BANGALORE: Last week, energy minister DK Shivakumar announced there would be no power cuts this summer. Before citizens could make sense of his statement, their homes were in dark. "Last week, power cuts started as early as 7am. They occur every two hours. There's erratic supply till 6pm. Electri

NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at a slum cluster of close to 500 hutments in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, an official said on Friday. The fire was reported at 8.30am. According to the official, 28 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. "We are still in the process of dousing the fire, and the r

BANGALORE: A 16-year-old is on the run after stabbing his father's lover ather housein Metro Layout in Gangondanahalli, north Bangalore, on Tuesday night. The teenager was upset over marital problems between his parents because of his father's illicit relationship with another woman. On Tuesday n

NEW DELHI: It's a low-profile operation but the results are showing. Ever since 60 plainclothesmen on bikes started patrolling three police station areas in south Delhi on Saturday, not one street crime has been reported from their jurisdiction. 'Operation Eagle's Eye', started as a pilot project

Their hearts beat for agriculture and they dream of bringing in a revolution to farming in the country. Gold medallists of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS-B) want to work for strengthening Indian agriculture with technology and empowering it with youth participation. At

Bangalore Urban, Kolar and Udupi districts have not been lucky enough to get the normal pre-monsoon showers from March 1 till Saturday. Elsewhere, lightning, which is a typical phenomenon during the pre-monsoon period, has left 28 persons and 75 cattle dead. The highest deaths due to lightning ha

If all goes well, a special study centre of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon be started at the Parappana Agrahara or Bangalore Central Prison. Once started, it will be the first such centre of the university in the State. As a beginning, the study centre will offer a s

Karnataka recorded an overall voting percentage of 67.28 per cent, the third highest in the history of parliamentary elections in the State, in the single-phase polling held for all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies on Thursday. Bangalore urban, which comprises mainly the three LS seats of Bangalor

At least 150 sarees bearing the picture of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the packets were seized from two shops at Maruti Nagar in BTM Layout, Bangalore South constituency, on Thursday. The sarees, which had come from Surat in Gujarat, were meant to be distributed to women vo

Single-phase polling for 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka began this morning to decide the fortunes of 435 candidates in a close fight between the ruling Congress and BJP. Nearly 85,000 security personnel drawn from the state and central forces have been deployed across the state for free and fair

Aftab Husain Kola| Arab News|16 April 2014 The historic Bidar in the federal state of Karnataka in India now finds itself on the world map of heritage tourism as it figures in the 2014 World Monuments Watch list released by the World Monuments Fund (WMF), a New York-based NGO working for the protec

Rain and thundershowers in several parts of Karnataka claimed seven lives on Monday. While five died of lightning, two were electrocuted after they came in contact with a live wire in Tumkur and Davangere districts. Lightning struck Jayanna (45) of Rangapura in Sira taluk of Tumkur district while

One of the key side plots of the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka is whether the return of B S Yeddyurappa to the BJP after an year long estrangement will see the single largest community in the state, the Lingayats, return to form the bulwark of the BJP vote base in the state. However, with the BJP

The ''Republic of Bellary'' once again lived up to its dubious distinction as a one-time illegal mining haven, with a huge haul of cash, financial instruments and valuables worth Rs 18.80 crore in three separate raids in the last 24 hours. Also, explosives allegedly meant for booth capturing were

Photo Courtesy: NDTV Bangalore: In Karnataka, opinion polls predict a neck-and-neck battle between the BJP and the Congress, with each party likely to get 13 seats. Regional strongman HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular) or JD(S) may just get two seats. Mr Deve Gowda's son, Kumaraswamy, howeve

Photo for represenation Just as worshippers stepped out of the Madrasa Shah Waliullah mosque on Tannery Road after Friday prayers, a bunch of people in white skull caps swarmed around them. Two of them, smiling ever politely, forcibly tried to shake hands with the worshippers and give them han

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday described Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a "liar” for revealing his marital status now, which "he had not disclosed while filing nominations for previous polls.” Speaking to mediapersons, the chief minister said that Modi had confirmed his marital sta

The final number of voters eligible to exercise their franchise in the State for the April 17 Lok Sabha polls is out at last. Karnataka has as many as 4,62,11, 844 on electoral roll as on March 26, the last date for enrolment in the voters’ list. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Tues