S. Rajendran BANGALORE: The Karnataka government is all set to improve the road network in Bangalore to enable faster movement of motor vehicles, and towards this end it is expected to clear a nearly Rs. 2,800-crore project to construct an elevated expressway linking Bangalore South (Madivala) with Bangalore North (Hebbal) and another elevated road to link Bangalore East (Marathahalli) with the north-south elevated corridor.

Concerted effort is needed to fight chikungunya.

BANGALORE-BASED electric carmaker Reva Electric Car Company is looking at licensing its vehicle technology to other carmakers. One of the largest manufacturers of electric cars in the world, Reva is currently exported to 13 overseas markets in small numbers.

Divya Gandhi PCCF's status report submitted to High Court In an assessment of the impact of privatisation on Bangalore's lakes, the State Forest Department has described the Lake Development Authority's programme of leasing out lakes to private developers as one that "seems to be taking all the ills of modern, built-up and paved-over, urban life into these hitherto natural spaces'. It has recommended that the lakes be declared as "nature or bird preserves'.

Gone are the days when there used to be a mad scramble to get Rs 99 tickets to Bangalore or bid online for Re 1 tickets to Chennai. Such tickets just don't exist anymore. After giving several Indians a taste of no frill,

It might be a rather tiny piece in an ambitious mission but without a semiconductor chip, a satellite or any other communication device cannot transmit or receive data. Though developed Western countries have imposed complex restrictions on the supply of Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) chips to India, a Defence Research and Development Organization lab has, despite US sanctions, developed and supplied GaAs devices for military and space technology purposes.

Land meant everything to the Indian farmer, now it means big bucks. As large swathes of farmland turn into prime real estate, instant crorepatis are sprouting across the countryside. Sunday Times tracks the rich harvest Devanahalli New Bangalore airport a harbinger of fortunes Muniraju Shivaramegowda left his village and ran away to Bangalore when his poor father couldn't send him to college. He joined a private firm that provided security guards to companies. Five years on, Muniraju is a tour operator who owns 32 vehicles and employs as many drivers.

As part of the Earth Day celebrations, Eco-Watch conducted, under their Urban Forestry Project, the planting of a variety of native species at the bio-diversity park in Hoskote on Friday, along with the employees of Intel India.

In a significant development, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has completed the project report on the proposed Indian manned space mission slated for a takeoff in 2015. According to its chairman G.Madhavan Nair, the report will soon be submitted to the Government for approval. "We are basically targeting a seven-year period, planning to launch the mission in 2015 for which there is good clarity on the roadmap such as the technologies required, the estimated Rs.10,0000-million for the mission, the agencies who would be participating and so on," observed Nair.