Departments	URL
Bangalore One	http://www.bangaloreone.gov.in
Accountants General, Karnataka	http://agkar.cag.gov.in
Agricultural Department	http://raitamitra.kar.nic.in
Agricultural Marketing	http://maratavahini.kar.nic.in
Audit Mnitoring System	http://ams.kar.nic.in
Bangalore Customs	http://www.kar.nic.in/blrcustoms
BMRDA	http://www.bmrda.kar.nic.in
Central Excise Bangalore	http://centralexcisebangalore.kar.nic.in
Central Excise Mysore	http://www.centralexcisemysore.gov.in
Central Excise, Belgaum	http://www.centralexcisebelgaum.kar.nic.in
Central Poultry Development Organization (SR)	http://www.cpdosrbng.kar.nic.in
Central Public Works Department (SZ-III)	http://www.cpwdsz3.kar.nic.in
Commercial Tax Department (VAT)	http://vat.kar.nic.in
Commercial Taxes Department	http://ctax.kar.nic.in/
Controller of Defence Accounts,Bangalore	http://www.cdablore.gov.in
Department of Animal husbandry and veterniry services	http://www.ahvs.kar.nic.in/
Department of Backward Classes	http://www.backwardclasses.kar.nic.in/
Department of Child Labour	http://balashrama.kar.nic.in
Department of Cooperative Audit	http://sahakaradarpana.kar.nic.in
Department of Ecology & Environment	http://parisara.kar.nic.in
Department of Gazette	http://www.kar.nic.in/gazette
Department of Handlooms & Textiles	http://www.textiles.kar.nic.in
Department of Health and Family Welfare	http://karhfw.gov.in
Department of Horticulture	http://www.horticulture.kar.nic.in
Department of Housing	http://housing.kar.nic.in
Department of Industries and Commerce,Belgaum	http://belgaumdic.gov.in
Department of Parliamentary Affairs	http://dpal.kar.nic.in
Department of sericulture	http://reshmesiri.kar.nic.in
Department of Woman & Child Development	http://dwcd.kar.nic.in
Dept. Of Mines & Geology	http://mines.kar.nic.in
Directorate of Economics & Statistics	http://des.kar.nic.in
Directorate of Employment & Training	http://labour.kar.nic.in/eandt/etiindex.htm
Directorate Of Kannada & Culture	http://www.kar.nic.in/samskruthi
Directorate of Mass Education	http://karmassedn.gov.in
Directorate of Municipal Administration	http://municipaladmn.kar.nic.in
Directorate of Translations	http://www.translations.kar.nic.in
Directorate of Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens	http://welfareofdisabled.kar.nic.in
DPAR (Janaspanadana Cell)	http://janaspandana.kar.nic.in
DPAR (Services)	http://dpar.kar.nic.in
DPAR-RTI	http://www.dpar-rti.kar.nic.in
Finance Department	http://finance.kar.nic.in
Food & Civil Supplies	http://ahara.kar.nic.in
Indian Army Paramotor Expedition	http://www.armyparamotorexpedition.kar.nic.in
Infrastructure Development Department	http://idd.kar.nic.in
Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya,Mangalore	http://www.jnvmangalore.gov.in
Kannada & Culture Department	http://kannadasiri.kar.nic.in
Karnataka Education	http://karnatakaeducation.gov.in
Karnataka Forest Department	http://karnatakaforest.gov.in
Karnataka Gazetteer Department	http://www.kar.nic.in/gazetteer
Karnataka Legislature	http://kla.kar.nic.in
Karnataka Public Library	http://www.kar.nic.in/publib
Karnataka Rural Employment Guarantee scheme	http://kregs.gov.in
Labour Department	http://labour.kar.nic.in
North Karnataka Postal Region	http://www.nkpost.kar.nic.in
NSSO South Zone	http://www.nsso.kar.nic.in
Official Liquidator, Bangalore	http://www.olkarnataka.kar.nic.in
Passport Office, Bangalore	http://www.kar.nic.in/passport
Passport Office, Cochin	http://passcoc.kar.nic.in
Passport Office, Kozhikode	http://passkoz.kar.nic.in
Passport Office, Trivandrum	http://passtvm.kar.nic.in
Planning, Statistics, Science and Technology Dept.	http://planning.kar.nic.in
Press Information Bureau, Bangalore	http://www.pibbng.kar.nic.in
Public Works Department	http://www.kar.nic.in/pwd
Regional Commissioner Office,Belgaum	http://www.regional-commissioner-belgaum.gov.in
Rural Dev. & Panchayat Raj Dept.	http://rdpr.kar.nic.in
Social Welfare Department	http://sw.kar.nic.in
South Karnataka Postal Region	http://www.skpost.kar.nic.in
The Parachute Regiment	http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in
Transport Department	http://rto.kar.nic.in
Water Resources Department	http://waterresources.kar.nic.in
Watershed Development Department	http://watershed.kar.nic.in

