Bengaluru's traffic is a global challenge, says Shivakumar, cites examples of London and DelhiBengaluru's Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar acknowledges traffic and garbage challenges, comparing them to global cities. He highlight...
08 Oct, 2025, 08.53 PM IST
Bomb threat email at Chennai Airport at midnight sparks huge commotionChennai Airport received a bomb threat via email late Thursday night. Officials launched a search operation through the night. Bomb disposa...
03 Oct, 2025, 08.54 AM IST
"Potholed roads are Chennai's hallmark...": Karti Chidambaram questions Corporation's study tours to Europe, says 'visit Indore first'Congress MP Karti Chidambaram criticized the Chennai Corporation for sending officials to Europe to learn waste management techniques, ques...
25 Mar, 2025, 01.58 PM IST
Tamil Nadu weather: Depression intensifies into cyclone, to hit coast on October 17A cyclonic storm is forecasted to hit between Puducherry and Nellore by Thursday morning. Heavy rainfall and strong winds are expected in T...
16 Oct, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
Lifeless bodies of 30 dogs in garbage dump shocks ChennaiA similar shocking incident happened in Telangana in April this year when over 100 dogs were found killed by some unknown person.
04 Sep, 2023, 12.48 PM IST
A housing complex in Pune is using leftover food to light its parksThe biggest benefit of biogas plants - which are becoming increasingly popular around the world as a way to create climate-smart energy - i...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Garbage bins become ‘smart’, alert civic bodies when it overflowsAn IoT-powered smart garbage bin will now be able to detect when the bins are about to completely fill and notify citizens and sanitation w...
25 Nov, 2019, 10.38 AM IST
90% people aware of harmful effects of plastic bags, but still use it: StudyThe study reflected that while over 85% of the respondents were aware of the plastic usage ban and the harmful effects of plastic on the en...
21 Jun, 2018, 04.36 PM IST
Bengaluru city toying with underground bins to collect wasteMany state-of-the-art technologies have been brought at a huge cost to the exchequer to solve Bengaluru's civic problems.
23 Mar, 2016, 10.59 AM IST
In chess, you surprise your opponent Chennai showed you can't surprise nature: Viswanathan AnandChess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand discussed causes and solutions to urban disasters, chess versus nature and how Chennai citizens helped ...
11 Dec, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
- Can Bengaluru Become Resilient to Garbage?
A Rockefeller delegation was in Bengaluru last week, and City Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy told them that garbage is the city's biggest resili...
20 Oct, 2015, 10.05 AM IST
Six waste-to-energy plants to be set up under Swachh Bharat MissionBesides CERC is also working to determine the tariff for the power generated from waste-to-energy plants to boost their financial viability.
05 Oct, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
NGT asks railways to set up mobile toilets, impose fines of Rs 5,000 for litteringThe green court had issued a set of directions in July last year for collecting and managing waste, particularly of people living along the...
19 Mar, 2015, 12.24 PM IST
- Code green for Chennai, Mumbai
Chennai and Mumbai are the only big Indian cities with an effective system to manage biomedical waste, whereas Delhi and other north Indian...
19 Jan, 2015, 10.21 PM IST
Environment council to hold garbage meet on Sept 18The problem of garbage in Goa dominated the Goa state environmental council meeting on Thursday with chief minister Manohar Parrikar promis...
23 Aug, 2013, 01.08 AM IST
Rs 1 lakh per garbage bin? Chennai corporation deal smells of scamThe Corporation of Chennai has scandalously claimed that in some localities, it spent more than 1 lakh for each of its blue 'group garbage ...
26 Jun, 2013, 10.43 AM IST
- US team to work on waste-to-energy plant in Uttar Pradesh
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's initiative towards setting up a waste-to-energy power plant in the state started taking shape on Wednesday ...
06 Jun, 2013, 03.12 AM IST