BANGALORE: Veteran writer and political thinker UR Ananthamurthy breathed his last on Friday following a massive cardiac arrest at 6.33pm. He is survived by his wife Esther, son Sharat and daughter Anuradha. His last rites are likely to performed at Kalagrama, Bangalore University, on Saturday. P

The dengue scare is spreading, but the BBMP and health department are seeking to play down the issue. Health and family welfare minister UT Khader is defending them, saying every case of low platelet count doesn't imply dengue. Until solid waste is properly managed, dengue and chikungunya are bound

Authorities have started releasing water from the Hemavati reservoir at Gorur for the benefit of people in Tumkur district. The release of water had been stopped following the breach of the Left Bank Canal near Channarayapatna last month. Residents of Tumkur district staged protests in the last week

BANGALORE: Lambasting the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for failing to control air and sound pollution in Bangalore, the high court on Monday asked the state government why the watchdog should not be superseded by the Central Pollution Control Board. "We are sorry to say that yo

MANGALORE: Passengers from Mangalore International Airport (MIA) to Gulf countries demand budget airlines in lines of Kerala. Passengers point out huge difference in the flight fare from MIA and that of airports in Kerala while requesting budget airlines. According to Mangalore International Airp

MANGALORE: The impasse between the state and the railway ministry over sharing of cost of projects here seems to have been solved and the 50:50 ratio back on track. The issue was solved at a meeting railway minister D V Sadananda Gowda had with Congress MPs from Karnataka. The meeting follows CM

MANGALORE: Konkan Railway introduced SMS service to redress the grievances of passengers related to any service on KonkanRailway route. The service was commissioned on August 15. The mobile number on which passengers can send an SMS related to any aspect of passenger service is 9004470700. The me

MANGALORE: The present and the formerMangalore City Corporation (MCC) commissioners are likely to be in the dock for outsourcing work in water supply and street light maintenance division. The state labour department through Mangalore Division Assistant Labour Commissioner has written to the secr

BANGALORE: Karnataka health minister UT Khader has dashed off a letter to Prime minister Narendra Modi and Union health minister Harsh Vardhan suggesting to send a team of health experts from the country to African countries of origin of Ebola virus. "Our deputed experts can screen and quarantine

NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: Advocate Shubha Shankarnarayan, sentenced to life for murdering her fiance, has been granted bail on Monday by the Supreme Court. The top court granted the bail after Shubha's counsel contended that she had spent 52 months in jail, while her fellow accused have been granted b

MANGALORE: The woes of passport applicants standing outside braving harsh weather elements should come to a close within a fortnight.' The Passport Seva Kendra officials have assured MLC Ivan D'Souza that the necessary arrangements would be done so that passport applicants need not stand outside

The Arkavathi Layout issue has caused a flutter in the government, the principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other stakeholders, including site owners. The layout that was planned by Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to provide plots to 8,813 people is in the eye of the storm. Si

BANGALORE: It is high time the government woke up from its deep slumber and recognized competence and merit in promoting individuals to higher posts of authority, the Karnataka High Court said. "Competence has been given a back seat and incompetence has been favoured by the state and its authorit

On Thursday morning, policemen at K.R. Puram police station, who have dealt with several crimes, were shocked when a man dumped a gunny bag with a body at their doorstep. The body was that of his daughter’s alleged boyfriend, who he claimed to have murdered. Investigations revealed that Riyaz Kha

Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs. 15 crore for repairing and re-asphalting roads in Peenya Industrial Area. Taking officials to task over the condition of the roads during an inspection of the area, he said that the funds will be released under the Nagarot

BANGALORE: Four-year-old Akshata's death after falling into a borewell in Nagthana taluk of Bijapur district on June 17 pushed the state government to come out with stringent guidelines for drilling borewells and their closure. However, more than a month later, 3,400 borewells still lie open across

UDUPI: Though Udupi district has received a good spell of rain since Thursday, there is fear among people that the coastal district could fall short of average rainfall. Less rain means drinking water crisis during next summer. Even after completion of the two months of kharif season, sowing oper

SHIMOGA/ BANGALORE: Unearthing a multi-crore scam involving disbursal of gold loans by a cooperative bank, Shimoga police on Friday arrested 18 staff members of the Shimoga District Central Cooperative Bank (SDCCB), including its president Manjunath Gowda, for their alleged involvement in irregular