    

Three rumours have been doing the rounds in Bangalore for the past decade. Iron Maiden is coming to town. Megadeth is coming to town. Metallica is coming to town. Iron Maiden came this year, and here’s some good news for the rock fans Megadeth are coming to Bangalore in March.

On February 12th 2002, the Bangalore High Court was pleased to continue the order of Status Quo protecting the ISKCON Bangalore management from encroachment by 9 defendants, which include ISKCON Bombay, Jayapataka Swami and Gopal Krishna Swami. This Status Quo order, ordering the 9 defendants to not disturb the possession and control of ISKCON Bangalore by its current management has actually been in place since October 16th, 2001. It has been in force continuously since that day, and the High Court has now extended it even further. Though a lower court turned down the request of ISKCON Bangalore to extend Status Quo order indefinitely, the High Court has accepted ISKCON Bangalore's appeal against the order, and has ordered that the Status quo protection remain in place until the matter is heard fully.

Please find below the orders passed in this matter since October 16th:

"Documents placed on record, prima facie, show title and possession of the plaintiff [ISKCON Bangalore] over the suit schedule properties [Temple]. Plaintiff is a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. Plaintiff is an independent entity. Plaintiff apprehends unlawful interference by thedefendants 1 to 9 [Jayapataka Swami et. al]. Apprehension of the plaintiff cannot be said to be unfounded, at this stage of the proceedings, in view of the pleadings and the documents on record.
Therefore, an interim equitable order is felt necessary to maintain the status quo of the nature of the suit schedule property and the affairs of the plaintiff-society. Hence, I proceed to pass the following

Bangalore is attracting a vast number of global corporations with its world class facilities and infrastructure. The city is the IT capital of India and has made immense progress in the BPO sector. It is no surprise that almost a 100 multi national companies from all over the world have set up facilities in Bangalore.

In March 2004, a group of American management students took a tour of Bangalore and were extremely impressed with a call center facility they visited. Far from the image they had of "sweatshops" and crammed spaces, the vast work space with attractive design elements made them comment that these offices were as good if not better than some of the work places in the US.

A year back, questioning Bangalore's future would have appeared absurd. The city is a mandatory stop for visiting heads of state. Its techies are feted and feared universally. It is home to storied information technology firms. Many of India's new-age business icons live and work in the city. In effect, India's position as a superpower on the rise has much to do with Bangalore's emergence as a new technology capital, second only to Silicon Valley. Over the last decade, Bangalore's economic output grew at a brisk 11.7 per cent, much faster than the whole country's.

None of this has really changed. Yet, there are many who have begun questioning Bangalore's future and its ability to remain an attractive investment destination. This army of sceptics include some of the biggest investors in the city - people like Bob Hoekstra, CEO of Philips Software, and N.S. Raghavan, former joint managing director of Infosys Technologies, senior members of industry bodies like Nasscom, and countless people who work in Bangalore. Even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently said: "If Bangalore fails, India fails." The thought had indeed crossed his mind.

On Bangalore's crowded streets, hand-pulled carts compete for space with trucks, cars, and make-shift food kiosks, often bringing traffic to a snail's pace. The heat, grime, pollution, and potholes may daunt newcomers. But look more closely. Cheek by jowl with the noisy bazaars of Bangalore are swanky design and development facilities set up by both multinational and Indian companies.

In the cubicles within these walls, Bangalore's information technology engineers develop software and design integrated circuits and other products. These are scenes of nonstop innovation. Texas Instruments was the first multinational company to set up a development center in Bangalore in 1985. Following TI's lead, a number of multinational companies from the United States, Europe, and Japan have also set up design and development centers in the city.