MANGALORE: City police succeeded in nabbing a gang of five involved in highway extortion on Monday. The arrested are Mahammed Azeem (23) of Pudu village in Bantwal, Ahammed Sadiq (19), Nisar Hussain (23), Hasanabba Noushad (23), three from Katipalla in the city, and Y Shashidhara (30), a resident

Former prime minister and Janata Dal(Secular) national president HD Deve Gowda said on Saturday that the State government should transfer the jailed former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalitha to Tamil Nadu, as keeping her in Karnataka was a burden on the State's exchequer. Speaking to the

Early Thursday morning, lip-glossed young women and men in aviators picked up brooms and dustpans, and hit a respectably clean MG Road. They made celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary socially relevant, while taking up the campaign for a clean India. |Adopt-A-Mile, a civic movement for b

Former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalitha, may not have to pay the staggering fine of Rs 100 crore imposed on her by a special court for amassing illegal wealth, a lawyer representing the prosecution has said, quoting the judgment.  The fine could be adjusted from her properties which ha

MANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah and Union minister for culture and tourism (independent charge) Shripad Yesso Naik will inaugurate the new Regional Science Centre (RSC) set up at Pilikula on October 1. Minister for forest, environment and ecology B Ramanath Rai said that the 45th RSC, whic

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who has been convicted in the disproportionate assets case, has been allotted the VVIP Cell number 23 in the Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara. She has been given prisoner number 7402. Sources said the cell is located next to the women’s barrack. Jail au

BANGALORE: Get home, and fast. This thought was top of the mind as Bangaloreans scrambled to reach safety on Thursday evening. Those out at the unlucky hour were trapped, as two bursts of rain in an hour brought the city to its knees. As it came down in heavy torrents, traffic was washed into dis

St. Agnes College, had to rush in the morning to attend special classes. But she managed to catch a glimpse of the live telecast of the success of Mars Orbiter Mission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the scientists. “I felt very proud of the achievement made by our scientists and th

Residents of Neelasandra and the adjoining Lakshman Rao Nagar (L R Nagar) and Anepalya here faced their worst nightmare when rainwater, mixed with sewage, gushed into their homes in the early hours of Tuesday.  As rain pounded the City, over 300 houses at some low-lying areas were inundated with

BANGALORE: There's a promise of much camaraderie all the way to Tumkur, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah set aside their differences and hop on to a helicopter on Wednesday morning. The 20-minute flight will involve no acrimony, though the two men may have

Bangalore: Nearly 2,500 aspirants took advantage of the ‘Passport mela’ organised across Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the State on Saturday. Such melas have been organised regularly by the Regional Passport Office (RPO) to cater to increasing demand. The Bangalore RPO reportedly issued 68,167 pas

MANGALORE: "Our country faces many challenges, of which none is bigger than poverty and unemployment," said Vice President of India M Hamid Ansari. He was speaking after inaugurating the centenary celebrations - valedictory functions of the Catholic Association of South Kanara (CASK) here on Sund

The State Congress has decided to mobilise party workers to a function where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a mega food park in Tumkur on September 24. This would be the first public function of Mr. Modi in Karnataka after assuming office. Though a Congress MLA opposed the presen

Nearly 2,500 aspirants took advantage of the ‘Passport mela’ organised across Passport Seva Kendras (PSKs) in the State on Saturday. Such melas have been organised regularly by the Regional Passport Office (RPO) to cater to increasing demand. The Bangalore RPO reportedly issued 68,167 passports in A

MANGALORE: After worms, it's a piece of glass in chocolate now. The silk experience wasn't silky for Rachel Thomas of Manipal. In the first week of September, her 27-year-old son Abhishek Thomas took a bite into a bar of chocolate and crunched what he thought was a dry fruit. In seconds, he realized

MANGALORE: A population of 513. That's what Mangalore desperately requires to qualify for the Prime Minister's ambitious Smart City project under which 100 Indian towns are likely to leapfrog into the next league with modern amenities. Guidelines say cities with a population of 5 lakh to 10 lakh,

MANGALORE: The state government will submit a memorandum to the centre seeking assistance for rain damage in eight districts of North Karnataka in the next day or two, minister of state for agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda said. The total estimated damage to standing crops, public property and lives -

Mangalore, Sep 16: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader will be representing India at an international level annual conference being hosted by World Health Organization. The annual conference of WHO will be held this year at Cape Town, South Africa from September 28 to October