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BMTC ready to operate buses from June 21
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BMTC ready to operate buses from June 21

June 18, 2021

Bengaluru: With the Government likely to announce further lockdown relaxations in districts where COVID cases are less, including Bengaluru city, following the end of the current lockdown on June 21, the State-run BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation) is ready to operate buses in Bengaluru city limits from June 21, with a set of COVID rules…

BMTC employee tests positive in Mysuru; 15 active cases
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BMTC employee tests positive in Mysuru; 15 active cases

June 18, 2020

Primary contact of BMTC staff visits Nanjangud Rural Police Station; premises sanitised, barricaded Mysore/Mysuru: One more person tested positive for COVID-19 on June 16 (but was reported on June 17), taking the total active positive in Mysuru to 15. The victim is 35-year-old male patient (P) 7553. An employee of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC),…

Bengaluru’s lady BMTC Chief Shikha drives Volvo; inspires many
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Bengaluru’s lady BMTC Chief Shikha drives Volvo; inspires many

January 16, 2020

Bengaluru: Thousands of employees of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) were charmed by Managing Director  C. Shikha on Tuesday, after a video of her test-driving a Volvo bus went viral. Shikha had served as the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru for three-and-a-half-years and was transferred on Aug. 10, 2016.  Shikha is the first IAS officer in…

Nrupatunga award presented to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
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Nrupatunga award presented to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa

January 13, 2018

Bengaluru: Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) had organised a function at Town Hall here yesterday to present Nrupatunga Award to noted Novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 7 lakh. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhyrappa opined that literature like music should be clear and…

He evaded jail term and secured BMTC driver’s job!
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He evaded jail term and secured BMTC driver’s job!

December 29, 2017

Mysuru: The Devaraja Traffic Police have yesterday arrested a man who had caused a road accident that killed a two-wheeler rider three years back and had not undergone punishment for the same. The person even had managed to secure a job in as a driver with Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) in Bengaluru by withholding…

OPEN-TOP BUSES
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OPEN-TOP BUSES

July 30, 2017

This Dasara, tourists might have an opportunity to go on a city tour in open-top double-decker buses. The Tourism Department is in talks with Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) to either offer  buses to the Department or operate such buses on their (KSRTC) own. Around four open-top double-decker buses were introduced in Bengaluru by…

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