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Wear your helmet, cops remind
Traffic police have asked two-wheeler riders to wear helmets without fail. This advisory comes after 9 motorists, riding without helmets, were killed on the spot following head injuries in January alone.
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Don't cut trees for legislators' parking lot: HC
Construction of a multi-level car parking facility near the LH is in limbo now. The high court issued an interim direction to the authorities not to prune or fell trees without the court’s permission.
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Don’t cut trees for LH parking lot: HC
Construction of a multi-level car parking facility near the LH is in limbo now. The high court issued an interim direction to the authorities not to prune or fell trees without the court’s permission.
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Six flesh traders held for killing 3
Six persons have been arrested for allegedly running a thriving prostitution racket. Over the last two years, they’d killed three associates following differences over sharing of the spoils.
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Congress opts for warhorse
Both the BJP and Congress have decided to play the caste card in the coastal-Malnad belt, and have pitted a Billava (Idiga) vs a Bunt for the Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha bypoll scheduled on March 18.
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Doubling railway line in 2 years
The much awaited doubling of railway line between Hubli and Dharwad will be completed in next two years, said Praveen Kumar Mishra, divisional railway manager, SWR, Hubli.
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Kingfisher services unaffected in Hubli
People flying Kingfisher Airlines have had a tough time due to sudden revision and cancellation of flight schedule. Many people were stranded at airports in different cities due to last minute cancellation of flights.
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Women lead crusade against alcohol, close liquor shop
Now on, liquor will not flow easily in Mooka Basarikatti village and other surrounding villages of Shiggaon taluk of Haveri district.
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Retired judge to probe death of worker
The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has decided to conduct an inquiry by a retired district judge into the death of Yakub Yalapati, a pourakarmika inside a cross drain near toll naka.
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164 toilets opened in Dharwad villages
Thanks to a helping hand extended by the Tata Marcopolo Company, residents of Kururbagatti and Belur villages in Dharwad taluk can now have the toilet facility.
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Women outnumber men in Udupi-Chikmagalur constituency
There are 12,45,266 voters in the Udupi-Chikmagalur parliamentary constituency including 6,38,519 female and 6,06,747 male voters.
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Udupi district administration gears up for by poll
There are 12.45 lakh voters in the constituency which consists of four assembly segments of Udupi and Chikmagalur districts.
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Malpe fishermen demand action against assault on them
The fishermen alleged that since a week, deep sea fishing boats from Malpe were being targetted by boats operating near Ratnagiri coast in Maharashtra.
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Co-operative institutions of DK oppose tax move
Co-operative institutions in Dakshina Kannada, numbering around 750, are up in arms against a move by the Centre to include them under the ambit of direct tax code (DTC).
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New vented dam may be ready by 2013
The augmented water supply for the city, which the new vented dam at Thumbay is expected to bring about, is likely to be in place by December 2013.
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Porn scandal: Opposition boycotts Karnataka House panel meet
All the four members of the ruling BJP were present, but the two representatives from Congress and another from JD(S) nominated to the panel by Speaker KG Bopaiah did not show up.
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A weekend of theatre in Bangalore
This weekend will see an interesting array of theatrical performances in the city — from children’s plays, to the biggest short play theatre festival, to local plays taking centre stage.
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Diversion of water: Karnataka gets notice
D Krishna Kumar and others filed a PIL seeking a stay on the government order to divert the water.
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Addiction drives many to commit crimes: Bangalore top cop
Drugs are hard to resist, particularly in a city like Bangalore where the urban crowd thinks it is ‘cool’ to abuse drugs.
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Painless rehabilitation for drug addicts in Bangalore
Addicts undergoing rehabilitation in Bangalore will soon be relieved of pain they endure when medicines are administered into their bodies.
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The deal or no deal game
The outcome of the issue shows how neither side wished to lose out on the high stakes
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A vineyard in the backyard
Lush vineyards and wildlife are fast fading from Horamavu
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Round and About: ‘When a hare ran at top speed past my gate'
‘I've had owls nesting in the compound, and have been visited by over a dozen snakes'
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Brewing art from tea dust and coconut
He collects discarded plastic bottles and wooden blocks wherever he finds them
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Up Close: Little feet shelter under The Banyan
Quarry workers are more than eager to send their children to her school
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Summer of discontent?
‘We cannot dig here because the area is rocky, making it difficult to sink a borewell'
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Voices from the aftermath of Fukushima
On March 11, 2011, a potent undersea earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, struck the Pacific coast off eastern Japan, triggering a tsunami that sent forth waves up to 130 ft high, devast...
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The deal or no deal game
The outcome of the issue shows how neither side wished to lose out on the high stakes
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Being everywhere at once
If you were thinking of actually jumping into a black hole, you might need to look elsewhere for instructions
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Can Shanghai Noon get any spicier?
‘The spring honey chicken is the signature dish and deserves a standing ovation'
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Cooperative societies to observe bandh on Saturday
It is to protest the move to bring them under tax net
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Officials gearing up for by-poll
Deputy Commissioner M.T. Reju, who is the Returning Officer for Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Constituency, said on Tuesday that all arrangements were made in Udupi and Chikmagalur districts for the...
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New vented dam at Thumbe may be ready by 2013
Height of the dam raised, cost escalates to Rs. 79.50 crore
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Palemar leaves venue in a huff
The former Minister for Ports, Environment, Ecology and Inland Water Transport J. Krishna Palemar offered Ganga puja to the Netravathi at Thumbe vented dam on Tuesday.But he left the venue e...
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Students seek admission to write exam
Tension prevailed in front of the DDPU office following a protest by a group of students attached to different PU colleges demanding admission to write an exam on Tuesday.
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Cheluvamba Hospital cries for staff
The century-old government-run Cheluvamba Hospital, which is in the news following the death of a pregnant woman, who consumed toxic liquid, is functioning with skeleton staff.
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Benefits worth Rs 500cr for 1 lakh persons
District minister S A Ramdas on Tuesday said benefits worth Rs 500 crore will be distributed to one lakh beneficiaries by chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda in the city in March.
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SpiceJet, Jet Airways offer to operate flights out of city
The turbulence in Kingfisher Airlines in November had led to cancellation of flight services to Mysore. Now, as the air operator is facing trouble, two other private airlines are preparing to reconnect the tourist hub to destinations like Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad.
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Bamboo meet to promote cultivation
A two-day state-level bamboo convention ‘Bidiru Mela 2012’ has been organized in Mysore from February 22 to 23.