Just 10.5 cm rainfall in 24 hours turns India's 'IT capital' into a swamp: Bengaluru sends dinghies for rescue ops, and moreBengaluru is grappling with severe flooding after an unexpected 10.5 cm downpour on Sunday night, causing widespread waterlogging and stran...
19 May, 2025, 06.03 PM IST
Bengaluru rains claim woman’s life in wall collapse; Opposition attacks Congress saying ‘from greater Bengaluru to submerged Bengaluru’A woman tragically died in Bengaluru due to a wall collapse during heavy rains, sparking political clashes. The BJP criticizes the Congress...
19 May, 2025, 06.03 PM IST
Bengaluru rain viral videos show Manyata Tech Park turning into 'waterfall': Frustrated netizens mock city's infrastructureHeavy rains in Bengaluru have led to severe flooding at Manyata Tech Park, one of the city’s largest IT hubs, transforming the area into wh...
17 Oct, 2024, 11.45 AM IST
Disaster response force personnel deployed in Bengaluru following heavy rain forecastHeavy rains disrupt Bengaluru, leading to waterlogging, traffic issues, and school closures. Disaster response forces are deployed, and IT ...
16 Oct, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
Wipro, Columbia Asia Hospital other big names figure on Bengaluru demolition list'What goes around comes around, comes around' aptly summarises the situation in India's silicon valley in the aftermath of the massive floo...
14 Sep, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Bengaluru flooding: Karnataka minister warns of "Noida towers-like demolition" driveHis statement came after the Bengaluru civic body on Monday began a demolition drive within days of the havoc caused by rains-triggered flo...
13 Sep, 2022, 05.35 PM IST
Political parties fear public anger over Bengaluru rain may affect poll outcomeThe heavy rains in the city has exposed the infrastructure fault lines, resulting is massive destruction and inconveniences to common man. ...
11 Sep, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
Water supply in some parts of Bengaluru to restart todayCauvery water supply from the flooded pump house in Mandya district will be restored by Wednesday morning," he said.
07 Sep, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Even a disaster hasn’t woken up Bengaluru's emergency response systemThe latest disaster — of two apartment complexes collapsing in Pulikeshi Nagar, claiming five lives last week — has raised questions over t...
15 Jul, 2019, 10.44 AM IST
Rains to flood Bengaluru roads this year tooBS Prahlad, chief engineer of the storm water drains department, BBMP, said the state of the drains was much better this time and the new p...
25 Apr, 2019, 10.26 AM IST
Can legal advisors be held liable for official decisions?Government agencies including the BDA and the BBMP appoint law officers, who are mostly retired judges, on a contract basis.
24 Sep, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Bengaluru needs a long-term overhaul to save itself from floodsSixteen persons have died in rain related incidents since May . Five of them were washed away on the night of Oct 13 alone. In the 60 days,...
17 Oct, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
City wakes up to another morning under waterThe Meteorological Centre, Bengaluru said the city registered 67mm of rainfall on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the second highest t...
28 Sep, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
Drain mess: Govt pins six retired, 14 serving officersMunicipal authorities are on a demolition drive since Saturday last, razing at least 100 buildings that had allegedly encroached stormwater...
09 Aug, 2016, 11.55 PM IST
Banks see a deluge of red inkBanks will have to ensure the property for which a loan application is made does not sit on the Raja Kaluve or master drain and is not on B...
09 Aug, 2016, 11.44 AM IST
BBMP men on demolition drive with a 114-year-old map as guidePrakash's neighbor Pradeep Rao, too, had much of his house bulldozed despite having his building plan approved by officials from the erstwh...
09 Aug, 2016, 10.34 AM IST
Can Bengaluru avert Chennai's mistakes?The apex agency to monitor natural disasters has raised serious concerns over Bengaluru's preparedness to handle a flood situation like Che...
07 Dec, 2015, 10.33 AM IST