In an effort to tackle the rise in number of malaria cases in Mangalore city, the Mangalore City Corporation launched a malaria controlling drive on Monday. The drive that will last for three days, aims at inspecting all the construction sites in the city limits and identifying and destroying mosqui

The Customs Department seized 1.6 kg gold concealed behind a mirror in the toilet of a private aircraft at Mangalore International Airport on Sunday. According to a press release, Customs sleuths carried out a thorough check of the Jet Airways flight soon after it landed at the airport from Dubai

Mangalore, Sep 14: Tension prevailed at Mangalore International Airport after suspected "explosive materials" (as per the claims of CISF) were found in possession of a passenger on Saturday night. Unconfirmed sources identified the passenger as Mohammed Abdul Khader from Periye Uppala in Kasargod

BBMP, police told to put end to the ‘menace’ Why criminal cases were not booked against those illegally putting up banners, hoardings, posters? The Karnataka High Court posed this question to BBMP Commissioner M. Lakshminarayana while hearing a petition related to a dispute over erection of an

Bengaluru: On the eve of a crucial meeting of office-bearers and district unit presidents of the Congress party, the crisis engineered by KPCC president Dr G. Parameshwar's persistent demand that he be appointed deputy chief minister and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's threat to quit rather than conse

Dr S N Mothi, a 62-year-old paediatrician from Mysore, his wife Nalini Mothi, businessman Gururaj K S, his wife Nalini Gururaj, manager of Karnataka Bank in Mysore, Ramachandra D S, his wife Sujatha D S and their friends from Bangalore, Nagaraj and his wife Vasantha, were eager to visit Ladakh after

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