While that cheers up residents, they want cleaner streets and better health facilities. Kengeri Railway station will be getting a new escalator in a month, and commuters said that they cannot wait for such a development. An official of South Western Railway said, “The construction has started recently and will take about a month to […]
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RWA president admits to irregular meetings with the welfare association as problems continue piling. Residents of Halsuru are troubled by the same problems that have continued to plague the area for years. From garbage to a dilapidated market, the residents have seen little change as even the ward meetings are not being held regularly, claimed […]
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Among a horde of other problems, residents of Malleswaram worry about the revival of the Sankey tank flyover project. From worrying about bad footpaths to the Sankey tank flyover project, Malleswaram residents have their hands full with problems in the neighbourhood. Residents of Malleswaram fear the government will continue with the Sankey flyover project after […]
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Police says it has credible information against the former minister for hoarding ration kits to be distributed among voters. Police will soon charge Krishnaiah Shetty, former minister and aspirant for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket from Gandhinagar constituency after it seized ration kits from his house that were to be distributed among voters. Chandrashekar, Inspector, […]
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BESCOM (Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited) says there is no load-shedding as promised but citizens say otherwise. Shreya, who works from her home in Whitefield, continuously tweets about power cuts in Bengaluru. Her latest tweet reads, “Sixth time in a day, no power again…Is BESCOM really efficient to provide power for Silicon Valley of India?” […]
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Bangalore City University will get a new academic block, sports block and a swimming pool as part of the campus re-development project. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai plans to build a knowledge city in Bengaluru and believes the renovated campus of the Bengaluru City University is the “forum which is going to decide the future of […]
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The BBMP also plans to revive its mobile libraries and school on wheels to give education a boost. Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) is planning to start evening schools in nearly all its wards. The evening schools, targeting about 10,000 students will be established under ‘Vidyarthi Belaku’ scheme for the next academic year. The education department […]
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BBMP says it has updated the app a week ago and the issues will now be resolved Many users complain about technical glitches in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) ‘Fix My Street’ application which does not let them register or raise complaints. This is despite BBMP officials claiming they have updated the app a […]
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BBMP says it has doubled its testing team and cases remain stable. Despite a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, people choose not to wear masks in indoor and closed spaces like the metro, malls, buses and the airport. The Karnataka Government released guidelines on Dec. 26 mandating wearing of masks in indoor […]
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Traffic police say they are handling these cases with special drives. Drunken driving cases in Bengaluru increased to 26,017 in 2022 from 4,144 in 2021. The cases stood at 5,343 in 2020 and 12,277 in 2018. There were 10 fatal cases involving driving after drinking last year which claimed the lives of 14 people. In […]
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