Prove 40% commission charge against BJP with evidence: Basavaraj Bommai"I want to clearly say -- let them probe. They have alleged 40 per cent commission, they have to prove it with evidence now. I demand that ...
22 May, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
Contractors again hurl 40% commission accusation at Karnataka BJP govt, Congress demands judicial probeThe fresh set of accusations come at a time when the ruling BJP is preparing itself for the upcoming polls to Bengaluru's civic body BBMP, ...
24 Aug, 2022, 07.07 PM IST
Congress seeks President's rule over failure of constitutional machinery in Karnataka against Basavaraj Bommai govt"The people of Karnataka are shocked to know from the Karnataka State Contractors' Association that there is rampant corruption in various ...
27 Nov, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
Bengaluru agencies don’t give SC/STs their due in civil worksSC/ST contractors are planning to start an agitation. “We have decided to start a constitutional fight,” Mahadevaswamy from the Contractors...
26 Dec, 2018, 11.15 AM IST
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s new garbage plan may go to wasteThe main issue of contention between the two is awarding separate contracts to collect wet and dry waste.
03 Dec, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
Bengaluru civic body toys with cooperative idea for its link workersAs many as 360 link workers have not been paid salaries under the existing contract system.
14 Aug, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
Shades of grey visible in white-topping plan for Bengaluru roadsThe project began on a few stretches in December 2017 but was halted when it made traffic more chaotic and road users raised a hue and cry.
05 Jun, 2018, 08.40 PM IST
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike preaches rainwater harvesting but won’t practise itWhile it is mandatory for residential and commercial structures to have RWH, thousands of acres of parks and open spaces remain unexploited.
23 Jan, 2018, 03.32 PM IST
BBMP junks its own proposals to end contractors' strangleholdWhile the State Cabinet decided that the direct payment system to pourakarmikas would commence on September 1 (later postponed to October 1...
16 Oct, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Civic staff end stir on government AssuranceTheir demand for regularisation of service and modalities involved in direct wage payments will be discussed in an official meeting on June...
14 Jun, 2017, 11.01 AM IST
Church Street awaits redemption as endless traffic delays workChurch Street Occupants Association president Deepak Batavia said the entry of vehicles would be restricted once the road work is taken up.
18 May, 2017, 11.55 AM IST
Pourakarmika cooperatives a step awayThe city civic corporation is ready to introduce contractor-less solid waste management. The pilot project in the assembly constituencies o...
16 May, 2017, 10.29 AM IST
Mechanised sweepers likely to wipe out pourakarmikas from half of city roadsThe new garbage contracts being finalised will give bidders an option to either use pourakarmikas or bring in mechanised sweepers for stree...
21 Feb, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike shines with good Q1 results, Nagarotthana casts a long shadowRevenue collections were up 15% at Rs 2,700 crore on the back of strong property tax collections, and an uptick in advertising revenues rid...
11 Jul, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
20,000 civic staff set to get midday meal in BengaluruAkshaya Patra, an NGO run by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), has agreed to supply meals for municipal workers.
05 Jul, 2016, 10.35 AM IST
Bengaluru: Contractors' pay linked to garbage separation nowThe new garbage contracts are formulated based on a time-and-motion study that went into the resources required to handle the waste generat...
21 Apr, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
BBMP pushing hard to make online processing and payment of contractor bills a permanent featureThere are about 2,000 contractors engaged with various kinds of projects in the city and their bills run into hundreds of crores of rupees.
13 Aug, 2015, 10.34 AM IST