Bangalore August 31, 2017: Business in Russell Market has seen a dip recently due to the filth and the stench thanks to uncleared garbage right outside the market. Akansha, a student who went to buy some cloth from the market, found it quite dirty and unclean.“I wouldn’t buy vegetables or meat from this market,” […]
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Bangalore, 31st August, 2017: The lack of sanitation facilities is forcing residents of the BBMP quarters in Bhashyam Park to use Pay and Use toilets every day. Bhashyam Park has three residential quarters that have one toilet between them. This toilet does not have a door and is broken. Since the last five years people living […]
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Bangalore February 7, 2018: A week after the Karnataka government issued a fresh notification to cab-aggregators to implement a new system of prices with immediate effect, nothing has changed. Both the aggregators and the transport department are not sure of how to go about implementing the changes. The new notification altered cab fares based on […]
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Bangalore, Sep 12, 2017: The number of burglaries in KR Puram has gone up by 50 per cent this year, police say. Since January this year, 194 cases of house burglaries have been reported so far, said the K R Puram police. Rayappa N, constable, said that in 2015, there were 68 house thefts and in […]
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For throwing debris in the lake, residents blame the truck drivers who in turn blame the Municipal Council, who blame the residents. By: Naandika Tripathi Bangalore, Feb 01, 2018: A tractor trolley filled to the brim with construction debris drives down to the Kammasandra Lake finds a clearing and upends the rubble on the ground. […]
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Out of 20,365 complaints registered since 2016, only 31 have been resolved so far by the BBMP Bangalore, January 18, 2018: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) complaints resolution process is moving at a snail’s pace. Only 15 per cent of all civic complaints have been resolved since 2016. Anupam Saxena, one of the complainants, said his one-month […]
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Despite not being in BESCOM’s list of areas that were to brace for power cuts today, areas like Koramangala, Frazer Town, KR Puram and Wilson Garden faced power snags, this morning. Bangalore, 27 February 2018: Areas like Koramangala, Frazer Town, KR Puram and Wilson Garden woke up to a disruption in their power supply for a few […]
Continue ReadingLandowners in Ramanagar taluk, Kaakmaranahalli taluk, Bhattarahalli taluk among other areas, provided their lands to the government for development activities. Thereafter, the farmers and landowners have requested other land as compensation in addition to the money given to them by the government. The government is providing the farmers with 26 lakhs for one-acre land. They […]
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The defence lawyer stated that there was no conclusive against the main accused in the case. Bangalore:The verdict in the Nalapad Haris bail plea case, that was scheduled for Tuesday, has been adjourned and will be delivered on Friday, 2 March. In the hearing that happened on Tuesday, the defence said that the petitioner had […]
Continue ReadingThe device can purify air around 300 square feet Bangalore, 27 February 2018: Swasa, a startup has developed an indoor air purifier which uses soil biofiltration technology over the conventional carbon-based filtration system. “Our filter uses a plant and soil to filter out all the harmful particulates in an indoor atmosphere which are carcinogenic and cause […]
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