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

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