Bangalore is officially Bengaluru from now

Shedding the colonial name, Bangalore on Saturday became Bengaluru synchronising with the state formation day -- Karnataka Rajyotsava. In tandem, 11 other cities across Karnataka were also......

The dangers of India's water policy

A global water report promotes privatisation narrativewhich could be disastrous for India and the world, says Gopal Krishna. Ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development being......

Prof Darga: Where Islam meets Veerashaivism

Professor Ramzan Darga, a Muslim, teaches Basava Philosophy and Veerashaivism at Karnataka's Gulbarga University. He was the keynote speaker at the Veerashaiva Samaja of North America 2010......

Telangana shuts down against Jaganmohan Reddy

The bandh called by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Telangana Joint Action Committee and several other organisations brought normal life in the region to a grinding......

8 promises Modi made on I-Day 2015: Some met, some are works-in-progress

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to deliver his third Independence Day speech on August 15, he is inviting ideas from citizens on issues he should speak on Speeding up financial inclusion,......

Karnataka eyes small towns for IT

Karnataka expects tier-II and tier-III towns to contribute about 10 per cent of its total IT exports by the next fiscal and is launching a slew of initiatives to achieve this.It will employ the hub......

Simputer: Not a common man's device anymore

Only three years ago, the Simputer was the biggest story to come out of the Indian IT industry.It was to be the first time that a computing product would be completely indigenously developed and......