Minister for Tourism and Higher Education R.V. Deshpande said here on Monday that a Union government committee visited the State recently in connection with the State’s request to relax Costal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) regulations for developing beaches and islands. He was hopeful that the Centre would

With the city police increasingly feeling the need for greater police presence on the ground, they are considering roping in citizens to maintain a vigil against crime and to facilitate their role in patrolling. This new Commissionerate formed out of the Dakshina Kannada police has been facing pr

Gold smugglers have found ingenious ways to smuggle the precious yellow metal into the country through the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), hoodwinking the Customs. LED flood lights, adaptors of electric hair trimmers, UPS devices, microwave ovens and transformers, and electronic devices are

Many students here will miss the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Teachers' Day. While most government schools lack the facilities for it, many private schools may not do it because of the timing. The speech is scheduled from 3pm to 4.45pm, but classes at many private sch

A Bangalore court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Karthik Gowda, son of Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, for his failure to appear before the investigating officer in a rape and cheating case filed against him by Maitreya Gowda, an actor, in R T Nagar police station.  Additional

People wanting to book train tickets at the passenger reservation counter in Mangalore had to wait for an hour on Tuesday following a technical glitch on the main reservation server in Chennai. Commuters were further angered by the non-availability of information. Janardhana Shetty, who was at

BANGALORE: Did you know that the BMTC launched an initiative nearly five years ago to help curb the pollution emitted by its fleet of buses? With the Karnataka high court coming down heavily on the Karnataka State Pollution Board (KSPB) recently for not doing enough to reduce noise and air pollution

A four-year-old boy, who was kidnapped on Saturday night, was rescued by the police within 12 hours. The Mahadevapura police on Sunday arrested two people, including an employee of the Horticulture Department, for kidnapping the boy, Nithin. The arrested are Manjunath (31), a resident of Garudach

BANGALORE: After serving in police for nearly 35 years, when assistant sub-inspector V Venkatesh retired in June, he looked to lead a peaceful and happy life. Both sons working in IT firms and rent from a few houses adding to the family's income, 60-year-old Venkatesh had nothing to worry about.

GULBARGA / YADGIR / RAICHUR / BIDAR / BANGALORE: Eight people have been killed and over a hundred houses damaged following heavy rain in north Karnataka districts over the last five days. In Gulbarga district, four people have died and 138 houses partially collapsed in the last five days, officia

BANGALORE: The South Eastern Railway(SER) will continue to run Howrah-Yesvantpur-Howrah weekly premium specials till December end to clear the extra rush. As per the schedule, 18 trains will run in each direction from September 1 to December 29,2014. The trains will leave Howrah on Mondays at

Newly appointed Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala will take oath of office on September one. Vala will take oath of office at a function to be held at Raj Bhavan on September 1 at 5 PM, an official release said here today. Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court D H Waghela will administer the oa

Fearing over-exploitation of marine resources, the Department of Fisheries has put on hold more than 150 applications for new boats in the past two years in Dakshina Kannada. With a feasibility report on the state of marine life population in the region expected to come only at the end of the year,

The first flight with Haj pilgrims took off from Mangalore International Airport on Wednesday with 130 passengers. Of them, 64 were men and the remaining were women. Of the passengers, 127 were from Dakshina Kannada and three were from Hassan district. Minister for Information, Haj and Infrast

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat assembly Speaker Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, named the new governor of Karnataka, is considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 76-year-old is a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party activist who started his political career with the erstwhile Jana Sangh. A senior leader o

BANGALORE: In simultaneous raids across the state, Lokayukta police swooped down on seven officials and unearthed disproportionate assets worth over Rs 9.7crore from them. The raids began at the crack of dawn in Bangalore, Chitradurga, Kolar, Mysore, Ramanagaram, Tumkur and Yadgir districts. T

BANGALORE: Congress' better-than-expected performance in the bypolls, where it won two of the three seats, has come as a shot in the arm for CM Siddaramaiah who is facing dissent within the party. While this result strengthens the hand of energy minister DK Shivakumar, who is credited with winnin

H. Gopal Bhandary, Congress leader and former Karkala MLA, said on Saturday that more than 1,400 families would be affected due to the decision of the Union government to create a tiger reserve in Kudremukh National Park. He was speaking at a protest organised by the Congress party against the ti