After fare hike, auto drivers ask for more The woes of autorickshaw commuters are far from over. A day after the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) announced the revision in minimum fare of autorickshaws by Rs 2 and per km fare by Re 1, various autorickshaw unions on Thursday put forth fresh demands before the RTA.
Watch and clock fair begins in City The India International Watch and Clock Fair- Samaya Bharati 2008 organised by Trade Post was inaugurated on Thursday at Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
Officials swindle public money duplicating works Want to swindle public money? Take up same work twice under different scheme and show expenditure twice - this is what some officers of BBMP seem to have adopted.
Now, special children can learn in a new classroom Sri Sajjan Rao Vidya Samsthe, a school for the deprived and special children, run by Sri Subramanyaswamy Temple Trust, inaugurated a new classroom for the special children on Thursday.
Fool-proof meters mooted Sayed Shafi Ahmed, RTA Secretary, had a discussion with C S Hemanth of Deccan Herald.
Is Karnataka becoming a new haven for terrorists, as in recent times, even smaller towns have been found to harbour those with terror links?
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