Metro train starts operation in Bangalore

India's Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath (centre) Karnataka state Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda (2nd right) and others inaugurating the metro rail service facility in Bangalore on Thursday. The southern Indian city which is the capital of Karnataka, with a population of 8.5 million, joined Kolkata and Delhi to become the third Indian city to have a metro with the inauguration of a 7-km line between the city centre M G Road and Byappana Halli towards the east. PTI Photo