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The five levy hikes add up to Rs 4.02 per litre on petrol and Rs 6.97 on diesel, handing the government a neat Rs 17,000 crore as additional revenue.

Bengaluru: Petrol bunk staff waylaid, Rs 21 lakh looted

The victims have been identified as Dodda Nagappa and Venkataramanaiah, both employees of Gati petrol bunk in...

20 March 2016 4:41 AM IST

Kapil Mohan case: Cops yet to send CDs for forensic tests

Bengaluru police had subsequently registered the case in same month, but the investigation is yet to see the light of...

20 March 2016 4:38 AM IST

The illegal gas filing shop on Kathriguppe Main Road in Bengaluru, where the blasts took place on Saturday (Photo: Satish B.)

Cylinder blasts spook in Banashankari area of Bengaluru

No casualties reported; Lorry parked outside godown prevents cylinders from flying out.

20 March 2016 4:34 AM IST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah before presenting the State Budget 2016-17 at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Friday (Photo: KPN)

Karnataka Budget 2016: CM taxes middle class, just as much as we can...

The CM has tried to come up with a win-win formula of mobilising resources without angering the common man too much.

20 March 2016 3:48 AM IST

The Vidhana Soudha during Earth Hour on Saturday (Photo: Satish B.)

Earth Hour: Most citizens are only observers, not participants

Observing Earth Hour around the globe has become more of a ritual than anything else and has lost its value.

20 March 2016 3:36 AM IST

JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda inaugurates a party convention at Palace Grounds, in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: DC)

Don't kill' Lokayukta: Deve Gowda to Siddaramaiah

Deve Gowda warned his protÃ©gÃ©-turned-foe that he would go down in the annals of history as the leader who murdered the...

20 March 2016 3:27 AM IST

An artist paints near Venkatappa Art Gallery in protest against its privatisation, in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: DC)

Venkatappa Art Gallery: From brushes to black umbrellas

The protest is part of an ongoing agitation against the Tourism Ministry's decision to privatise tourism spaces across...

20 March 2016 3:08 AM IST

AV is projected to hit USD 5.4 billion by the end of 2016.

India's digital shake-up an exciting application: InfoComm

AV market in the Indian sub-continent grew to USD 3.7 billion in 2014 from USD 2.6 billion in 2012.

19 March 2016 7:11 PM IST

The couple had differences and Triveni had deserted Kumar recently and was living separately in a rented house. (Photo: Pixabay)

Karnataka: Man kills wife, buries body in shed

The man suspected that she was having an affair with his friend.

19 March 2016 8:26 AM IST

A file photo of Open Street event on MG Road in Bengaluru.

Open Street' to be made global event

The government plans to make it an international event and a tourism draw.

19 March 2016 7:21 AM IST

An outlay of Rs 17,373 crore, an increase of a little over Rs 1,000 crore from 2015, does indicate that the government is moving in a positive direction in terms of the education sector. (Representational image)

Good news for private education institutions

The government is moving in a positive direction in terms of the education sector.

19 March 2016 7:17 AM IST

The state, which has seen rising man- elephant conflict of late, has set aside Rs 20 crore for re-establishing elephant corridors.

Rs 20 crore to reclaim elephant corridors

Environment and Ecology Department has received Rs 1609 crore.

19 March 2016 7:12 AM IST