Bengaluru hit by heavy rains. Traffic alerts issued for key roads due to massive waterloggingBengaluru Weather: Heavy rains hit Bengaluru this morning, causing waterlogging and traffic delays on key roads such as Bannerghatta Road, ...
12 Aug, 2024, 09.57 AM IST
Karnataka Polls: Amid speculations of joining BJP, Kiccha Sudeep receives threat letterAccording to the police, Kichcha Sudeep's manager Jack Manju received a letter from an unknown person, threatening to release the actor's "...
05 Apr, 2023, 11.40 AM IST
Bengaluru residents angry, officials clueless as sewage kills Puttenahalli lakeThe lake is now covered with a layer of algae and for the first time since citizens took over its upkeep, a foul stench is prevailing aroun...
23 May, 2019, 07.33 AM IST
Another Ugly Indian clone turns up to clean BengaluruInspired by pioneers like The Ugly Indians, more and more citizens are forming voluntary groups to clean the city.
18 Jul, 2018, 05.32 PM IST
It is official: Metro phase II completion could be in 2022The project, which started in February 2014, was supposed to be complete in December 2020. The dashboard predicts a 36% time delay, which w...
08 Mar, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
Locked out: No buildings in city to accommodate new police stationsThe Puttenahalli police station, for instance, operates from a rented house at 15th cross, JP Nagar, as it was not allotted a proper buildi...
18 Jan, 2017, 11.13 AM IST
It's a 3-year wait until Metro decongests Kanakapura roadMeanwhile, the BMRCL had to cut as many as 127 trees for this elevated metro project. While approval to cut 44 trees is accorded by BBMP, t...
09 Jan, 2017, 11.24 AM IST
Yelahanka residents turn to NGT against Power plantThe petition before the NGT will be a follow-up to the one on change.org which residents floated in 2016. In the petition, they sought reas...
03 Jan, 2017, 01.05 PM IST
Retired IISc professor fights for ruined Puttenahalli lakeIt was in June 2014 that the 24-acre Puttenahalli lake in Bengaluru North was declared a Bird Conservation Reserve under the Wildlife Prote...
15 Dec, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
Found a clean spot in Bengaluru? Thank Amith Amarnath's `Youth for Parivarthan'Amarnath & his friends decided to register a non-profit called that went from place to place conducting clean-up drives.
11 Jul, 2016, 05.41 PM IST
Pollution sensors and open data dashboard to protect city lakesThe sensors would gather data on dissolved oxygen levels, pH levels, temp, concentration of dissolved chemicals in the lake, thereby helpin...
21 Jun, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
Lake in newly declared Bangalore bird sanctuary yet to undergo clean drive one year onThe pipes pumping polluted water out of the lake should be better designed and not prone to break or sink into the soft lake bed.
12 Apr, 2016, 10.09 AM IST
First rain offers very little to cheer for BengaluruThe first summer rains may have brought down the mercury level but the city bore the brunt as roads were inundated just as professionals we...
16 Mar, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
Mysuru Road-Kengeri metro work from next monthThe metro rail work on the 6.5-km stretch between the Mysuru Road station and Kengeri will begin as early as next month.
09 Sep, 2015, 10.15 AM IST
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation MD told to complete phase I by March 2016"We are already two years behind the schedule and we have committed to the PMO that phase I will be ready by March 2016," Kaushik Mukherjee...
12 Aug, 2015, 10.13 AM IST
At 79, Bengalurean globetrotter conquers AntarcticaWhen not travelling, the sprightly pensioner has nary a free day. Padmanabha is a veteran theatre actor whose love for the stage is everlas...
09 Feb, 2015, 12.12 PM IST
Only project-specific funding for BBMP: SiddaramaiahThe new thinking would not provide funds to the civic agency under the umbrella theme of modernising Bengaluru.
19 Nov, 2014, 01.44 PM IST