Mayor orders fencing of 18 lakes in Dasarahalli
Mayor G Padmavathi on Thursday directed the BBMP officials to ensure that all the 18 lakes in Dasarahalli zone are well-protected and developed.At a review meeting in Dasarahalli zonal office,...
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BBMP ignored warning on illegal buildings
A fortnight before the collapse of the under-construction building in Bellandur, the then Town Planning committee chairman of BBMP C R Lakshminarayan had written to the BBMP, to curb the illegal...
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Neighbours evacuate to escape noise & dust of apartment debris
People living next to the under-construction apartment in Bellandur, which collapsed on Wednesday, have left their homes to live elsewhere as they couldn't bear the noise of drilling machines and the...
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BBMP chief threatens action against byelaw violations
Following the Bellandur building collapse where three people were killed, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad has threatened stringent action against builders who...
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'No stalling steel flyover project'
The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notices to the BDA commissioner, BBMP and Urban Development Department based on a PIL seeking review of the steel flyover project. A division bench comprising...
View ArticleA day of fun at I-T office with HIV kids as part of 'Joy of Giving' week
It was a pleasant surprise for employees of the Income Tax office on Queen's Road, on Friday. The office, that usually bustling with tax payers, was filled with enthusiastic children from Sneha Care...
View ArticleHigh Court stays demolition of building
The HC on Friday granted stay on the demolition of a building which was constructed on a storm water drain. The petitioner, S L Krishna Murthy, had approached the court seeking stay on the demolition...
View ArticleBanker catches woman pickpocket red-handed in ATM
A 27-year-old woman picked the pocket of a bank's assistant general manager in a BMTC bus, alighted at the next stop and withdrew Rs 93,500 using two ATM cards in 20 minutes. But the victim, showing...
View Article10 held for running prostitution racket in massage parlour
Sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) raided a massage parlour and arrested 10 people for running a prostitution racket. The suspects are identified as Meena Anil Kumar (32), a native of Haryana...
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More retail outlets at Metro stations
An incubation centre, restaurant and takeaway outlet will come up in two Metro stations shortly. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) signed separate retail outlet licence agreement on...
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People want steel flyover details made public; plan human chain next Sunday
Prominent Bengalureans are up and against the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and state government for their decision to go ahead with the contentious steel flyover. Film personalities, writers,...
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Film on Bannerghatta National Park released
A 20-minute short film titled 'Bannerghatta Breathing for Bengaluru,' throws light on man-animal conflict, the rich biodiversity of the forest patch spread across 270 square kilometres and challenges...
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George reviews ongoing development works
Bengaluru Development Minister KJ George, along with BDA Commissioner Rajkumar Khatri and other officials, reviewed various ongoing projects being executed by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA)....
View ArticleMayor urged to make RWH mandatory
Former BBMP mayors came out with a number of suggestions on ways to speed up development works, besides streamlining the administration.At a meeting convened by Mayor G Padmavathi on Friday, former...
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Now, pay fees, taxes for new vehicles online
Now, fees and taxes for new vehicles and the quarterly tax for transport vehicles can be paid online. The Transport Department has redesigned its website which was formally launched by Transport...
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Another body retrieved from apartment rubble, toll 6
The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction apartment at Bellandur, southeastBengaluru, has gone up to six as another body was retrieved from the rubble on Friday. The latest victim is...
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Man held for trying to rape 3-yr-old girl
The DJ Halli police arrested a 28-year-old man who tried to rape a three-year-old girl on Thursday afternoon.The police said the suspect Nadeem, who works in a vegetable shop in Gundappa Block, was...
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Nigerian national held for online car sale fraud
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) sleuths have arrested a Nigerian national in a cheating case. The suspect Christiana D, 28, was on the run after the Cyber Crime police registered a case against...
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Prostitution: former aide of TN minister among 11 arrested
Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths on Thursday raided a massage parlour in Banaswadi and busted a prostitution racket. Eleven people, including a former assistant of a Tamil Nadu minister, were...
View ArticleEx-serviceman attempts to rob canteen supervisor
The Halasuru police arrested a retired armyman for attempting to rob Rs 11.90 lakh cash from a canteen supervisor of the Madras Engineer Group & Centre (MEG Centre).The suspect has been identified...
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