Karnataka government ignores protests, notifies lifetime tax on EVs, spares two-wheelersKarnataka has introduced a new lifetime road tax for electric cars, jeeps, and buses, excluding two-wheelers. This move aims to generate an...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
Women may cheer, but free bus ride a risk to Kerala’s robust transport ecosystemKerala elections: The UDF’s manifesto is anchored on five key guarantees, including free bus travel for women on Kerala State Road Transpor...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Karnataka withdraws exemption, to slap lifetime tax on EVs, except two-wheelersKarnataka has withdrawn lifetime road tax exemptions for electric cars, jeeps, buses, and private vehicles, except for two-wheelers. The mo...
02 Apr, 2026, 07.26 PM IST
Karnataka's clean mobility policy aims Rs 50,000 crore investment amid competition from Maharashtra & Tamil NaduThe state has already secured Rs 25,000 crore in investments across the EV value chain, including battery pack manufacturing, cell producti...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.56 PM IST
Vendetta politics: Congress slams PM Modi over 2023 decision on sale of rice to state govtsCongress accuses Modi's 'vendetta politics' of obstructing Karnataka's 'Anna Bhagya,' increasing food subsidy costs up to Rs 18000 crore. F...
05 Jul, 2024, 06.29 PM IST
India exports 30.68 lakh tonne sugar in October-January: AISTAMills have contracted to export 46 lakh tonne sugar without the government subsidy so far in the 2021-22 marketing year, it added. Sugar ma...
07 Feb, 2022, 10.44 PM IST
Sugar price may rise 8% in season 2020: CrisilCrisil expects sugar prices to rise 8 percent to Rs 33-34 per kg in SS 2020 through September 2020.
05 Sep, 2019, 08.44 PM IST
Going electric proving tough for Bengaluru autosMove to introduce electric autorickshaws in city has met with delays, despite political backing
05 Sep, 2019, 11.22 AM IST
Sugar export from India challenging: ICRAThe Government announced a Rs 6268-crore sugar export subsidy scheme on August 28, 2019, to enable exports.
02 Sep, 2019, 02.27 PM IST
Government may blacklist Tata Motors for delaying delivery of e-busesThe Mumbai-based automaker had won orders to supply 40 electric buses each to Jaipur, Indore, Lucknow, Kolkata, Jammu and Guwahati in March...
04 Apr, 2019, 07.29 AM IST
Considering transport subsidy to states for promoting agri exports: Suresh PrabhuThe issue of providing transport subsidy along with various other matters were discussed at the meeting of the Council for Trade Developmen...
10 Jan, 2019, 06.28 PM IST
24,000 Old autos to go off-road from this AprilChief minister Siddaramaiah, in his previous budget, announced a ban on two-stroke auto-rickshaws from April 1, 2018 and had allocated Rs 3...
08 Jan, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Cheap bus passes await garment, building workersThe proposal, which is in the final stages of approval, has not gone down well with a labour union.
22 Nov, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
Autos with 2-stroke engines to blame for air pollutionKarnataka’s transport department’s scheme offered a subsidy of Rs 30,000 to those switching to a new model auto that currently costs about .
02 Feb, 2015, 12.36 PM IST
- Will cut bus fares if government extends tax exemption to RTCs: Ramalinga Reddy
The price of diesel had come down by Rs 6.18 per litre recently, which prompted the JDS and BJP in Karnataka to demand reduction in bus far...
10 Nov, 2014, 08.20 PM IST
BPL card holders in Karnataka to get 30 kgs of rice at Re 1 per kg from July 10Karnataka gets 1,78,000 tonnes of rice from the Centre every month and needs additional 1,07,000 tonnes to implement the initiative.
05 Jul, 2013, 03.01 PM IST
- Karnataka sugar companies seek subsidy
Sugar mills in Karnataka have requested the state administration to adhere to the fiscal commitments made to them last year and ensure earl...
14 Mar, 2008, 01.20 AM IST