,035 out-of-school children back to the classrooms during this academic year, the State government told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday. As on July 7, of the 1,68,621 out-of-school children in the State, 77,586 have been admitt

MANGALORE: Plans are afoot to bring out two mega volumes of Mangaluru Darshana that chronicles the entire history of this city within one year, deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said. The city has a history of around 2,000-year and this will be studied threadbare to bring out Mangaluru Darshana based o

Despite financial constraints, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday gave a bounty to Karnataka by announcing new trains and lines besides allocating Rs 2,000 crore, the highest in history, for ongoing projects. Of the 50 new trains announced in the budget, 11 originate from Karnataka.

Chaos ruled the thoroughfares surrounding Commercial Street, Infantry Road and Shivajinagar areas during the peak rush hour on Monday morning and evening as the Traffic Police implemented a new set of traffic flow patterns in the area, unannounced. However, realising their mistake late in the nig

Bangalore Traffic Police on Saturday booked 815 motorists for drunk driving. They also booked 104 cases against motorists using high beam or dazzling head lights. They seized 595 two-wheelers, 156 cars, 26 autos, 23 maxi-cabs and 18 trucks. Licenses of the offenders have been sent to the Regional

BANGALORE: Weeks after the legislative council polls, a cash-for-seat CD has surfaced in which former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy allegedly demands Rs 20 crore from a person to give away his party's seat for the Upper House. He told STOI there's only mention of money. "Has anyone

BANGALORE: The BJP has stalled proceedings in both Houses of the Karnataka legislature on Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar's issue. When the Houses meet on Monday, opposition leader in the assembly Jagadish Shettar told TOI on Friday that the party would ensure that closure to the issue would d

MANGALORE: Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday inaugurated the launching of community assisted rail development programme (CARD) at Mangalore Central Railway station. Stake holders like railway catering contract staff, cleaning staff, staff of various departments of railway and al

BANGALORE: After allegedly committing 21 murders in Maharashtra, Chandrakant S Sharma migrated to Bangalore where he killed his next victim, helped by his wife and two sons. This killing landed the family in jail in just three days. Sharma, though, is unlikely to be convicted for the earlier murders

BANGALORE: By Monday, the Indian government may have a portal for lost-and found children that it can roll out nationally. Bangalore's software industry responded with ala crity to a statement by IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen on such a portal. Ind

BANGALORE: A reported bomb threat on a Delhi-bound Air India plane from Kochi, with 164 people on board, which landed under emergency conditions at the airport here, was a hoax, police said on Tuesday. The Airbus 320 (flight AI-047) was searched "thoroughly" after its emergency landing late last

BANGALORE: For the second successive day on Sunday, Congress workers vented their ire on chief minister Siddaramaiah for his purported preference for one section of the community and confidantes in sharing of power. This prompted him to say he is not particular about whether he continues in power or

The outgoing Governor, H.R. Bhardwaj, was on Saturday given a warm farewell by the State government with a guard of honour by the city police. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Information and Infrastructure Minister R. Roshan Baig represented the State government at the brief function and p