Karnataka

Years before the BPO industry created the word 'Bangalored', the name of Karnataka's capital city had entered the common parlance of armies across the world thanks to a seemingly-ordinary tube filled with explosives.

Gauri Lankesh was posthumously honoured with the annual Anna Politkovskaya Award. Here's all you need to know about the award and the gutsy journalist its named after.

A soap that has held a special place in the hearts of Indians for more than a century, Mysore Sandal Soap’s legacy is intricately interwoven with Karnataka’s history and heritage.

The Karnataka State will launch an online portal to get couples to register their marriage. Its operation will be similar to the site that handles property registration. This will eliminate the time-consuming process of going to government offices to get the deed done.

The meals along with calcium and iron tablets will be served to women from the beginning of pregnancy to 45 days after delivery.

Founded in 2000 as a programme and joint initiative of two NGOs - Public Affairs Centre and Swabhimana, CMCA strives to transform young Indians into concerned, thinking and active citizens for an inclusive and sustainable India.

The Kandavara Kere used to be the largest lake in the Chikkaballapur district at one time. Now, it's all covered up with weeds.

The late soldier's village has 1,030 houses, of which 800 have individual toilets. The remaining households, which lack individual toilets will have the facility by October 2.

“We are not the waking up at the crack-of-dawn sort of people. Unless of course, we have vegetables to send out or have elephants visiting the farm, in which case we pretty much stay up the entire night.”

By introducing charging points and pods in public spaces like IT parks, SEZs, shopping malls, commercial buildings and residential apartments, the plan is to encourage citizens to switch from conventional to electric automobiles.