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Nizams Road Transport Department was formed in June 1932 with 27 buses. There were 166 employees.

Bus depots in Karnataka to use solar energy

Each solar power plant at the 229 bus depots will generate upto 500 megawatts of power , according to him.

12 Aug 2018 6:17 AM IST

Lok Sabha member P.C. Mohan, Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar and others protest in front of Indiranagar BDA complext in Bengaluru on Saturday (Photo: KPN)

Indiranagar BDA complex revamp: Residents protest tree felling

Project to cost around Rs 657 crore.

12 Aug 2018 6:14 AM IST

Representational image.

Display boards at bus-stops: BBMP stalls BMTC hi-tech plans

However, BBMP is not ready to share the bus stop space for PIDB as they fear they may lose advertising revenue.

12 Aug 2018 6:11 AM IST

A womens purse made from recycled flex banner

Seized flex banners can be put to everyday use

As they are made up of soft poly vinyl chloride (PVC), these flex banners cannot be burnt due to its chlorine content.

12 Aug 2018 6:09 AM IST

In this historic town rest the tombs of 80 Swiss officers of the Swiss de Meuron Regiment who fell in battle, or were felled by disease and the vagaries of nature?

Sunday story: In Srirangapatna... Tombstones tell tales of Swiss...

The tiny town and its surroundings are dotted with several historic sites of different periods.

12 Aug 2018 4:17 AM IST

DC impact: The director of the Nagarahole National Park has been issued notice by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the iron spike beds it has laid along elephant- proof trenches (EPTs) and the three-inch spikes it has attached to rail barricades along its fringes as they are proving dangerous to its wildlife, especially elephants.

Spike the bed of nails: NHRC

The notice has mentioned a report in the Deccan Chronicle, â€œJumbo blood on fences, blame it on nailsâ€ of October...

12 Aug 2018 4:09 AM IST

The stereotypical image of the man in khaki pot-bellied, lazily lumbering along streets wielding a lathi or idly chatting at a busy street corner while puffing at a beedi, may soon not fit the Kalaburgi city policeman if Superintendent of Police N Shashikumar has his way.

Bengaluru: Time to trim it, top cop aims at belly

The programme is also intended to help the policemen give up alcohol and gutka.

12 Aug 2018 3:49 AM IST

Mahatma Gandhi takes part in a procession from railway station in Bellary in 1921.

Ballari, an important station' in Gandhi's fight

Spreading a cloth on the platform he slept at the railway station and continued his journey the next morning.

12 Aug 2018 2:05 AM IST

The police said when a minor is caught while performing bike stunts, they also book their parents for letting them use vehicles. (Representational Image)

Wheelies: 40 offenders booked in nine days

Recently the traffic police were directed to conduct special drives against those performing bike stunts in the city.

11 Aug 2018 5:15 AM IST

KP Agrahara corporator M. Gayatri.

Bengaluru: Gayatri in hot water over caste papers

Ms Gayatri had contested the BBMP polls as an independent.

11 Aug 2018 4:59 AM IST

A BBMP worker removing a flex board at Malleswaram.

22,000 hoardings removed so far : BBMP to Karnataka High Court

Further, Chief Secretary has also pointed out that steps are being taken now to rectify the defaults and to avoid...

11 Aug 2018 3:51 AM IST

Doctors from Narayana Health and some of the organ recipients.

Bengaluru: Only 0.5 organ donors per million population! Lack of...

Close to half a million Indians die because they fail to get organs on time.

11 Aug 2018 3:45 AM IST