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

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will introduce as many as 545 buses for tier II cities under the extended Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Speaking at the first UITP India Bus Seminar here on Wednesday, R K Singh, Director, Urban Transport, Union Ministry o

The rift between former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharief and Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan has left the Muslim leaders in the State Congress divided.  The two senior leaders refused to come face to face, rendering futile the efforts by a section of leaders to organise a meeting of t

Price difference between India and West Asia prove too tempting to many Kasargod resident Shashidharan, who swallowed half-a-kg of gold and smuggled it on a Dubai-Mangalore Air India Express flight on January 31, has not been the only inbound passenger trying to bring the yellow metal illegally

Thiruvananthapuram: It was proud moment for Mangaloreans when Karnataka minister for health and family welfare U T Khadar, who is also MLA of Mangalore constituency (Ullal) shared the stage with noted social anti-corruption activist and Gandhian Anna Hazare at the Gandhi Darshan award presentation c

NEW DELHI: Bowing to party pressure, the government on Thursday raised the quota of subsidized LPG to 12 cylinders per household in a year from nine at present and also put on hold paying users the subsidy into bank accounts using Aadhaar platform. Announcing the decision taken by the Cabinet Com

Bangalore: Rashtrakavi Dr. G.S. Shivarudrappa died at his residence after prolonged illness here on Monday December 22. He was 87. GS Shivarudrappa was a Kannada poet, writer and researcher who was awarded the title of Rashtrakavi by the Government of Karnataka on November 1, 2006. He was winn