MANGALORE: In a bid to clear the air over the process of identifying endosulfan victims, district health officer Dr HS Shivakumar said on Monday that the process is still on. A team of medical experts are present at District Wenlock Hospital every Monday and Tuesday to check people who are suspected

ADGP Law and Order (State Police Headquarters) M N Reddi took charge as the new City police chief soon after the government issued the order of his appointment. Auradkar has been posted as ADGP KSRP. The government also shifted Additional Commissioner (Law and Order) Kamal Pant, second-in-command

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted that the government will enact stringent laws to punish rapists and those involved in sexual harassment of women to prevent such terrible incidents from occurring in the State. Reacting to the public outcry over the rape of a six-year-old girl in a Bangalo

MANGALORE: Internal bickering, sense of frustration has left wide chasms in Dakshina Kannada district unit of Aam Aadmi Party. This manifested itself with founding members including Robert Rosario, founder convener, S Nandagopal, founder co-convener, Dharmendra, convener, Ajay Kumar, founder joint s

A fire mishap at an IT company in AMR Tech Park on Hosur Road left the third floor of the five-storey building gutted. No casualties were reported as employees rushed to safety after they heard the fire alarm at around 1.20 p.m. However, fire fighting and rescue operations left 10 personnel choki

The alleged rape of a six-year-old at a prominent school in Bangalore has enraged the city and triggered massive protests by parents. The union education ministry has said it will examine the incident. A large group of parents protested outside Vibgyor High School on Thursday demanding that it

BANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ended uncertainty over the fate of railway projects whose costs are shared equally by the state and the Centre. He said the state government will continue to provide 50% financial assistance to the ongoing projects. Ahead of the railway budget, h

Mangalore University has added a feather to its cap by developing a technology, and fabricating a prototype system, for the removal of two radioactive gases (radon and thoron) present in work places of industries that handle uranium and thorium. The technology, called thoron mitigation system, will

The Upa Lokayukta has issued an emergency notice to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner and the Principal Secretary of the Horticulture Department for allowing “illegal constructions” inside Cubbon Park. The Upa Lokayukta has summoned the officials to present details before

MANGALORE: Southern Railway will convert mail/express trains as superfast express trains with immediate effect. The revised timings of these trains at major stations in Palakkad division are as under: Train 22638 Mangalore Central - Chennai Central West Coast Express will leave Mangalore Central at

Bangalore:  A house committee of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly has recommended that the state government ban mobile phones in schools and colleges, blaming the device for the rise in rapes and other crimes against women. The State Women and Child Welfare Committee has also expressed its supp

BANGALORE: It was vintage Bangalore on Sunday. Intermittent rain through the day, the sun playing hide and %seek and the clouds getting darker with the day. Unlike earlier days, the rain covered almost the entire city. From Kalyannagar, Ulsoor, Indiranagar, MG Road, Residency Road, Cubbon Park

BANGALORE: In a move that will upset many goldjewellery buyers, the government has brought the hugely popular installment schemes under the definition of public deposits. It means that most jewellers have to lower the effective returns on these schemes, and also limit the total deposits collected.

The Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association has filed a complaint with the Upa Lokayukta against the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Yavanika State Youth Centre for “putting up illegal constructions” on the park premises. The association, in the complaint filed here with Upa Lokayukta Subha

Siddaramaiah, in a statement, said that in addition to marketing dreams, the finance minister has also made some big announcements. But the budgetary provisions made are too meagre. There is nothing which can bring good days to the poor and farmers. In addition, social sector has been totally neg

A special campaign will be held, from July 15 to 31, to bring 91,035 out-of-school children back to the classrooms during this academic year, the State government told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday. As on July 7, of the 1,68,621 out-of-school children in the State, 77,586 have been admitt

MANGALORE: Plans are afoot to bring out two mega volumes of Mangaluru Darshana that chronicles the entire history of this city within one year, deputy commissioner AB Ibrahim said. The city has a history of around 2,000-year and this will be studied threadbare to bring out Mangaluru Darshana based o

Despite financial constraints, Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday gave a bounty to Karnataka by announcing new trains and lines besides allocating Rs 2,000 crore, the highest in history, for ongoing projects. Of the 50 new trains announced in the budget, 11 originate from Karnataka.