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The state syllabus textbooks were reviewed by the textbook review committee, headed by well-known writer Prof. Baraguru Ramachandrappa. After nearly a two-year exercise, the textbooks were introduced from this academic year.(Representational Image)

Experts concerned over errors in Karnataka textbooks

The Association has also demanded assurance in writing from the state government to revise the books before the upcoming...

15 Jan 2018 7:03 AM IST

Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and CHCs are the first stop for rural people, especially for any injuries or pregnancy cases.

Bengaluru: Health centre numbers dip

The distance to district hospitals is more in most of the rural areas and it leads to delays in treatment.

15 Jan 2018 4:37 AM IST

Cattle being run through fire during Makara Sankranti festival at a programme organised by agriculture department at Lalbagh in Bengaluru on Sunday (Photo:DC)

A slice of rural Karnataka at Lalbagh garden

Lalbagh looked more like a boisterous village fair, instead of a quiet garden.

15 Jan 2018 4:24 AM IST

A BMTC electric bus (Photo:DC)

Snub for BMTC, only 40 electric buses

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is in a fix as the Central has reportedly approved subsidy for...

15 Jan 2018 4:18 AM IST

Garbage being burnt near Mahadevapura lake in Bengaluru

Mahadevapura lake: Garbage burns your lungs

The residents claim the garbage includes industrial plastic powder, rubber and other plastic materials.

15 Jan 2018 4:11 AM IST

Two pedestrians died in separate incidents

Bengaluru: 2 pedestrians die in separate accidents

Two pedestrians died on spot in separate incidents in Sadashivanagar and Ulsoor

15 Jan 2018 4:00 AM IST

Jail and SBI officials after signing an agreement on providing bank accounts to prisoners, in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Bank accounts for jailbirds at Parappana Agrahara

A prisoner will be allowed to work in various factories in the prison for the work he does, he will be given wages.

15 Jan 2018 3:49 AM IST

The Kaggalipura police who rushed to the spot and broke open the door only to find the couple hanging to a ceiling fan. (Representational Image)

Bengaluru: Couple elopes, end lives after woman's mother commits...

The couple took the extreme step at the house of their friend's sister at Kaggalipura on Sunday by hanging themselves...

15 Jan 2018 3:43 AM IST

The tusker raised its trunk over the six-foot compound wall, lifted the boy and carried him on its trunk for about 200 metres before crushing him.

Hassan: Tusker lifts boy from house, crushes him

A source said, the villagers ran for their lives when they saw the jumbo carrying the boy.

15 Jan 2018 3:31 AM IST

The accused, Wajid S.K. alias Abdul Wajid

Karnataka: Ponzi firm leaves 200 investors in the lurch

Promised to double the deposit in four months didn't provide receipt to customers.

15 Jan 2018 3:23 AM IST

India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee members during a programme.

Freeing farmers from agrarian distress

The number of farm suicides is on the rise and loan sharks have a vice like grip over our farming communities.

15 Jan 2018 1:34 AM IST

It is against this background that the dangers must be assessed of campaigning on Hindutva lines and triggering the beef debate to drag in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has done early in the campaign.

K'taka CM slams Goa minister's comment against Kannadigas

Karnataka, which has locked horns with Goa on sharing Mahadayi water, is seeking release of 7.56 tmcft water for the...

15 Jan 2018 1:27 AM IST