Bengaluru: Swati J, an HR professional, lives in Malleswaram and travels to Peenya for work. Earlier it took an hour for her to drive through chaotic traffic but now it barely takes 20 minutes to reach her office, thanks to Namma Metro. BMRCL is hopeful of replicating such stories across the city

MANGALURU: Buses, both KSRTC and private, remained off the roads in the city on Thursday following a strike call given by All India Transport Congress and various other trade unions against the proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014. Taxis and few autorickshaws operated so normal life was

MANGALURU: Mangalore University has postponed the fourth semester exam of BA/BCom/BSc students on account of the nation-wide transport strike on Thursday. BA fourth semester economic IV (two papers), rural development IV, Carnatic music, office practice management IV (two papers) scheduled for th

Bengaluru: No education, no guidance and no one to pour their heart out to — over 2,500 children are lodged in government-run homes in the state. Deprived of parental affection and a healthy atmosphere, they're spending precious days of their lives confined to four walls. RTI queries filed by thi

MANGALURU: The coastal district is fertile ground for adventure sports like scuba diving, parasailing, parajumping and others. But the activities are hindered by the absence of a comprehensive policy by the state government. Sources in the tourism industry said the lack of a policy in the arena o

Hubballi: Nasreen Makandar, 14, a slum girl in Vijayapura, has proved that true grit pays off in the long run, and picked up a gold medal for her efforts. She was part of the under-16 Karnataka team which defeated Punjab in the national-level basketball tournament conducted recently by the ministry

The Nepal temblor has sent shock waves in Karnataka too, with around 250 people from the state stranded there. The good news is that the first batch of 40 Bengalureans will fly to Delhi early Sunday and land in Bengaluru by noon, according to immigration officials and embassy sources. "Nearly 400 In

MANGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah said the jurisdiction of lone women's University in state at Vijayapura will be extended to all districts with a view to imparting quality education to women. Speaking after inaugurating the new building of Hira Women's Composite PU College at Thokkottu, CM

MANGALURU: The pre-monsoon showers will continue for another two days in the coast. Sundar Metri, director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, said that the prevailing conditions have seen the coast getting good showers, and this will last for a few days more. The result of the

BENGALURU: The Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) for professional undergraduate courses has been put off due to a strike called by the KSRTC Staff and Workers' Federation and a coalition of central trade unions on April 30. It will now be held on May 1

MANGALURU: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd will implement the monsoon timetable on Konkan Railway route from June 10 to October 31 for trains leaving from originating stations from June 10. The monsoon timetable is enforced to run trains punctually during the monsoon and to avoid inconvenience to pas

BENGALURU: "The moral of my story is there is no place for integrity and honesty , and there is no justice for a judge in this country," Justice KL Manjunath, a senior judge of the Karnataka high court who retired on Monday, said on Monday. Speaking at a farewell function organized by the high co

BENGALURU: Undeterred by political uncertainty over the city civic polls, the State Election Commission has revised the electoral rolls and prepared the ground for over 70 lakh voters to exercise their franchise, if BBMP elections are held. Former BBMP commissioner M Lakshminarayana said the numb

MANGALURU: Are you a BSNL customer? Then brace yourself for two-days of service disruption at various levels from April 21 including delay in attending to fault repairs, if any, outages in mobile networks not being attended to during the period and skeletal functioning of customer service centers th

The Department of Medical Education has clarified that the fee hike announced on April 1 will apply only for postgraduate medical, dental and diploma courses and not for undergraduate courses.   The statement comes in the wake of recent reports that the government had decided to increase the fee

BENGALURU: Rajarshi Dhar had planned to book a cab to office and back on Saturday but before he could even start booking, he got a message on his Taxiforsure mobile app saying :We will not be able to oeprate due to bandh tomorrow. While in some companies, employees have been asked to come to offi

MANGALURU: In view of grounding of one aircraft at Mumbai and subsequently late availability of aircraft and further due to A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) at Mangaluru International Airport, Air India Express flights of April 17 and 18 are rescheduled to operate as under: Flight IX813 Mangaluru to Dubai

BENGALURU: If you are a resident of Whitefield, Koramangala, Yelahanka or their adjoining areas and plan to host house parties over the weekends, you might need to think again. Energy minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday categorically said that vast swathes of Bengaluru will have to bear with power c