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Pammal residents stage demonstration on Pallavaram- Kundrathur Road, demanding regular supply of drinking water. (Photo: DC)

Protests for water growing in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Vellore, Kancheepuram and Krishnagiri are facing severe water shortage and the state police are facing a tough...

28 Feb 2017 6:10 AM IST

Santosh Pathange

Mysuru businessman wins Modi's laurels

It was a moment of quiet pride for this 36 year-old owner of a lubricants store when Mr Modi spoke about him.

28 Feb 2017 3:07 AM IST

Sand being lifted from near the Coastal Regulation Zone near Udupi

No sand mining in Coastal Regulation Zone: NGT

Activists opposing sand mining said NGT's verdict would render all permits granted for mining in CRZ ineffective.

28 Feb 2017 3:04 AM IST

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) will be modifying the maximum speed limit on Outer Ring Road to 100km per hour (kmph) from the existing 120kmph.

Bengaluru: KIA alternative road closed for repair

The road had been opened temporarily to prevent inconvenience caused to road users because of Aero India 2017.

28 Feb 2017 2:54 AM IST

Home Minister Dr G. Parameshwar inaugurates the police station at Begur in Bengaluru on Monday. D.K. Suresh, MP, Councilor Anjanappa and MLA Krishnappa, are seen (Photo: DC)

Bengaluru police station gets child-friendly space

The initiative is to provide counselling services to vulnerable children when brought to the police station.

28 Feb 2017 2:49 AM IST

Karnataka: 'SB' in secret diary a top bureaucrat?

In the diary there was an alleged mention of Rs 65 crore against the initials SB'.

28 Feb 2017 2:47 AM IST

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted bail to Kannada film Masthigudi director Nagashekar, and its stunt choreographer Raviverma, both accused in the tragic death of two actors, who died during the shooting of the film at TG Halli reservoir.

Karnataka: Uber gets injunction order against protest

The cab drivers' unions, however, continued their six-day strike, seeking permission from the City police to stage a...

28 Feb 2017 2:46 AM IST

Wildlife experts say only the young jumbos are expected to survive while the old ones could die within a week or ten days. Already, two elephants have died in Chamarajanagar district and two in the Mudumalai forests in Tamil Nadu.

Parched earth: Karnataka stares at worst drought in years

The poor monsoon of the last four years has aggravated the situation.

28 Feb 2017 2:40 AM IST

Metros turning into suicide capitals

Wake up B'luru, time to loosen the noose

More millennials have stepped over the edge than before, finds a 2015 survey by the National Crime Records Bureau.

28 Feb 2017 2:38 AM IST

Congress leader Digvijay Singh

Digvijay Singh booked for madrasa tweet

MBT says Congress leader offended lakhs of students.

28 Feb 2017 2:28 AM IST

The decade-long problems of people living near the Central Police Lines in Amberpet will end soon as the government is lifting the ban on the use of CPL roads.

Police Lines on the road of Amberpet to open

Flyover cleared at Amberpet, alternative roads found.

28 Feb 2017 2:19 AM IST

Want your walls to have a green curtain? Taking a leaf from China, and under the project of green buffers along the traffic corridors, GHMC plans to cover the citys major compound walls, central medians and traffic islands with green curtains by way of avenue plantation as is being done by the red nation.

Hyderabad: Alwal park found, to be shuttle court

TRS leader identified as owner' of building, says it's a mistake.

28 Feb 2017 2:16 AM IST