On June 22, I was waiting for a bus in Bengaluru, hoping to get a first-hand look at the reality of the Karnataka Shakti Scheme—an initiative under which women can avail free bus travel. One of the ...

Karnataka's transport department has announced that the Shakti scheme, the free bus travel for women, has clocked 100 crore users since its launch in June this year. ‘Shakti’ is one of the Congress’ ...

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The newly elected Congress government in Karnataka launched the first among five poll guarantees, ‘Shakti’: a scheme which offers women free travel in non-premium services offered by State–run Road ...

In 1974, as young musicians eager to change the musical discourse, Zakir Hussain, John McLaughlin, Vikku Vinayakram and L. Shankar launched Shakti, which made the world sit up and take notice. Fifty ...

The Congress government in Karnataka on Sunday rolled out its first of the five poll guarantees, the ‘Shakti’ scheme, which offers free travel to women and transgender people in government-run buses ...

Bengaluru: Karnataka has once again entered the global spotlight with its ambitious ‘Shakti’ scheme, which provides free bus rides for women across the state. The initiative has been officially ...

"Shakti: The Power" limns the desperate efforts of a lone mother to escape a far-flung feudalistic society with her young son. Strikingly lensed in the wild semi-deserts of Rajasthan, and anchored by ...

The Karnataka government's Shakti Scheme, which enables women as well as people from the transgender community to travel in non-premium services of state-run buses for free, will encourage more women ...