Withdraw property tax hike: BJP
The BJP staged a dharna in the well of the BBMP Council on Thursday demanding withdrawal of hike in property tax. Leading the protest, the Opposition BJP leader in the Council, Padmanabha Reddy said...
View ArticleDid BBMP follow road-building standards? Rain gave the answer
'Palike doesn't follow specifications in contract or PWD's code' The severe damage caused to roads across the City following incessant rainfall over the past few weeks has raised serious doubts about...
View ArticleBengaluru Today - December 24
RELIGION Akhanda Gita Jnana Yajna: Discourse on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 by Swami Chidatmananda, Sripadakshetra, Dollar’s Colony, 4th Cross, 4th Phase, J.P.Nagar, 6.30 p.m. Thiruppavai Upanyasam:...
View ArticleCitizens seek better Bengaluru from new corporators
Refreshed by a newly elected body, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is on the threshold of another march towards a better Bengaluru. For citizens, this is a time to nourish hopes and set...
View ArticleCongress candidates for Palike elections
On the eve of the last day for filing nomination papers for the BBMP polls scheduled for August 22, the Congress released the names of 197 candidates. 1. Benniganahalli Meenakshi 2. C V Raman Nagar R...
View ArticlePeople's problems
Need a hand? Write to us Letters of grievances are pouring in and we are doing our best to accommodate as many as possible. Readers may write in to highlight civic problems affecting their locality and...
View ArticleBengaluru civic polls: BJP gets clear majority
In the end, it turned out to be a return of the BJP and an embarrassment for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The BJP won 100 of the 198 seats, a clear majority, but down from 112...
View ArticleBJP gets clear majority
In the end, it turned out to be a return of the BJP and an embarrassment for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The BJP won 100 of the 198 seats, a clear majority, but down from 112...
View ArticleViolence adds to Bengaluru’s garbage woes
Garbage collection and its disposal in several parts of the city were disrupted for two days following Monday’s violence over the Cauvery row. With garbage lorries not in a position to...
View ArticleDeadlock continues over waste plant at Gorur
Talks between Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar and elected representatives, farmers and seers over the issue of establishment of a waste-to-energy plant at Gorur village in Magadi taluk of Ramanagaram...
View ArticleTo save a lake, BBMP digs a trench around it
Officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have deployed a time-tested battle strategy to stop waste from entering Kundalahalli lake in the city — they cut deep trenches to block all...
View ArticleRailways land turns into waste dump, residents suffer on
BLURB: Malleswaram, a slice of old Bengaluru, is battling the demons of sudden growth. TOI looks at what ails the locality and how residents are fighting back Bengaluru: With no permanent solution in...
View ArticleObservers appointed for BBMP elections
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Friday appointed observers and nodal officers for the upcoming elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)....
View ArticleIndiranagar residents see garbage dumping as a retaliatory act
Sneha Nandihal’s mother, over 80 years old, was sitting in the living room of their home in Indiranagar with the main door open on Friday morning, when garbage was flung randomly into their compound. A...
View ArticleFires draw the ire of villagers
What triggered anger and fear among residents of villages surrounding Bingipura is the outbreak of fires at the landfill. Villagers around the Lakshmipura landfill recently protested by cooking food by...
View ArticleCitizens suggest ideas on effective garbage management
Proving that garbage remains one of the primary issues, more than 40 members from residents’ associations and citizens’ groups across the city attended an interaction with Sarfaraz Khan, Joint...
View ArticleBBMP looks to eliminate contractors
There seems no end in sight to the city’s garbage woes. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is besieged with a fresh problem with the new garbage disposal tenders failing to attract bidders...
View ArticleHow hygienic is your favourite eatery?
“We found a cockroach in our food!” says an online review of a well-known restaurant in the city. There are similar complaints of people finding unpleasant surprises in their food when they eat out....
View ArticleIf Bengaluru can, why not Kochi?
KOCHI: Bengaluru city has to deal with roughly 4,000 tonnes of garbage per day. When garbage disposal became a herculean task, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) (equivalent of Kochi...
View ArticleBBMP stops sending garbage to Mandur
Nine days before the deadline to end dumping of garbage at Mandur, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) stopped sending waste to landfills there from...
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