COVID-19: Public Ganesha festivities in Bengaluru restricted to three daysThe instruction came after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta had a meeting with senior district...
07 Sep, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Karnataka makes Covid test mandatory for people arriving from KeralaAccording to the circular, the Covid negative reports that Kerala returnees produce on arrival should not be older than 72 hours.
16 Feb, 2021, 07.02 PM IST
Traffic jams in cyberspace roil work-from-home, online classes in India’s tech hubAs lakhs of employees in India’s technology hub are working from home and students taking online classes, multiple agencies have dug up the...
02 Oct, 2020, 11.24 AM IST
In Karnataka, BBMP’s ‘home delivery’ diktat draws flakThe city's civic body, BBMP, stirred a hornet's nest on Wednesday by mandating residents to buy their daily essentials only through its "ho...
16 Apr, 2020, 11.14 AM IST
BBMP gets into delivery business, its new rule requires people to buy only through home-deliveryBBMP commissioner BH Anil Kumar, in a twitter post, has asked shop owners to mandatorily register themselves on the BBMP Covid-19 home deli...
15 Apr, 2020, 11.01 PM IST
Structural failure and negligence lead to twin building collapse in BengaluruWith poor foundations and low-quality construction, building collapses have been multiplying and are no isolated incident.
19 Jul, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
BBMP locks horns with medical shops, jewellers over licenceSection 353 of the KMC Act, 1976, mandates licences for certain trades. Accordingly, commercial business entities need apply for the licenc...
24 Dec, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
Civic workers not getting paid for months nowPourakarmikas in some pockets of Bengaluru — especially KR Puram, Banaswadi, Ramamurthy Nagar, Mayo Hall — are not receiving salaries for t...
02 Oct, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
No role for councillors in BBMP transfersA corporator, who has served as the chairman of a standing committee, said committees “were interfering a little too much” in routine matte...
20 Sep, 2018, 10.19 AM IST
City pubs and restaurants say they are BBMP's soft targets for a long timeRestaurateur Amit Ahuja, who owns eateries Misu, The Open Box and Housefull, is ready to comply but hopes for a reasonable check list to ge...
30 Aug, 2018, 06.21 PM IST
Allow smoking, lose bar & eatery licence: BBMP to bars in BengaluruThe circular is hailed as a victory to the sustained campaign by antitobacco activists including oncologist Dr Vishal Rao, who is a member ...
30 Aug, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
Karnataka elections: Parties make promises but seldom act on themIts biggest project, of constructing Rs 25,000-crore north-south and south-east elevated corridors and restructuring the BBMP into four zon...
27 Mar, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
Despite government's prod, BBMP, BDA not open to RTI Cell ideaThe BDA has closed its RTI Cell, located in its PRO’s office, in April 2017. The BBMP shut its RTI Cell in November 2017.
22 Feb, 2018, 04.51 PM IST
Rules for govt servants: Criticize government, you could lose your pay hikeBy categorising various common offenses and the punishments for each, state hopes to standardise the govt's efforts to curb indiscipline.
21 Jun, 2017, 10.18 AM IST
Man claiming to be BBMP official seeks Aadhaar numbersAccording to the Unique Identification Authority of India, as many as 88.22 lakh Bengalureans have an Aadhaar number. It is unclear how man...
18 May, 2017, 10.42 AM IST
BBMP raises a stink on vehicle squattingThe Solid Waste Management Department of the BBMP has, for long, been issuing circulars and making public announcements regarding waste seg...
10 May, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Shuchi Mitras set to tidy up waste mopup processes in BengaluruAfter more than a decade, the BBMP plans to revive the tried and tested system, if only to deal with the mounting garbage crisis.
04 May, 2016, 11.07 AM IST