Karnataka is all set to open the country’s first bio-fuel distribution bunk of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd in Hassan. Speaking at an event organised by the State Biofuel Development Board on Thur

The government’s education campaign for the public says, “don’t drink”, but its diktat to pubs and bars is to compulsorily “lift” 52 cases — around 460 litres — of the euphemistically named Indian Mad

Karnataka will have a new chief minister in Hubli’s native son Jagadish Shettar, expected to be sworn in before the assembly convenes for the monsoon session on July 16. Opposition from the lone naysa

The BJP is yet to decide on making him Chief Minister but rural development minister Jagadish Shettar is already getting more than his share of attention in the corridors of power. On Thursday, as Mr

The distraught parents of techie Pawan Kumar, who had earlier refused to sign the documents required to fly down his body from the US, finally have agreed to do so. However, the relatives have warned

The Lokayukta special court on Thursday took cognizance of offences against former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa and former minister D.K. Shivakumar in the Benniganahalli denotification case. The court ordered

Crucial underground work on the metro has finally started in the bustling City Market and Kalasipalya areas. Although the tunnelling work is yet to commence in this section, the land that has been acq

Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday directed his cabinet ministers to start reviewing drought related works on a weekly basis but it will be interesting to see if ministers owing allegian

Is the city, once a pensioners’ paradise, getting unsafe for elderly women alone at home? While only a few days ago an 81-year-old woman was murdered in her home in Vijayanagar police limits, Wednes

A four-storeyed building being constructed illegally at M.K. Layout in Garudacharpalya collapsed on Wednesday killing one person and leaving three children grievously injured. Miraculously, a five-mo