The last day for the citizens to register themselves as voters and to check and rectify their names in the voters’ list is March 16, said a press release issued by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP)here on Saturday.  They can submit the requisite forms at the offices of Assistant Elec

The Election Commission has on a single day received as many as 3.2 lakh applications from citizens across the State for inclusion of their names in the voters' list. On March 9, the Commission had held citizens' camps for inclusion/correction of names in the voters' list in all the polling stati

The Congress high command, which held a meeting on the selection of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka on Friday, is likely to announce the list in a day or two.  The meeting of the Central Election Committee headed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi took the opinions of the S

Like it did for the last Assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) has opted for single phase voting in Karnataka for the Lok Sabha polls. All 28 constituencies will face the elections on April 17. Sources in the EC said the single phase polling would help curb the use of black money, liqu

Mar 06, 2014 | Bhatkallys News Bangalore: A protest was organized by SDPI (Social Democratic Party Of India) demanding that one lakh eighty thousand (1,80,000) job vacancies that exists in the Karnataka Government be filled immediately as there are lakhs of youth, who are unemployed.  The Hono

3rd SOUTH INDIA Conference of NGOs Date : 8th (Saturday) & 9th (Sunday) March 2014 Time : 10:00AM - 7:00PM Venue : Ferozes Terrace Garden, # 74, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052 Who can Participate ? Individuals and NGOs of South India working in the field of education, health, sch

Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will hold roadshows in Bangalore on March 15 and 16 to canvass for the fledgling party’s candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.  Kejriwal will arrive here on the morning of March 15 and hold roadshows along with the party’

Shanti prakashana is a trust which was established during 1988 in Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada district. The main aim of Shanti prakashana is to educate Muslims (who do not know Arabic and Urdu) on Islamic studies, Quran, Hadees or the way of life of Prophet Mohammad and his character, by translating

A mobile app that enables you to control your laptop and desktop devices. A retail payment system, connected to your bank account, which uses your finger print to make payments. These were among winning projects presented by students at Unysis’ Technical Project Contest, Cloud 20/20 version 5.0, on

A probe by the Andhra Pradesh CID team has indicated that 'faulty’ design of Volvo buses was among the three major causes for the fire which engulfed a Volvo bus and claimed 45 lives on October 30, 2013, in Mahabubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh. Additional Director General of Police (CID) T Kri

People will no longer have to visit the regional transport offices for obtaining a learner’s/driving licence or for registering their vehicles, what with the Transport department extending these services online to the entire State from April 1 onwards. The facility will enable people to send thei

It was being taken from Kolkata to Coimbatore The city police on Saturday evening arrested three men at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) who were transporting 54 kg of gold, estimated to be worth Rs. 16.5 crore, from Kolkata (West Bengal) to Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu). The accused — Balasubram

Railway Minister M. Mallikarjun Kharge will flag off three trains, including the DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) Service from Thokur to Bhatkal here on Sunday. The Minister will flag off Mangalore Central-Madgaon daily intercity, Mangalore Central-Kacheguda bi-weekly express besides the DEMU

Project cost has risen to Rs. 7.5 crore in the past seven years Seven years on, the light at the end of the tunnel still appears as a faint, distant spot. During the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Mini Vidhana Soudha in the city in August 2007, the then Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswam

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Thursday, assured the Legislative Council that there should be no shortage of drinking water during summer in City.  Siddaramaiah, who is also minister in-charge for Bangalore, said the government has earmarked Rs 66 crore for the purpose of ensuring adequate potab

Lakhs of people across the country are being asked to re-enrol for Aadhaar following data errors and mismatch of their biometrics. Following complaints from some Bangaloreans that they have been asked to re-enrol for Aadhaar, Deccan Herald spoke to Ashok M R Dalwai, Deputy Director General, Uniqu

Mangalore-Kuwait sector was also at a loss managing with low flyer traffic Air India Express, the low-cost carrier of Air India, suspended its only flight service between Mangalore and Kuwait from Thursday. It was operating this Kochi-Mangalore-Kuwait sector thrice a week. The official attribu

The Energy Minister may have promised normal power supply during summer, but given the ground realities the electricity supply companies may have to enforce power cuts. Sources in the Energy department said that while the government is meeting the present demand, it may be difficult to sustain th