The Backward Classes Minority (BCM) students are complaining about poor food quality and hygiene but officials deny any recent complaints. The Backward Classes and Minority (BCM) hostels lack basic facilities like clean washrooms, water supply, beds, and good quality food. Renuka C, a Master’s student staying in the D Devaraj Arasu Backwards Post Graduation hostel […]
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The number of slums in Bengaluru are rising despite the implementation of multiple housing schemes. The Kannada music reaches you first, playing on the speaker next to a line of small kirana shops. You see the children playing and dancing to the beats.Then you notice the shabbily dressed young men sitting in a circle, smoking […]
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Karnataka has the third highest number of road accident cases across the nation; hit and run cases constitute half of such cases in Bangalore. Karnataka recorded 34,647 road accident cases in 2021, the third highest across the nation. Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh stood first and second respectively. Raja Laxmi, a 33-year-old dance teacher lost […]
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Missing signboards and maps make navigation difficult in Lalbagh Bengaluru: The Lalbagh Botanical Gardens lack basic infrastructural facilities like signboards, location maps, rescue helpline number boards, and drinking water facilities. Visitors find it difficult to locate themselves inside the Gardens as there are no location maps or signboards. Mounesh, a tourist at Lalbagh said, “There […]
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The project could make Chinnaswamy the first cricket stadium in India to have complete solar panel coverage on the roof Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) is planning to install solar panels across the West Stand of the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Shankar A, Secretary of KSCA, said, “We are planning to install solar panels across […]
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Karnataka organises more than 300 chess tournaments every year. Karnataka is seeing a boom in chess tournaments. Arvind Shastri, Secretary of Karnataka State Chess Association, said, “There has been a big boom in Chess Olympiads after the pandemic in India. More than 600 chess tournaments are organised in a year. Karnataka itself carries more than […]
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Pubs and bars across the city have increased screening services to accommodate a growing number of football fans. Football fans in Bengaluru are increasingly ditching TVs in favour of watching the ongoing FIFA World Cup in screenings hosted by pubs and bars across the city. “The World Cup is always an exciting moment for me. […]
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The NGO is going to conduct competitions to educate the youth. Citizens Voluntary Initiative For the City (CIVIC) Bangalore will organize competitions like debates, mimes, journal writing and more to bring awareness about human rights among the youth. The topic of the theme is ‘Yuva Hakku: Bengaluru Youth for Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Rights’ where […]
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Repeated accidents of the Vande Bharat Express, creates fear among travellers of the Mysore – Chennai route that is to be launched on November 11. Regular travellers from Bengaluru to Chennai find the new Mysore- Chennai Vande Bharat Express unnecessary and fear travelling in it. Officials have also been kept in the dark regarding ticket […]
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After white-topping on Chinmaya Mission Hospital (CMH) road, residents had no choice but to open the gates of their houses inwards only. Residents of Indiranagar are unable to open their gates outwards after white-topping on Chinmaya Mission Hospital (CMH) road since the sidewalk is at a higher level. White-topping on CMH road has been ongoing for […]
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