BANGALORE: It is high time the government woke up from its deep slumber and recognized competence and merit in promoting individuals to higher posts of authority, the Karnataka High Court said. "Competence has been given a back seat and incompetence has been favoured by the state and its authorit

On Thursday morning, policemen at K.R. Puram police station, who have dealt with several crimes, were shocked when a man dumped a gunny bag with a body at their doorstep. The body was that of his daughter’s alleged boyfriend, who he claimed to have murdered. Investigations revealed that Riyaz Kha

Minister for Transport Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs. 15 crore for repairing and re-asphalting roads in Peenya Industrial Area. Taking officials to task over the condition of the roads during an inspection of the area, he said that the funds will be released under the Nagarot

BANGALORE: Four-year-old Akshata's death after falling into a borewell in Nagthana taluk of Bijapur district on June 17 pushed the state government to come out with stringent guidelines for drilling borewells and their closure. However, more than a month later, 3,400 borewells still lie open across

UDUPI: Though Udupi district has received a good spell of rain since Thursday, there is fear among people that the coastal district could fall short of average rainfall. Less rain means drinking water crisis during next summer. Even after completion of the two months of kharif season, sowing oper

SHIMOGA/ BANGALORE: Unearthing a multi-crore scam involving disbursal of gold loans by a cooperative bank, Shimoga police on Friday arrested 18 staff members of the Shimoga District Central Cooperative Bank (SDCCB), including its president Manjunath Gowda, for their alleged involvement in irregular

Malin, Maharashtra: Rescuers have dug out 29 more bodies since last night from the mud and debris following a massive landslide at a village near Pune in Maharashtra that has claimed 73 lives so far. Around 80 are still feared trapped but hopes of finding survivors appear bleak with incessant rai

BANGALORE: On a day when the bandh shut down parts of the city, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy chose to dispel doubts over any shutdown of their party and vowed to work to revive the JD(S). An unwell Deve Gowda convened the news conference on Thursday here to con

Normal life is likely to be affected on Thursday with several organisations extending support to the Bangalore Bandh call against the sexual assaults on women and children. However, essential services like milk, vegetables and hospital services are exempt. Restaurants are likely to remain shut. W

BANGALORE: The bandh called by over 50 pro-Kannada org anizations on Thursday is on. But citizens are in a state of confusion as there is no word yet on whether essential services will operate that day and government/private establishments, including schools and colleges, will remain open. The ba

BANGALORE: Supplying food through anganwadis, a solution thought out to tackle malnutrition in the state, might just be aggravating the problem, a recent report has revealed. As many as 34,594 children have been identified as severely malnourished in Karnataka. Food grains supplied to anganwadis

BANGALORE: A Bangalore boy has made his mark at the US Physics Olympiad. Rahul Rai, a class 12 student of AECS Magnolia Maruti Public School on Bannerghetta Road, has won the bronze medal in the semi finals held in May - he was in the top 25% of the competition. The US Physics Olympiad is conduct

BANGALORE: The government has brought out some amendments to simplify land reform laws — a move that could have far-reaching consequences on industrial development. On Friday, the assembly passed the Karnataka Land Reforms and Certain Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014, paving the way for cutting

BANGALORE: The fate of thousands of engineering students studying in six colleges hangs in balance as the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) has disaffiliated two of them and slapped show-cause notices on four others for lacking in teaching faculty and other facilities. Four of the six c

MYSORE: Heavy rain lashing the Kodagu district has left affected the normal life of people in many villages downstream of Cauvery , Harangi and Lakshmantirth rivers and many villages lie inundated due to submerging of areas by flood waters. In a record time , the Bhagamandala the birth place of Cauv

Paddy cultivation has picked up pace in the district owing to revival of monsoon in July. Last month the district received just a little over half the rainfall it normally got in June. According to the figures provided by the Rain Monitoring Cell at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, the normal rainf

Facing public anger, police today arrested a skating instructor in connection with the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl at a public school, six days after the outrageous incident was brought to light. As protests demanding answers from the police and the government over alleged inaction intens

The move of the Dakshina Kannada district administration to recommend Mangalore Junction as the railway station in the city to be developed to world-class standards has not gone down well with rail enthusiasts even as Southern Railway is unaware of any such move. Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim,