With a total investment of Rs 450 crores, ACT Television has launched its first interactive TV services (IPTV) in Bangalore, Karnataka.

ACT, which has now become the first company to introduce Interactive TV service in the city, also said that it will take its new service to other Indian cities such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh by the next 12 to 18 months.

The company said that Interactive TV is a system delivering content services to subscribers using Internet protocol through a broadband link in a closed network infrastructure.

The Commonwealth Moot Court competition, organised by the first batch of law students from Christ University came to an end on February 22. "The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) approached us with a proposal to organise the event,” said Swagata Raha, faculty secretary for the Moot Court. “CLEA has been organising the Moot Court competition, in which student teams representing universities from Commonwealth nations compete for the Turnbull Shield,” says Raha.

The spiritual force of the Ganga was in full flow for the first time in Karnataka on Monday as thousands of devotees lined up outside several Shiva temples in the city and other parts of the state to partake the holy waters that was being distributed by the Muzrai department as part of the Mahashivaratri celebrations.

Bangalore, Feb 17 : The mechanical engineering students in Bangalore have taken their passion a step ahead by developing a racing car.

Team HAYA, a group of automobile enthusiasts from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of People''s Education Society Institute of Technology (PESIT), built the Formula car named PM408.

The car became the first-ever racing car to be displayed in the recently held Aero India-2009.

Mangalore/New Delhi, Feb 17 : Ganesh Hosabettu, the Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation, has filed a criminal case against Union Minister Renuka Chowdhry for her remarks on the self-styled moral policing incidents in southern India.

"On behalf of Mayor-Mangalore City Corporation and other organisations, I have filed a criminal case against Renuka Chowdhury for the offense punishable under Section

As part of its worldwide Intelligent Urbanisation initiative, Cisco Systems has signed up a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Karnataka to launch ‘Intelligent Bengaluru’ pilot project in the city.

Under the MoU, the project launched by the state government and networking giant will focus on global sustainable solutions for public safety and security, transportation, buildings, power distribution, energy utilization, health care, education and environment conservation.