Bengaluru: Centre asked state govternments to include honey in their ongoing mid-day meals acros. However the Department of Primary and Secondary Education will seek suggestions from the Department of Health and Family Welfare on implementing this at all schools run by the Karnataka government.

Bengaluru: The division bench which was hearing a public interest litigation by senior citizens questioned the governments move of using the temple funds collected by the Muzrai into relief work of flood affected areas. The court questioned as on what basis on which 81 temples across the state we

Bengaluru: Free Wifi scheme to be launched in Bengaluru city in the next few days, said DCM Dr. G Parameshwar. Speaking at an event he stated that after Delhi, Bengaluru will be the second city to offer free WiFi service to the residents. "Our idea is to take technology to the doorsteps of the pe

Raichur: In a rather unfortunate incident, a wife, who was travelling in an ambulance with the dead body of her husband, died after the ambulance met with an accident at Santekeluru at Maski taluk here. The deceased couple is Gangappa and Sridevi from Raichur. While Gangappa died in Bengaluru, Sr

Bengaluru: The choice of the latest president of the Sri Rama Sene's state women's unit has become the centre of a new controversy and has shocked both the common man and law enforcement personnel. Known for her love of luxury cars and superbikes, 37-year-old Yashaswini Mahesh alias Muniyamma, ha

Bengaluru: A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by setting herself ablaze, on Thursday, after being rebuked by her husband for the tasteless curry prepared by her. The deceased, Jayalakshmi took the extreme step on Thursday evening around 5.30 pm when her children were playing nearby. Accordi

Bengaluru: The city police have filed suo motu cases against trucks dumping garbage onto the lake bed in Anugondanahalli village at the outskirts of Southeast Bengaluru. The police said that the garbage was thrown at Medimallasandra lake bed for the past four to five months “As residents are n

Udupi: A 36-year-old woman died on the spot when a lorry hit her while she was crossing the road at Brahmavar Junction near here on Saturday, September 22. The deceased has been identified as Geetha, a native of Hiriadka who moved to Hangarkatte after her marriage. The incident occurred when G

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa has warned Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of "retaliatory action by the centre" if the state government initiates any action against him. The state BJP president was reacting to Mr Kumaraswamy's warning for his corruption remark against the chief minister

Udupi: The Forest Department staff at Pambur in the Belle village caught a four-year-old female leopard that had been spotted in the area and later released it in the Western Ghats forest on Thursday, September 20. Monica Mathias, a resident of the area, had spotted the leopard near some shrubs f

Bengaluru: Police busted two gangs of robbers and arrested eight people involved in various cases here. The accused used to pick pockets of passengers using Majestic bus stand and carry out house thefts. Police in raid arrested six people and recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash and gold valuables wort

Mysuru: Till now, Dasara festival has always had stalls that showcased mostly the cultural, artistic and food diversity of the state. However, for the very first time, almost all the Universities of the state are going to open their own stalls at the Dasara venue, this year, showcasing the education

Bengaluru: The state government has listed nine districts to manufacture items like solar power goods, LED lights, sanitary goods, mechanised toys etc as part of its ‘Compete with China’ scheme. The state government has identified nine districts to start innovation and product diversification. Pr

Udupi: The Karkala Rural Police arrested three persons on Monday, September 17 who tried to hide the dead body of a woman and tamper with evidence. The arrested are John (57), Sunil (30) of Sacharipete and Padmanabha (42) of Mundkur. The deceased is identified as Girija of Mundkur village. Gir

Bengaluru: All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists has planned for a 24 hours bandh against the proposed E-pharmacy policy. As per the bandh drugs will not be available across Karnataka in the medical stores The bandh will start on September 27 midnight and continue till 28 midnight.

Bengaluru: A survey conducted by the state government has found that several Sevalal Cultural Centres across the state are in a dilapidated state. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has therefore launched a programme focussed on reviving 1500 of these centres in order to preserve the culture, art and tra

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against Karnataka minister D K Shivakumar and few others on the basis of an alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions case, officials said. The agency has booked Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in

Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District In-charge and Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader opined that the existing guidelines in the sand mining policy, meant for coastal districts should be relaxed as none was coming forward to extract sand from the non-CRZ areas resulting in a shortage