Karnataka State Buses

Women in Karnataka can travel for free on government-run buses in the state from Sunday, with the administration rolling out the first of the five poll guarantees of the ruling Congress -- "Shakti" scheme.

Tension grew in the bordering areas recently, with political leaders on both sides attacking each other. Buses from both states were attacked and defaced with paint in Karnataka's Belagavi and Maharashtra's Pune by stone-throwing political cadres.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Thursday said all its 145 buses that carried around 7,000 pilgrims from the state to Saundatti in Karnataka for an annual fair at goddess Yellamma temple earlier, returned safely today.

Amid the tension over the border dispute between the two states, the Karnataka government bus services to Maharashtra have been temporarily suspended, said transport officials on Wednesday.

Amid the border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, activists of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday sprayed black and orange paints on at least three Karnataka state transport buses in Pune.

Karnataka is following the footsteps of Delhi and Maharastra to launch all electric fleet in the state by the end of this decade, said state Transport Minister B Sriramulu in the legislative assembly on Wednesday. So far, the state has not bought any electric buses, according to the minister, but they are being operated on a contract basis.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday flagged off the state's first ever rollout of electric buses for public transportation.

The state-wide strike in Karnataka by the government bus transport organisations continued for the third day. Workers want their wages to be increased in line with the state's sixth pay commission, something the state government says is impossible.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

Schools, colleges in Karnataka are closed and buses have remained off the roads after pro-Kannada groups called for a statewide bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute on a day when the BJP chief Amit Shah is in Mysuru to address the state BJP's Parivartana rally. Similarly, another bandh on February 4, this time in Bengaluru, wi...

Shutdown in Karnataka today with farmers and some pro Kannada groups sticking to their bandh call from 6 am to 6 pm over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute. Many schools in the state capital Bengaluru have declared a holiday.Some exams have also been rescheduled because of the bandh. Roads are largely empty with only few buses and private tax...

Protests on the issue of sharing of Mahadayi river waters continued in Karnataka on Wednesday. A bandh was called in north Karnataka -- the area that is hoping to receive more river water from Kalasa Banduri project being opposed by neighbouring Goa. There was a shutdown in several districts with buses off the roads and bus services between the two...

Protests on the issue of sharing of Mahadayi river waters continued in Karnataka today. A bandh was called in north Karnataka - the area that is hoping to receive more river water from the Kalasa-Banduri project that is being opposed by neighbouring Goa. There was a shutdown in several districts with buses off the road and bus services between the ...

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has placed an order for 3019 buses from Ashok Leyland, the company has announced. The order is one of the largest from a State Transport Undertaking for a single OEM to be executed in a single financial year, the company said. Ashok Leyland also announced that the order size is about Rs. 650 cr...

Karnataka will release more water from the river Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court order, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said this evening, after an all-party meet. "As a state, we cannot defy the Supreme Court's orders," he said. Earlier today, protesters blocked a major highway in Karnataka for several hours against the top...

Women in Karnataka can travel for free on government-run buses in the state from Sunday, with the administration rolling out the first of the five poll guarantees of the ruling Congress -- "Shakti" scheme.

Tension grew in the bordering areas recently, with political leaders on both sides attacking each other. Buses from both states were attacked and defaced with paint in Karnataka's Belagavi and Maharashtra's Pune by stone-throwing political cadres.

The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) on Thursday said all its 145 buses that carried around 7,000 pilgrims from the state to Saundatti in Karnataka for an annual fair at goddess Yellamma temple earlier, returned safely today.

Amid the tension over the border dispute between the two states, the Karnataka government bus services to Maharashtra have been temporarily suspended, said transport officials on Wednesday.

Amid the border dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka, activists of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Tuesday sprayed black and orange paints on at least three Karnataka state transport buses in Pune.

Karnataka is following the footsteps of Delhi and Maharastra to launch all electric fleet in the state by the end of this decade, said state Transport Minister B Sriramulu in the legislative assembly on Wednesday. So far, the state has not bought any electric buses, according to the minister, but they are being operated on a contract basis.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday flagged off the state's first ever rollout of electric buses for public transportation.

The state-wide strike in Karnataka by the government bus transport organisations continued for the third day. Workers want their wages to be increased in line with the state's sixth pay commission, something the state government says is impossible.

Goa has stopped bus services to neighbouring Karnataka after farmers and pro Kannada groups called a dawn to dusk bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute.Chief of the Goa government-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL), Deryk Natto told news agency PTI, that "bus services to Karnataka have been suspended due to the bandh cal...

Schools, colleges in Karnataka are closed and buses have remained off the roads after pro-Kannada groups called for a statewide bandh over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute on a day when the BJP chief Amit Shah is in Mysuru to address the state BJP's Parivartana rally. Similarly, another bandh on February 4, this time in Bengaluru, wi...

Shutdown in Karnataka today with farmers and some pro Kannada groups sticking to their bandh call from 6 am to 6 pm over the Mahadayi river water sharing dispute. Many schools in the state capital Bengaluru have declared a holiday.Some exams have also been rescheduled because of the bandh. Roads are largely empty with only few buses and private tax...

Protests on the issue of sharing of Mahadayi river waters continued in Karnataka on Wednesday. A bandh was called in north Karnataka -- the area that is hoping to receive more river water from Kalasa Banduri project being opposed by neighbouring Goa. There was a shutdown in several districts with buses off the roads and bus services between the two...

Protests on the issue of sharing of Mahadayi river waters continued in Karnataka today. A bandh was called in north Karnataka - the area that is hoping to receive more river water from the Kalasa-Banduri project that is being opposed by neighbouring Goa. There was a shutdown in several districts with buses off the road and bus services between the ...

The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has placed an order for 3019 buses from Ashok Leyland, the company has announced. The order is one of the largest from a State Transport Undertaking for a single OEM to be executed in a single financial year, the company said. Ashok Leyland also announced that the order size is about Rs. 650 cr...

Karnataka will release more water from the river Cauvery to neighbouring Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court order, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said this evening, after an all-party meet. "As a state, we cannot defy the Supreme Court's orders," he said. Earlier today, protesters blocked a major highway in Karnataka for several hours against the top...