The Regional Passport Office (RPO) at Koramangala in Bengaluru will soon get an online appointment facility to cater to the needs of passport applicants across the state. The RPO has written to the Ministry of External Affairs to provide online facility. "The head office is positively considering o

KALABURAGI, May 22, 2016:Municipal Administration and Minorities Affairs Minister Qamarul Islam says Karnataka is the only State in the country to establish exclusive residential schools for minorities. Speaking after releasing a booklet on the achievements of his department in the past three yea

Bangaluru, 22 May,2016:Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), at the 31st position, is the only Asian Management School to be ranked in the prestigious '2016 SCM World University 100' survey by SCM World. IIMB has been ranked alongside universities like University of Michigan, Massachusett

The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., which had introduced an air-conditioned weekly special train from Mumbai LTT-Mangaluru Junction-Mumbai LTT to clear the extra rush and demand from Mangalureans, has decided to extend the service for three more weeks, starting May 24. Train No. 02133 Lokmanya T

This follows Centre’s decision to bring in an Ordinance to defer NEET for a year BENGALURU, May 21, 2016: With the Union government deciding to promulgate an Ordinance to defer the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for a year, students in Karnataka who were pinning hopes on the State’

Bangaluru, May 18, 2016 :he Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has decided to commission an Attestation Branch Secretariat (ABC) in Bengaluru from June to help people who are travelling abroad. “The MEA will set up the ABC in Regional Passport Office (RPO) at Koramangala in Bengaluru, and operati

BMRCL is targeting November 1 to open the entire Phase I network BAngaluru, 17 May, 2016: The wait for south Bengalureans to board Namma Metro could be getting less with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) aiming to open the South line in August. While the Green Line operations on

Bengaluru: A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) reveals that the garden city has witnessed a sharp decline in the number of water bodies mainly due to extensive urbanisation. It points out that out of 105 lakes nearly 100 have been encroached to construct illegal buildings

May 12, 2016 Several districts in the State received good rainfall on Wednesday. Three persons suffered injuries after they were struck by lightning while travelling in a vehicle in Chikkamagaluru. In some districts power supply was hit and traffic came to a standstill due to heavy rains. Hubb

Bengaluru, May 9: Living up to its sobriquet 'Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru is all set to become the first city in the country to introduce online police verification of passports. The pilot project is likely to take off by the end of this month. With tablets in their hand, policemen will

The temperature in the city on Sunday was a sizzling 39.2 degrees crossing the maximum ever temperature recorded in April of 38.3 degrees in April 1931. The forward forecast also does not seem cheerful as the IMD suggests that temperatures of 38 degrees are here to stay for atleast a week. With tem

MANGALURU, April 22, 2016:Mincing no words, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that the State government will take stern action against “fundamentalist forces” if they try to disturb social harmony. Without naming any particular organisation, Mr. Siddaramaiah, while addressing a gathering at Su

BENGALURU, April 22, 2016: With drought making every drop of water precious, there is a special focus on rainwater harvesting. If you are yet to adopt harvesting in your building, get ready to pay penalty from May 1. You will have to pay 25 per cent of your water bill as penalty for the first thr

BENGALURU, April 22, 2016:The Transport Department will soon be able to monitor and take action against cab aggregators if they flout the rules. Two of the city’s biggest cab aggregators – Ola (which also runs TaxiForSure) and Uber — have come forward to register with the department under the Karnat

Bengaluru ,April 16, 2016, :The move comes even as private hospitals in several states are contemplating writing to the Union government seeking more clarity on setting up NOTTO and SOTTO. The city will soon house a State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO), which will function under t

Bengaluru: April 13, 2016:Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will tour drought-hit districts in north Karnataka beginning April 15. The BJP and the JD(S) have accused the chief minister of turning a blind eye to the plight of the people of north Karnataka who are facing the worst drought in the four decade

BENGALURU, March 28, 2016:Around 8.49 lakh students across the State will be writing their Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations that will begin this Wednesday. The examination will end on April 13. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, K.S. Sathyamurthy, Commissioner for P

Bangaluru, 19, March 2016: The following are the key features of the Karnataka Budget 2016-17 presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Assembly on Friday. Agriculture Karnataka State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Committee to be constituted under the chairmanship of chief minister to