Bangaluru: In a daring move, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has decided that the government schools will now use English as a medium of instruction. A 1000 schools will switch to teaching in the English medium on an experimental basis, Kumaraswamy informed. "When I announced it in the Budget,

Following a steep hike in diesel prices in the last few days, the State government has proposed to hike bus fares of State road transport corporations by 18%. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) and other regional transport corpo

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a direction to make appointments of judges of all the High Courts and the Supreme Court by issuing a public notification inviting recommendations/ references from Bar Associations, sitting and retired judges, advocates, political pa

Chikkaballapur: In a tragic incident, a student of a government school died after the school compound wall collapsed smothering him to death on Tuesday, September 4. The deceased is Arun, a student of Dinnur Government school of Chikkaballapur district. It is said that Arun was near the compou

Bengaluru: Less than four months after the Assembly election, the Congress on Monday won the most seats in Karnataka's 105 urban local bodies, pushing the BJP to the second spot, and voicing confidence that a Congress-JD(S) combine will sweep the Lok Sabha polls. "The Congress winning 982 of the

Mysuru: 8-year-old Nayeema Khan is the only student at the Government Lower Primary School since three years in Krishnaraja Nagar taluk, 65km from Mysuru. This Urdu medium school in Yaremanuganahalli village has been educating its lone student with the help of two teachers. Daughter of an agricul

Mangaluru: After Congress party has failed to gain a majority to form the administration in Ullal Municipal Council, by securing only 13 seats out of 31 seats in the elections, State Minister for Urban Development UT Khader, on Monday confirmed that Congress will not make any ties with SDPI for the

Bengaluru: The governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala agreed to release 79 prisoners before completing their jail term who maintained good behavior while imprisoned. According to the sources in the state Home department, the department of prisons had submitted a list of 107 prisoners for the early relea

Mysore/ Madikeri: A 18-year-old student committed suicide by jumping into a river, allegedly owing to frustration from the severe hair fall that she was experiencing. The deceased, Neha Gangamma (18), a native of Madikeri was pursuing her studies in Mysuru. As per reports, Neha had recently go

Kodagu: M R Poovamma, who is part of India's 4 x 400 relay team that won the gold at the Asian Games in Jakarta, has dedicated her medal to the people of her hometown, Kodagu. "My people have lost everything and they are distressed. I want to dedicate the medal that I won at the Asian Games to th

Allaying charges from the Bharatiya Janata Party that there are differences aplenty in the JDS-Congress combine that is in power in Karnataka, former state CM Siddaramaiah said on Friday that the accusations are misplaced and that the government under HD Kumaraswamy will enjoy a full term. Siddar

Hassan: BJP MLA has been booked for helping a party candidate escape from police custody Wednesday night. MLA Preetham Gowda allegedly helped a BJP candidate, Venugopal who was arrested for distributing liquor to voters in the municipal council poll. Venugopal is the general secretary of the H

Bengaluru: The Regional Transport Office (RTO) official conducted a surprise check on 150 school vehicles and 28 vehicles were found guilty for violation the safety norms. The RTO officer said that many of these vehicles had no permission to ferry children. In many cases the attendants were absen

BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Plastic Association plans to protest against ban on plastics. The association president, Vjayakumar, said: “We are holding a protest on Friday (August 31) at Freedom Park.” “The protest is being made for the unscientific and on an unjustified basis plastics ban bein

Bengaluru: Battery-driven electric buses will be operational in Bengaluru over the next few years said Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara. Addressing a trade event here, he said, "We will be shifting to battery-driven electric buses to curb the pollution which is caused due to diesel vehicles,

Bengaluru: In a big relief to BJP Karnataka chief and former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, a special court quashed today a case pertaining to alleged illegal denotification of a piece of land at Rachenahalli in the city. The two acres of land was acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority

Mysuru: Sudha Murthy, wife of Infosys Founder N R Narayana Murthy will inaugurate this year’s Dasara celebration atop Chamundi Hills on October 19. This was announced by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy during a high power committee meeting held at the Government Guest House here on August 28. A fo

Bengaluru: Dr. G Parameshwar, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, presented Rs 15 Lakh cash prize to Usha Rani, Indian Team Kabaddi player, who won silver Medal in Asiad Games held in Jakarta of Indonesia. Youth, Empowerment and Sports Department in collaboration with the Police Department felici