Chaos ruled the thoroughfares surrounding Commercial Street, Infantry Road and Shivajinagar areas during the peak rush hour on Monday morning and evening as the Traffic Police implemented a new set of traffic flow patterns in the area, unannounced. However, realising their mistake late in the nig

Bangalore Traffic Police on Saturday booked 815 motorists for drunk driving. They also booked 104 cases against motorists using high beam or dazzling head lights. They seized 595 two-wheelers, 156 cars, 26 autos, 23 maxi-cabs and 18 trucks. Licenses of the offenders have been sent to the Regional

BANGALORE: Weeks after the legislative council polls, a cash-for-seat CD has surfaced in which former chief minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy allegedly demands Rs 20 crore from a person to give away his party's seat for the Upper House. He told STOI there's only mention of money. "Has anyone

BANGALORE: The BJP has stalled proceedings in both Houses of the Karnataka legislature on Congress MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar's issue. When the Houses meet on Monday, opposition leader in the assembly Jagadish Shettar told TOI on Friday that the party would ensure that closure to the issue would d

MANGALORE: Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP of Dakshina Kannada on Thursday inaugurated the launching of community assisted rail development programme (CARD) at Mangalore Central Railway station. Stake holders like railway catering contract staff, cleaning staff, staff of various departments of railway and al

BANGALORE: After allegedly committing 21 murders in Maharashtra, Chandrakant S Sharma migrated to Bangalore where he killed his next victim, helped by his wife and two sons. This killing landed the family in jail in just three days. Sharma, though, is unlikely to be convicted for the earlier murders

BANGALORE: By Monday, the Indian government may have a portal for lost-and found children that it can roll out nationally. Bangalore's software industry responded with ala crity to a statement by IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen on such a portal. Ind

BANGALORE: A reported bomb threat on a Delhi-bound Air India plane from Kochi, with 164 people on board, which landed under emergency conditions at the airport here, was a hoax, police said on Tuesday. The Airbus 320 (flight AI-047) was searched "thoroughly" after its emergency landing late last

BANGALORE: For the second successive day on Sunday, Congress workers vented their ire on chief minister Siddaramaiah for his purported preference for one section of the community and confidantes in sharing of power. This prompted him to say he is not particular about whether he continues in power or

The outgoing Governor, H.R. Bhardwaj, was on Saturday given a warm farewell by the State government with a guard of honour by the city police. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Information and Infrastructure Minister R. Roshan Baig represented the State government at the brief function and p

With high-rises propping up around the city, the fire services have bolstered their preparedness for fire disasters with a skylift that can reach up to the tenth floor. For the Fire Department here, the commissioning of the engine marks the fulfilment of a long-demand for a skylift, after the fire o

MANGALORE: Justice has been delivered to an 86 year old woman Savithri in Udupi who was ill treated and swindled of her property by one of her sons. The Kundapur assistant commissioner S Yogeshwar ordered Keshava Bhat, son of Savitri, and his wife Vidya to vacate the house which he had taken into

BANGALORE: Bangalore-based Bid & Hammer's forthcoming auction has been assailed by what, perhaps, is the biggest controversy to come to light in the Indian art market, writes Neelam Raaj. Questions have been raised about the authenticity of several artworks by celebrated artists Rabindranath Ta

MANGALORE: The monsoon time-table on Konkan Railway will come in to effect for trains leaving from originating stations from July 1. Accordingly, train 10104 Madgaon-CSTM Mandovi express will leave at 8.30am (9.30am earlier); 11004 Sawantwadi Road-Dadar Road Rajya Rani Express will leave at 5.3

BANGALORE: Fuel Adjustment Cost (FAC) of one paise per unit will now be added to your electricity bill. To put it simply, it is a hike of one paise per unit of power in BESCOM's area of supply including Bangalore city, Bangalore rural, Davanagere, Tunkur, Chitradurga, Kolar, Ramnagara and Chikkaball

Around 2,04,442.16 acres of forest land in the State has been encroached upon, said Minister for Forests B. Ramanath Rai. Replying to Janata Dal (Secular) member K.M. Shivalinge Gowda during Question Hour in the Assembly, the Minister said these encroachments, involving 1,10,626 cases, includes t

MUMBAI: Even as the Bombay high court is expected to hear the MMRTA's proposal to increase autorickshaw and taxi fares by Rs 2 this week, commuters want the menace of refusals to stop. They also want the court to direct the government agencies like RTO and traffic police to crack the whip on auto dr

BANGALORE: BMRC is doing its bit to promote Kannada through Metro Rail. The announcements at stations and on trains are usually made in English, Hindi and Kannada. But from Friday, BMRC started testing more announcements in Kannada, as a result of which Hindi announcements were not made many times o