Motor vehicle tax: Cab owners warn of strike
The All India Motor Transport Congress and various cab operators have warned of a strike if the hike in motor vehicle tax announced in the State Budget 2012-13, is not withdrawn.
Cab owners will have
Food and drink: A close link
Producing 1 cup of coffee takes 140 litres of water and 1 kg of beef 15,000 litres of water. Our water needs are much bigger than what we usually assume. We all know we have been facing a water crisis
As U.S. election looms, India IT seeks image makeover
As the U.S. presidential election ramps up the rhetoric against offshoring jobs, India's flagship software services providers are seeking an image makeover.
For Wipro, Infosys and others, multi-billi
DVS Budget: Sops for ’12, eye on ’13
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda did manage to present his maiden Budget, even as the man out to oust him, B.S. Yeddyurappa, and his supporters watched in the Assembly on Wednesday. A 22 per cent s
Steve Waugh my role model: Dravid
Rahul Dravid on Wednesday said former Australian captain Steve Waugh was his role model and he used to imitate his mannerism to get into the right frame of mind.
"I saw in Steve Waugh my roadmap to b
‘Sarva Sparshi’ budget, says CM
“My conscience says I have done a good job. I have not burdened the common man with taxes. It is a ‘Sarva Sparshi’ Budget (one that touches everyone’s life),” said Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda
City gets Rs 5,500 cr budget boost
Bengaluru has got a whopping Rs 5,500-crore allocation in the State budget for holistic development of the city, including supply of Cauvery water to newly added areas of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanaga
Other highlights of the budget
Lake rejuvenation
The State has allotted Rs 50 crore for lake development. It has also directed the BBMP and BDA to jointly raise Rs 100 crore for rejuvenation of lakes.
Drinking water
The BWSSB rece
HC to decide on Reddy’s fate today
The HC is all set to pronounce its order on a criminal petition by former tourism minister G. Janardhan Reddy, presently in CBI custody in Bengaluru, on Thursday at 2.30 pm.
Reddy had sought the quas
Lokayukta files ‘B’ report, Somanna may be off hook
With the Lokayukta police filing a ‘B report’ in the land denotification case involving V. Somanna saying he was unaware of the fact that the land in question was under acquisition, the housing minist