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Bengaluru civic body hints at imposing restrictions on New Year celebrations

"When we look at new year's eve celebrations during the previous years, there cannot be social distancing as lots of people gather, given t...

AAP to contest Bengaluru municipal body polls on all 198 wards: Manish Sisodia

Although AAP had made preparations to fight the corporation polls in 2015, it decided to stay out of the citing that the party had not gain...

Bengaluru's COVID cases may swell this month on festive season, Unlock 5.0

Bengaluru, which has the second-highest number of active Covid-19 cases after Pune, is expected to see a surge in positive cases this month...

Outgoing councillors demand greater powers for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Two corporators who have served as mayors of the city including M Goutham Kumar who completed his tenure last week, said that one year was ...

Term of BBMP council ends; govt appoints Gaurav Gupta as administrator

The Karnataka government on Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Gaurav Gupta as the administrator of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Pali...

Expertise of over 50 NGOs to help Bengaluru manage rising coronavirus cases

BBMP officials say streamlining them will ensure the work does not overlap, and there is a clear and concerted effort to address Covid-rela...

Booth-level workers avoid Covid duty in Bengaluru, BBMP in a fix

Bengaluru's municipal body's hyperlocal approach to manage Covid-19 at the electoral booth level has taken a back seat as the majority of t...

Bengaluru yet to warm up to home isolation, even with asymptomatic Covid cases at 78%

Many with mild or no symptoms insist on hospitalisation, increasing the burden on city's infrastructure; as per government figures, as much...

No extension of lockdown in Bengaluru: BBMP Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad

Govt has imposed complete lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts among a few others since 8 pm of July 14 till 5 am on J...

How the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)lost the Covid-19 pandemic plot

​​The state government on Saturday replaced BBMP commissioner BH Anil Kumar with his predecessor N Manjunath Prasad in a bid to fix the mes...

Real-time Covid data shows over 70% beds vacant in Bengaluru

More than 70% of the total 8,654 beds reserved in city hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients were vacant on Wednesday evening. According to ...

BBMP set to hire 300 doctors to tackle swelling Covid numbers

The move comes as the government is setting up quite a few Covid Care Centres, which the BBMP is tasked with managing, with one – likely As...

As cases rise, Bengaluru runs short of beds

With experts predicting the trend to continue for the next few weeks, a delay in planning and preparedness to manage the situation is evide...

‘Model’ Bengaluru too sees steep rise in cases, struggles to find source

A month later, the city that claimed to be a “model” in handling Covid, is seeing a reverse scenario as the number of Covid cases are on a ...

Govt may have to impose lockdown in Bengaluru if COVID-19 cases increase: Health Minister

​​​"If the situation continues like this, in the days to come we may have to think about lockdown... If the cases increase to a higher numb...

Spike in COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru: CM directs strict enforcement of lockdown measures

​​Till Sunday evening, the state capital has reported 1,272 cases of COVID-19, including 64 deaths and 411 discharges. On Sunday, as many a...

Coronavirus delays monsoon civic work, but BBMP’s optimistic

Several civic body officials ET spoke to said this time around, coordination meetings with various agencies like the BBMP, Bescom, BWSSB, p...