How the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)lost the Covid-19 pandemic plotThe state government on Saturday replaced BBMP commissioner BH Anil Kumar with his predecessor N Manjunath Prasad in a bid to fix the mess....
19 Jul, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
BBMP developing single-window clearance system for highrisesSecuring prior approvals for construction of highrises in the city could soon become a breeze. With BBMP developing a software, which will ...
29 Jan, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
BBMP readies to present budget, public consultation be damnedThe Karnataka Municipalities and Accounting Rules, 2006, which guides budget presentation in municipal bodies, mandates two rounds of publi...
17 Jan, 2019, 12.10 PM IST
Court may be only recourse to enforce ward committee meetsThe case regarding solid waste management, currently before the Karnataka High Court, led to the court issuing directions to form ward comm...
03 Dec, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
BBMP babus’ diary packed with official meets and little elseIn fact, the officials aren’t happy about the situation as they complain about an increase in the number of meetings.
06 Sep, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
BBMP won’t be Split into Five Corporations: G ParameshwaraParameshwara said that if the BBMP is divided into five corporations, the entity which covers Whitefield and surrounding areas — where a ma...
15 Aug, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
No internal audit for BBMP with a budget of Rs 9,300 croreAny idea why the BBMP is lax on financial management? Among many reasons, one could be that it does not have an internal auditing system.
29 Jun, 2018, 05.23 PM IST
Bengaluru cops goad civic body BBMP by retweeting complaintsThe Upparpet traffic police, for instance, have been taking up civic issues and posting them as complaints on the Twitter handles of the ci...
31 May, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Property tax hike in Bengaluru capped at 25% for FY17There are about 15 lakh property in Bengaluru's municipal limits, and the property taxes are the main source of income for BBMP.
29 Apr, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
Meet tax target by March 31, or face action: Bengaluru MinisterCity Development Minister K J George has warned disciplinary action against Bengaluru’s municipal authorities if they fail to collect Rs 50...
04 Mar, 2016, 04.43 PM IST
Bruhat Bengaluru civic corporation asks govt to bring it under municipal accounting rulesUnder the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, the BBMP mayor or the council do not have ex ecutive powers -their decisions need to be rat...
10 Dec, 2015, 10.36 AM IST
Congress-JD(S) edges out BJP from mayor post by 3 votesThe total strength of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Council is 260, including MPs, MLAs and MLCs.
12 Sep, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
Congress gets Bengaluru Mayor post, defeats BJP by three votesCongress nominee B N Manjunath Reddy was elected Mayor of Bengaluru securing 131 votes while his rival B Manjunath Raju of BJP managed to g...
11 Sep, 2015, 06.00 PM IST
Bengaluru roads poised for a facelift ahead of PM Modi's 3-day visitWith PM Modi's arrival in Bengaluru on April 2, on a 3-day visit in connection with the BJP national executive meeting, several city roads ...
31 Mar, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
BBMP could earn Rs 800 crore from e-auction of hoardings: Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B AdiThe Upa Lokayukta, after an enquiry on the subject of illegal hoardings , has come up with a slew of suggestions in a 36-page report.
03 Feb, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Will Bangalore civic body be split three ways? The ball is in CM's courtInfrastructure Minister R Roshan Baig said he favoured splitting of the city corporation on the lines of those in Delhi and Mumbai in his i...
19 Aug, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
Bangalore mayor assures development of Kempambudhi lakeAssuring that funds for the development of lake will be provided, Sathyanarayana directed BBMP officials to clear huge amount of debris dum...
17 Dec, 2013, 08.18 PM IST