From now on, it won’t be just the students battling nerves as they await their exam results. In Karnataka, their teachers, too, will get a taste of the same medicine, as the government is all set to send out report cards that grade teachers on their performance. The State’s department of primary and

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has requested his Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar to lift the blanket ban on fish import, claiming that the crackdown has caused "huge losses" to the fishermen from the southern state. In a letter, Kumaraswamy said: "I request you to kindly permit transp

Bengaluru: BJP State President BS Yeddyurappa visited the residence of Congress leader and Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday, November 28. As per the sources, the duo discussed tank development and water-related issues in Shikaripura, Yeddyurappa's constituency. Speaking to t

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Tuesday launched 'Data City,' an international open innovation programme to develop solutions to answer the challenges of Bengaluru city. The Data City will be implemented in collaboration withFrench-based utility company SUEZ, which operates largely in wate

Bengaluru: As many as 32 women nursing graduates from Kerala, who completed their graduation in Mangaluru, have been rescued from human trafficking racket. They were suspected to be victims of human trafficking racket and were rescued at Kempegowda International Airport when they were on their wa

Sakleshpur: After rescue operation that lasted two days an elephant that had accidentally fallen into a slush pit at a coffee estate was reunited with its calf here at Kadagaravalli village in Hassan district on Tuesday, November 27. It was heart-wrenching for the calf see its mother struggling t

Bengaluru: In a major victory for the state government, the central government has given its consent to the much-awaited Mekedatu balancing reservoir project. Central Water Commission has instructed the state government to prepare and submit a Detailed Project Report (DPR) at the earliest. It

Bengaluru: Bengaluru police arrested three persons in connection with the assault on the driver and conductor of a Kerala State Transport Corporation bus on Monday, November 28. The arrested men are identified as Vishwanath alias Vishwa, Deepak and Harish all in their early 20s. Vishwanath suppli

For the first time in at least 10 years, the number of applications, received by the Karnataka State Haj Committee from across the State, for the pilgrimage may not cross 15,000. According to the committee, the numbers have been unusually low this year. As of November 17 — the old deadline — less

BENGALURU: Government data shows 43,050 people have died on Karnataka’s roads from 2014 to 2017, an average of 29.4 deaths per day. The number of road deaths increased from 10,452 in 2014 to 10,856 in 2015 and 11,133 in 2016; it saw a marginal drop to 10,609 in 2017. In fact, Karnataka reco

Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada actor and former minister Ambareesh passed away in a Bengaluru hospital on Saturday where he was being treated for multiple ailments. He was 66. The actor was admitted at city's Vikram hospital after suffering massive cardiac arrest, following which he passed away, the

Mandya: In a horrific incident, a 20-year-old youth allegedly beheaded his father on Saturday, November 24 and surrendered before the Kikkeri Police Station, with the severed head in his hand. The accused has been identified as Dayananda and Manju Nayaka (48) is deceased. On Saturday morning,

Bengaluru: Former union railway minister and one of the senior most Congress leaders from Karnataka, C.K.Jaffer Sharief, died on Sunday. He was 85 and admitted in a Bengaluru hospital after his health deteriorated last week. Born on 3 November 1933 in Challakere in Chitradurga district of Karnata

Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the state government would soon take a call on banning the organisations involved in the killing of noted journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. Speaking to reporters here, Parameshwara said, "No discussions have taken place r

MANDYA: Twenty five people, including five children, were killed after a bus fell into a canal in south Karnataka on Saturday afternoon. Authorities fear the number of dead could go up. Around 30 to 35 people were travelling in the private bus. The accident took place in Mandya, 105 km from Benga

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Karnataka state unit of the BJP announced its poll in-charge leaders for all 28 seats in the state on Wednesday. These leaders will coordinate with the state party unit and the local party representatives to monitor and undertake all election-related work for t

A proposed project of the Congress-JDS government to build a 125-ft tower at the site of the Krishna Raja Sagar dam on the river Cauvery in honour of “Mother Cauvery” has been opposed by river activists and farmer leaders from Mandya region. The construction of the 124-ft tower has been jointly p

Bengaluru: Justice A M Farooq, a retired judge of Karnataka High Court passed away on Wednesday morning at Bengaluru. Farook who is a recognized lawyer in the field of criminal, civil and constitutional cases served as judge of the Karnataka HC from 1995 till his retirement. He had started his