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'Bengaluru needs serious traffic planning, not just...': Google techie travels 4 km in 45 minutes, asks 'hamare taxes kahan jaa rahe hain?'A Google employee in Bengaluru highlighted the city's severe traffic woes, taking 45 minutes to travel just 4 kilometers. He questioned whe...
Not Gurgaon, not Hyderabad, not Pune, CA says one city could rival Bengaluru as the India’s IT hub in future: ‘Rent is 30% cheaper…’India's tech landscape is shifting as Mangalore, dubbed "Silicon Beach," emerges as a strong challenger to Bengaluru. The coastal city is e...
Bengaluru feels like first world taxes for third world infra: Techie compares ₹50L salary vs $100K in US, sparks debateA Bengaluru tech professional sparked debate by comparing a ₹50 lakh Indian salary to a $100,000 US salary, arguing the former doesn't equa...
'Allow some traffic through Wipro’: Siddaramaiah appeals Azim Premji seeking help to ease Bengaluru’s ORR congestion woesKarnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested Wipro's founder, Azim Premji, to consider allowing limited vehicle movement through t...
Paying Rs 6 lakh income tax & Rs 1.4 lakh GST, yet losing 2.5 months in traffic: Bengaluru techie spark outrage over daily commuteA Bengaluru tech professional's Reddit post has sparked debate over the city's crippling traffic, which he describes as a "hidden tax" on p...
Bengaluru luxury cars are like Virat Kohli in gully cricket: Founder questions logic behind Rs 2 crore car purchaseThe rising trend of luxury car ownership in India has sparked debates over practicality, especially in congested cities like Bengaluru. PR ...
'Bro ended language war': From Kannada to Hindi, Bengaluru residents stage multilingual protest, demand tax refund over shoddy infraBengaluru's Balagere residents staged a peaceful protest, demanding accountability for deteriorating infrastructure and persistent developm...
Siddaramaiah meets Modi, seeks Centre’s support for Bengaluru citing its global statusChief Minister Siddaramaiah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi to seek assistance for upgrading Bengaluru’s infrastructure and reque...
Karnataka Budget: Properties in Bengaluru to get digital ownership documentSiddaramaiah said additional non-tax resources of Rs 2,000 crore will be mobilised through revised advertisement policies and premium Floor...
Road map in the works to ease Delhi, Bengaluru trafficThe Indian government is developing a multi-modal transport infrastructure plan to alleviate traffic congestion in Bengaluru and New Delhi....
Carpooling banned in Bengaluru, penalty up to Rs 10,000. Know moreThe transport department in Bengaluru has banned carpooling services offered through mobile apps like Quick Ride, following complaints from...
Bengaluru plans London-type congestion tax: Here are the 9 selected roads & how it will be collectedGovt plans to impose a congestion tax on nine specified roads in Bengaluru during peak hours to alleviate traffic congestion. The congestio...
Better use of roads with car-pooling can be alternative to decongest Bengaluru roads: Uber executiveThe average speed of BMTC buses is only 8 km/hour, and hence they have not been able to earn enough revenues.
Did Karnataka's Deputy chief minister miss the bus?Parameshwara’s statement has kicked off a debate on whether a blanket ban on the registration of cars and two-wheelers is practical, let al...
With digital on mind, Wipro to shift workforce to a new 50-acre campusThe move to shift thousands of workers prompted Premji to meet Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy to seek help.
BJP or Congress, it’s a raw deal for India’s Silicon valleyRidden with zillions of potholes, the roads are non-navigable. Add to that the slow pace of the Namma Metro construction, Bengaluru has bec...
Bengaluru stares at another doomsday prediction; city might become unliveable by 2030Bengaluru’s vehicle population is 73.5 lakh (as on February 2018) with the Road Transport Offices (RTOs) registering over 2,000 vehicles ev...
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike's proposal aims to improve mobility under Smart Cities missionIn the past, the Bengaluru Traffic Police and the Directorate of Urban Land Transport have batted for congestion tax in the city.
Centre's new service tax makes air-conditioned buses uncool in BengaluruAt a time when the BMTC is plans to have 1,000 AC buses by 2018, a fall in demand, thanks to the increased fares, could be disastrous for t...
South India's first underground metro in Bengaluru has been worth the waitThe crowd kept whistling through the 22-minute ride between sessions of selfies and failed attempts to upload pictures on social media.