Booking to resume at rly station

Bangalore, dhns: The Passenger Reservation System at Cantonment railway station is likely to resume functioning before noon on Saturday. The damages inflicted by Kannada Rakshana Vedike activists have been set right and the counters are ready to issue tickets.

It was announced yesterday that the counter would be open only after a week. General Manager, South Western Railway Praveen Kumar and former Divisional Railway Manager Mahesh Mangal (now transferred to Bhuvaneshwar) visited the station in the morning and called for speedy restoration of ticketing services.

Visa procedure details on web

The procedure for granting residential permit and extending visas of foreigners has been hosted on the Police Commissioner’s website - www.bcp.gov.in. All forms can be downloaded from the website.

The applicant would need to approach the Police Commissioner only once with the application and required enclosures, states a release.

The facility will be extended to foreigner registration offices outside Bangalore soon, it says.

Alumni meet today

‘Maithreyi’, an alumni association, has been set up at Maharani’s Science College for Women. An annual meet of the association is being held at the college at 11.30 am on Saturday. Call 9343094082/ 988086739.

College festival

‘Sambhrama-08’, an an inter-collegiate cultural festival, will be held on February 21 and 22 at Maharani’s Science College for Women.

Colleges interested in participating can register before February 18. Call 9916049658.