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No concrete obsession, no fancy paint: Bengaluru couple's home is 45% cheaper and stays 12 degrees cooler. How did they do it?A Bengaluru couple chose sustainability and natural materials for their home. This approach resulted in a structure significantly cheaper t...
Amid LPG shortages, meet the Bengaluru couple who own a home that can survive without gas, electricity or water supplyAmid rising fuel costs, a Bengaluru couple's eco-friendly mud house offers a glimpse into self-sufficient living. Their 770 sq ft home, bui...
Holiday in Andaman & Nicobar: Cost, where to stay, food, itinerary, complete 'how to' plan for youIf, instead of foreign holidays, you prefer to travel within India, here’s a series to help you plan the best vacations in all 28 states an...
Kerala landslides: At least 123 dead, over 100 missingThe landslide in Kerala's Wayanad claimed 123 lives and left many missing following continuous heavy rains. Rescue operations were hindered...
India's migrant millions: Caught between jobless villages and city hazardsInternal migration is bound to intensify as India becomes the world's most populous nation, throwing up enormous challenges for the governm...
Karnataka CM Bommai goes on whirlwind tour of tech suburbs as rain batters cityTechnology workers had a tough time on Tuesday navigating the Outer Ring Road (ORR) stretch that is home to about 500 tech companies after ...
MLC Vishwanath's disqualification continues till May 2021: Karnataka Karnataka High CourtA division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty while hearing a petition by advocate A S Harish on M...
India Inc leaders now walk the green talkThey are now shelling out lakhs of rupees on solar power and rainwater harvesting, and investing time and effort in terrace gardening and g...
Farm-to-fashion: How Bengaluru is championing the cause of zero-waste designDesigners are opening dedicated boutique spaces and curating sustainable trunk shows.
Well-diggers can resolve Bengaluru's water woesBengaluru is said to be staring at a water-scarce future, with its water table shrinking from 10-12 metres to 76-91 metres in the past two ...
Want to build a sustainable house? Opt for a mud hutSmitha Kamath, a former IT consultant from Bengaluru, took up a mission to revive the lost practice by building a 30x12 sq ft hut on her or...
Breaking stereotypes about 'Bihari' and Kashmir with photographyInstead of photographs of Dal Lake, shikaras & houseboats, a FB page set up by Aaditya Kitroo shows another side of Srinagar.
For a sustainable lifestyle, Bengaluru green agents show the wayBengaluru has a great community of the environmentally conscious. They lead by example and are ever-available to offer their expertise.
Date with history: Here's a village of rice fields that Bengaluru swallowedWhen the British set up the Cantonment in 1809, homes along the lake were allotted to influential administrators and Anglo-Indians.
British camped here when they first arrived in 1791Requests to go to MacIver Town -or Shantala Nagar as it is now called -elicit surprise or ignorance from most rickshaw or cab drivers in th...
Villages still intact within IT city BengaluruAccording to historian Janaki Nair, Bengaluru had incorporated more than 218 villages by 2001, taking the count closer to 250 presently .
Trapped in a gold dustbowl: Residents of Kolar Gold Fields hope revival of mining will lead to better daysWhile they wait, the mounds of mining waste that have come up in the area pose a health hazard, a concern that’s low on the priority list o...
Park and parking vex Jayamahal residentsWhile cleanliness of the park is not an issue, not all facilities meant for the public are in working condition.
- Dense population takes toll on Horamavu
The main areas of the ward are bursting at their seams with high population density.
How architects are converting homes into sustainable spacesWith small and significant changes in lifestyle through integration of natural elements and reduction in energy consumption, responsible li...