Trading charges over illegal dumping
Several loads of garbage from Bengaluru have been mysteriously appearing in many areas on the city’s outskirts. Ever since problems erupted in areas surrounding the processing units, the Bruhat...
View ArticleMohali sets schedule for trash pick up
MOHALI: The Mohali municipal corporation has decided to set up days to remove waste inside parks and punishing defaulters by imposing a heavy fine. For the purpose, the town has been divided in six...
View ArticleBengaluru Yodhas launched
With the first edition of the Pro Wrestling League all set to take off next month, Bengaluru’s team for the tournament, the Bengaluru Yodhas, was unveiled here on Saturday. The team, owned by Jindal...
View ArticleCivet lands up at Ignou, sent home
New Delhi: Staff and students at the School of Continuing Education at IGNOU had an uncommon visitor on Saturday, a palm civet. Also called a Toddy Cat, the civet is found in the forests and in the...
View ArticleAt least 30 killed in Myanmar mine landslide while scavenging for jade
The death toll is expected to rise in the latest deadly accident to affect Myanmar’s secretive multibillion dollar jade industry in war-torn Kachin...
View ArticleTurkeys get all the attention for holiday-related programs
As Thanksgiving approaches, Slate Run Living Historical Farm and the Ohio Wildlife Center both will celebrate turkeys — but in different ways. True to the educational mission of its 1880s-era farm,...
View ArticleAirport road saturated, can't take more load
NHAI, traffic police say alternative roads must be built; metro could be another solution The stretch of National Highway 7, which connects the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) with the rest of...
View Article12 rowdies kill rival, but caught before another murder bid
A gang of 12 rowdies, which had killed a rival and wounded another last Monday, was chased down by the police before it could eliminate another adversary. The ringleader is Jagadish alias Jagga, 34,...
View ArticleIn this BBMP office, when it rains, it pours!
Bengaluru: It appears that the BBMP birth and death office and health office at Malleswaram 16th cross, are dying a slow death due to leaking ceilings, fungus-ridden walls and stinking rooms. Even the...
View ArticleWhen time waits for a recharge
For the past week, citizens passing through the busy N.R. Square have been wondering why the four-face clock in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP) clock tower...
View ArticleBBMP set to get centralised control room
Tried calling the control room but failed to get response? This may soon be a thing of the past. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is set to establish a centralised control room that will...
View ArticleAmid opposition, BBMP firm on using pothole patcher
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is firm on using the pothole-filling machine Python 5000 even as a section of the corporators claims that the machine is of no use. Speaking to Deccan...
View ArticleFootpath vendors 'heckle' Palike staff, stop eviction drive
Footpath vendors at the Jayanagar Shopping Complex didn’t let the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) staff evict them on Saturday during their unsuccessful drive that was punctuated by heated...
View ArticleRail bridge works hit land hurdle, cause snarls in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: It was the recent letter of an eight-year-old boy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that brought to the fore the issue of an incomplete rail overbridge (RoB) causing traffic gridlock in...
View ArticleFirecracker dealers feel the heat
Deepavali is just around the corner, but the festival of lights has not brought much brightness to firecrackers dealers, who are already predicting that it is not going to be a cracker of a festival...
View ArticleIllegal dumping of garbage at Kengeri
Bengaluru: A pilot car and four motorcycles often accompany a vehicle late night or early morning to Kengeri ward. However this has nothing to do with any VVIP visiting the area. These vehicles escort...
View ArticleSOS! IT City’s drowning
Bengaluru: As dark clouds hovered over the city on Tuesday morning, thousands of Bengalureans began to dread the aftermath. For, the residents of low-lying areas had already spent the midnight removing...
View ArticleRWAs flay Palike move to hike property tax
Criticising the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) proposed hike in property tax as exorbitant, the Citizens’ Action Forum (CAF), a consortium of about 150 residents’ welfare associations...
View ArticleRain, festival make disposal of wet waste tougher for apartments
Garbage collection affected; slow composting doesn't help matters either With incessant rains in the last few days and a long festive weekend, people living in apartment buildings are facing a...
View ArticleMr Minister, Bengaluru is waiting for solutions
As KJ George takes over as Bengaluru Development Minister, TOI draws up a priority list of nagging issues - FIX A DEADLINE FOR POTHOLES AND STICK TO IT Former Bengaluru develop ment minister R Ramal...
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