IAF chief voices concern over instability in Af-Pak region
The Taliban threat and instability in the Af-Pak region can have its fallout on India's security in the next two years, Air Chief Marshal N. A. K. Browne warned on Saturday.
"2013 and 2014 are cruci
Double whammy for city writer Barua
It’s quite the double whammy for Jahnavi Barua. Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize for her novel Rebirth and now, little more than a month later, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book a
Congress pins hopes on Sonia’s visit
The Congress will find no better opportunity than this to seriously start wooing the Lingayats who have turned their back to the party for the past 21 years. AICC president Mrs Sonia Gandhi will be th
Sonia looks to seer power
Behind Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s overtures towards the numerically significant Lingayat community is the hidden hand of a seer who initiated the invitation to the Congress leader, and will sha
New Mayor, dy: Are they ‘clean’?
On a day when the city has elected a new Mayor and a Deputy Mayor ostensibly for the development of the city, Namma Bengaluru may have the misfortune of having its first citizens reflecting a taint t
Leopard nails land two in custody, HC grants bail
Transportation and selling of wildlife articles, such as the skins of tigers and leopards, is still being carried out in the state, despite being pronounced illegal. The Karnataka High Court on Thurs
Govt sounds alert in Naxal-hit dists
Naxal- affected districts in Karnataka have been put on alert following a spate of Maoist violence in Odisha, Chattisgarsh and Maharashtra, where on Thursday Maoists killed two villagers and abducted
Elephants to be counted this summer
After five long years, the elephants in the state will be counted this May. According to the last census Karnataka has over 5,000 elephants in the wild which is one of the highest wild elephant popula
Glitterati push voter registration for poll
Prominent Bengalureans like former Lokayukta , Justice Santosh Hegde and Mohandas Pai of Infosys fame are leading the city’s graduates queuing up to register for voting in the Bangalore Graduates’ C
Signature campaign for Cabinet expansion
Following an unsuccessful attempt to convince former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa to agree to the Cabinet expansion, the state BJP seems to have encouraged a few MLAs to put pressure on the central