Bengaluru news: Two separate incidents show minors driving illegally, risking their lives on busy roadsAlarming incidents of very young children riding two-wheelers in traffic have sparked outrage. One case showed a child under ten precarious...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
Bengaluru Traffic: Karnataka offers 50% waiver on pending e-challan fines till September 12The Karnataka government is offering a one-time 50% waiver on traffic penalties issued through the Police Department's e-challan system fro...
22 Aug, 2025, 08.09 AM IST
Bengaluru woman spotted sitting on bike's fuel tank, hugging rider, netizens mock 'Arjun Reddy wannabe'A video of a man riding a motorcycle without a helmet, with a woman sitting dangerously on the fuel tank in bustling Bengaluru traffic, has...
27 Feb, 2025, 08.34 AM IST
Half an hour for 10 km: Pune, Bengaluru commuters waste nearly a week in traffic annually; IT cities rank slowest in AsiaBengaluru and Pune are listed as the worst cities for traffic congestion in Asia. An average driver spends over 28 minutes to cover 10 km i...
02 Jan, 2025, 09.38 AM IST
How Bengaluru drivers are outsmarting traffic police using Google MapsIn Bengaluru, residents are using Google Maps to avoid traffic fines by pinpointing locations where police are likely to monitor violations...
09 Jul, 2024, 06.41 PM IST
Overtaking from the left the most common traffic violation in Bengaluru this yearUntil June 30, 43,097 cases of the offence were registered, much higher than the 4,154 cases in 2018 and 4,208 cases in 2017.
13 Aug, 2019, 11.51 AM IST
Bengaluru police to get strict with lane discipline on airport road to reduce accidentsTraffic police plans a campaign to make two-wheelers, autorickshaws stick to the slow lane on the left.
01 Jul, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Dent vehicle bonnets to discipline violators“If our traffic police can enforce lane discipline like they do in Chennai & Mumbai half of Bengaluru’s traffic gridlock will be eliminated...
14 Jan, 2019, 11.09 AM IST
Traffic violations by police in Bengaluru: Defying rules in the name of enforcement?Towing away vehicles in no-parking zones without making an announcement has become the norm. Rules mandate that the traffic police announce...
23 Nov, 2018, 06.53 PM IST
Police story: Rising traffic, fewer copsIn 2014, there were around 45 lakh vehicles in the city and traffic police had 772 vacant posts. Vehicle population increased by 22 lakh si...
29 Mar, 2017, 12.07 PM IST
Keeping pace with technology: For cops, exit Blackberry, enter hi-tech devicesDemonetisation spurred cashless penalties, with the city police connecting a PoS machine to the Blackberry.
13 Mar, 2017, 12.51 PM IST
The need for speed: What good are new roads when they are incapable of moving people and goods quickly?The prime minister should take the wheel in his own hands. On the lines of Swachh Bharat and Digital India, he should give us Gatisheel Bha...
31 Oct, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Driving on footpaths: How to keep footpaths safe from motoristsThe very fault lies in the way roads and footpaths are designed, tackling footpath riding needs a combination of engineering and enforcemen...
21 Jun, 2016, 12.05 PM IST
Bengaluru traffic may turn smoother as signals set to turn intelligentBengaluru has 353 traffic signals, most of them synchronised with countdown timers. Going forward, signals will be automated to manage traf...
01 Jun, 2016, 11.42 AM IST
For better traffic management, BPRD issues rules for metrosVehicle population of a city has been taken as the prime factor for arriving at the numbers of traffic personnel required in a city.
21 Feb, 2016, 12.00 PM IST
Challenges before CM Siddaramaiah to implement Odd-Even in BengaluruThe Karnataka Transport Department has readied a draft plan to enforce the odd-even formula in Bengaluru as CM Siddaramaiah too faces the c...
18 Feb, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
Helmets compulsory for pillion riders starting January 12 in BengaluruHelmets will be compulsory for pillion riders on two-wheelers starting January 12, Tuesday, a move the government believes would reduce fat...
12 Jan, 2016, 11.18 AM IST