A silent "green revolution" is in the making in India's tech hub Bangalore as citizens come together to sponsor trees to save the city's "green heritage" which has of late come under threat owing to development activities.
 
The unique programme christened ‘I Own a ...

Two more deaths were reported from influenza A (H1N1) virus Saturday in Bangalore taking the toll in the city to three in past four days.
 

Shivanna, 55, died at Wockhardt Hospital in west Bangalore and Manjunath, 28, in Vydehi Medical Institute in east of the city Friday.

Manjunath, a ...

Recession has hit the IT sector in Bangalore, with lots of techies losing their jobs. Some have been forced to take up low-paying jobs as they wait to bounce back when the recession ends.
 
Dipankar Dutta, 27, working with an Indian IT company as software engineer, lost his job almost eight ...

The government of Karnataka has requested the Atomic Energy Commission to set up a 2000 MV green-field nuclear power plant in the state for meeting the energy demands of the state.
 
"I have told AEC chairman Anil Kakodakar to direct the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCL) to ...

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has launched an awareness drive in 60 schools for creating awareness among the school students about environment sustainability and instil in them the habit of recycling. The schools chosen are from New Delhi and Bangalore.
 
This awareness campaign ...

Marriage to a successful techie, beginning a new life in a new city - it seemed like a beautiful dream for Poonam Nath. But in a year, everything turned bitter and the couple separated. Poonam is not the only case. The city sees an average of 25 divorce cases filed every day.
 
According to ...

A group of social thinkers will formally press the central government on Friday for a separate time zone for the Northeast so that there is optimum utilization of daylight.
"We would submit a formal proposal to the central minister of the Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER) for a ...

It is not every day that one sees wine enthusiasts flaunting glasses of their favourite drink in public space here. But, on July 10, select residents of India's IT hub are expected to revel in the taste of the best, produced in Karnataka.
Conceptualised by the Karnataka Wine Board on the lines of ...

The Karnataka police are awaiting the chemical analysis report to determine the exact cause of death of Kaiga Atomic Power Plant scientific officer Loganathan Mahalingam, whose body was fished out from River Kali on June 13, a police official said on Tuesday.

"We're waiting for the chemical ...

The chief minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yeddyurappa on Wednesday (February 18) stated that the central government will fund the setting up of a Bio-IT facility in Bangalore. According to reports, the ministry of communications and IT will set up the Bio-IT facility to foster research in genome ...

On Saturday (13th December) Vice President Hamid Ansari declared Bangalore the "Nano city of India" after the Karnataka government announced it would take measures to encourage research and development in nanoscience and facilitate development of the nanotechnology industry in the ...

The city of Bangalore got the first German consulate on November 21, 2008. The consulate called 'Bundes Republic Deutschland Indian General Consulate' was inaugurated by the visiting foreign affairs minister of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier at a five-star hotel in the city. The inauguration ...

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) Director Pankaj Chandra has informed that the institute has added 150 more seats; 75 each in PGP (Post Graduate Program) and in executive program. Mr Chandra was speaking on the occasion of the 35th Foundation Day. IIIMB established in the year ...

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has decided to offer people a ride on Vayu Vajra Volvos (bus) for only Rs five on Sundays and other holidays. The idea is to promote luxury public transport service. This announcement of temporary reduction of fares of Volvo buses was made ...

In order to promote economic growth in the state Karnataka state has approved three SEZs in the capital city of Bangalore.  The decision in this regard was taken recently in the 15th State High Level Clearance Committee meeting. Accordingly, the government will fulfill needs of land and water ...

Late in 2008, Switzerland will open a Consulate General office in the Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore, to reinforce its presence in India. The country already had a Consulate General office in Mumbai and the Bangalore office would be the second one in the country. Dominique Dreyer, Switzerland's ...

Karnataka Control of Organized Crime Act (KCOCA) will be in action again. Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa has asked officials across the state to use KCOCA to clamp down on terror networks and prevent future attacks. Recently, BJP has been seeking for a tough anti-terror legislation to solve the issue ...

The south Indian city of Bangalore in Karnataka was rocked by seven bomb blasts on Friday, July 25 within a time span of just 15 minutes, the police officials informed. One woman was killed, while scores others have been injured. The police state that these seven bombs were detonated using ...

IIM Bangalore has become first management institute to impart management education to politicians. BJP, looking for better management through well trained leadership this time, has decided to let its MLAs get trained at IIM Bangalore campus. 

Karnataka CM BS Yedurappa talking on the ...

Karnataka BJP MLA Raghupathy Bhat’s wife Padmapriya according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (West Delhi) Shalini Singh was found hanging from the ceiling of Shama Apartments in Dwarka Sector 10 late Saturday night. 35-year-old Padmapriya the mother of two children was missing for four ...

The capital city of Karnataka, Bangalore can now boast of an International airport which was opened on Friday, May 23, 2008. The airport started its operations from Friday night onwards, when Air India flight IC 609 from Mumbai touched down the new airport at 10.40 pm. Following the landing, ...