Karnataka polls: Gandhinagar, a cinema hub that lost its charmExcept for a couple of affluent areas, its residents are mostly low income earners. It is precisely for this reason the constituency’s perf...
16 Apr, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
Majestic, Baiyappanahalli busiest metro hubs in BengaluruThe latter for being a gateway to several corporate firms in East Bengaluru. These stations register footfalls that are several times more ...
08 Aug, 2017, 10.45 AM IST
BMTC to metro: Make good feeder bus lossOf the 14 Metro stations in North Bengaluru, BMTC's feeder services connect four stations: Nagasandra, Jalahalli, Peenya and Goraguntepalya.
21 Jun, 2017, 11.35 AM IST
Bengaluru Namma Metro's south stretch opens on SundayWhen chief minister Siddaramaiah took a ride between Majestic to RV Road metro station on the southern line on Thursday , incomplete statio...
18 Jun, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
Bangalore Metro needs to meet these 65 conditions before its launchBMRCL managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola said the conditions listed in the CMRS inspection report were minor in nature.
12 Jun, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
Namma Metro's green line to raise ridership by 180 per centFor RK Misra, founder director, Center for SMART Cities, the highcost of a metro pales in comparison with the benefits. “Metro is a socioec...
17 May, 2017, 11.11 AM IST
Bengaluru Metro rarely met deadlines; expect no surprise in AprilFor the entire Phase 1 to be ready structurally, BMRCL has to carry out architectural finishing, cable laying, tunnel ventilation system an...
23 Mar, 2017, 11.42 AM IST
Off track again: April 2017 deadline for the phase 1 of Metro may be missedA battery-powered locomotive was used to push the train from Peenya depot to the elevated corridor as work on the underground stretch was i...
03 Jan, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
Bengaluru metro stations offer a ticket to business activities nowThis is the first time that the BMRCL has come out with a list of 35 commercial activities for which it is opening up its stations.
26 Sep, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Bangalore Metro to invite startups to set up offices at its stationsBangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd currently has 31 stations operational along 18 km from Baiyappanahalli to Mysuru Road and along 13 km ...
04 Jul, 2016, 10.15 AM IST
Bengaluru: East-west corridor from Byappanahalli to Mysuru Road may open next weekThe metro authorities expect 1.5 to 2 lakh people to make use of the services on the 18.10-km corridor, called the purple line.
20 Apr, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
Is it right to erase history by renaming roads and landmarks?For the past six months, residents of Sampige Road in Malleswaram noticed a board indicating the road's name as Venkatranga Iyengar Road.
18 Dec, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Tunnelling towards Sampige Road-Majestic stretch of Bengaluru metro yet to take offThe tunnel boring machine Godavari now has a new cutter head but it may take about a month for the machine to actually start its work.
03 Aug, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
Date with history: Richmond Circle may have been a site for 'sati' practice in 19th centuryWhat this secluded space in to day's CBD quietly tucks away is not ust a place of worship, but 106 historical memorial stones that date bac...
30 Apr, 2015, 11.00 AM IST
- 10.3 km Bangalore metro line to be operational in September
Metro train services here would be extended with the launch of 10.3 km line connecting industrial hub of Peenya and Sampige Road Station in...
16 Jul, 2013, 06.44 PM IST
- Gulbarga, Shimoga airports to be operational by July
Minor airports at Shimoga, Gulbarga, Bijapur and Hassan are being developed on public-private-partnership basis.
30 Jan, 2012, 03.32 PM IST
- Know your trees and care for them
Citizens complaining about tree cutting is not uncommon. But how about having some gyan on the trees in your locality and caring for them?
07 Jun, 2011, 02.27 AM IST