Volcanic eruptions behind lethal climate change millions of years ago: StudyMassive volcanic eruptions over the past 260 million years caused climate changes and mass extinction events, according to a study publishe...
11 Oct, 2023, 02.17 PM IST
Councillors busy with polls, not a single ward committee meets in AprilMeetings were not held in any of the wards in April as the councillors who chair committees were busy with election campaigning.
30 Apr, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
- BBMP wants more viewers for council meetings streamed live
The BBMP started live-streaming of the proceedings during the mayoral election in September 2018.
04 Jan, 2019, 04.32 PM IST
Ward committees should have a say in Bengaluru budget: Citizen groupsAs many as 68 of the 198 wards in Bengaluru held committee meetings this month. However, citizens’ groups hope that more and more wards wil...
27 Dec, 2018, 11.27 AM IST
Court may be only recourse to enforce ward committee meetsThe case regarding solid waste management, currently before the Karnataka High Court, led to the court issuing directions to form ward comm...
03 Dec, 2018, 11.20 AM IST
Ward committees of Bengaluru municipal body to meet once a month from December 1BBMP commissioner N Manjunath Prasad’s order on the mayor’s direction to make ward committee meetings mandatory on the first Saturday of ev...
30 Nov, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Bengaluru city debates over what can be the best mobility solutionBiocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar Shaw believe Bengaluru needs multi-modal transport options including long flyovers.
10 Jul, 2018, 11.12 AM IST
#Steelflyoverbeda: A Community Carnival to raise civic issuesUrban infrastructure expert V Ravichandar said that getting the government to consult people need not be a number game. “ All it takes is a...
16 Oct, 2017, 10.37 AM IST
Citizen groups demand public consultation for infrastructure projectsMahalakshmi Parthasarathy of the Citizens' Action Forum said that the santhe will bring together many organisations in Bengaluru that are f...
28 Sep, 2017, 12.01 PM IST
Metro authorities insist on building station a kilometer away from Cantonment railway stationThe demand for integrating the Metro station with the Cantonment railway station has found support from Citizens for Bengaluru (CfB) and B....
21 Aug, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
Protest against the first steel flyover in BengaluruSivananda and others are holding a silent protest this Sunday. The protestors are backed by Citizens for Bengaluru, which led the campaign ...
20 Jul, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
Karnataka government scraps controversial Bengaluru steel flyover projectThe 6.9-km steel flyover was to connect Basaveshwara Circle to Hebbal with an extension on Sankey Road up to LRDE complex.
02 Mar, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
Withdraw from court cases: Citizens' movement to Government on steel flyover projectThe proposed flyover to the airport will reduce travel time by just seven minutes, they said. The CfB hailed the reports about plans to mak...
30 Jan, 2017, 10.47 AM IST
A look at events that rocked Bengaluru in 2016As curtains draw on 2016, ET looks back at the events that rocked Bengaluru in 2016.
23 Dec, 2016, 12.52 PM IST
Electronic tolling may debut with elevated corridorThe other model is annuity in which the government has an agreement with a private party and makes payments over a long period without a to...
16 Nov, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
Bengaluru steel flyover put on hold for now, BDA tells HCThe BDA's stand follows a four-week stay on the project given by the National Green Tribunal in connection with a separate petition filed b...
04 Nov, 2016, 01.13 PM IST
- US agency to help set up NFBN in India
: US-based Global Foodbanking Network (GFN) would take the lead in setting up a National Food Bank Network in India, similar to those in 12...
10 May, 2007, 10.10 AM IST