2024 – Page 9 – The Softcopy

Know your constituency: Bangalore South

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 TeamSoftCopy172

Assembly Constituencies in Bangalore South Know your candidates Voters’ info Seats won in Karnataka Assembly Elections, 2023 Compiled by Anupama VM and Vishisht Dwivedi

Madiwala Lake’s maintenance sleeping with the fishes

April 23, 2024April 24, 2024 Prajwal Gopinath Jayaraj176

Visitors of Madiwala lake continue to witness declining health of the water body as dead fish start bobbing up in its waters due to a lack of consistent and proper maintenance. Mohish felt the leaves crunch under his feet as he walked across the banks of the Madiwala lake. The once-manicured lanes were now littered […]

KCET: expert committee remains non-committal

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Ashna Mariam George157

ABVP presented a resolution to the principal secretary with suggestions like conducting a re-examination, granting grace marks and deleting out of syllabus questions. The expert committee constituted by the state government to examine the complaints of out-of-syllabus questions in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2024, remains non-committal, despite Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) meeting […]

When the music stops

April 23, 2024April 24, 2024 Vishisht Dwivedi336

Mysore-style veena is on the verge of extinction without government help. The scarcity of skilled workers in the veena-making industry in Bangalore poses a serious threat to the future of the Mysore-veena. The Mysore style tambura, too, faces a similar fate, with no manufacturer left. Previously many retailers like Veena Works, Aruna Musicals, and Veena […]

Bangalore: Individual water meters to the rescue

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Lovely Tyagi242

Experts say that holding people accountable for the amount of water they use and making them pay for it can be an effective tool in controlling superfluous use of water. The water crisis in Bangalore has prompted residential societies in the city to seek options that help in checking the superfluous use of water. Several […]

Begur Chokes: Residents cough and gasp as garbage burning persists

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Avantika Khajuria147

Despite fines and regulations, illegal burning plagues the Bengaluru neighbourhood Residents of Begur in Bengaluru suffer from constant coughing, breathing difficulties, and bronchitis risks as garbage burning persists, despite a ban. Residents have voiced their distress over the persistent problem of garbage burning and its adverse impact on their well-being. Sunitha Raju, a long-time resident, […]

No drought relief escalated political tensions: Siddaramaiah

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 K Nitika Shivani150

The Indian National Congress (INC) party at a protest in Bangalore demanded that the Centre release money to farmers immediately. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, several ministers and members of the state legislative assembly (MLAs) held a protest at the Vidhana Soudha demanding the release of drought-relief funds, Tuesday morning. Siddaramaiah said that the Supreme […]

Bengaluru to experience dry spell till May: IMD

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024 Ishika Sharma161

Temperatures are not likely to fall, either. Bengaluru will continue to have dry days in the rest of April, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. A spokesperson from IMD said that last weekend’s rainfall was scattered, and areas near Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) did not witness any rainfall. “The last widespread rain that the city experienced […]

City Police Rolls Out Election Security Plan

April 23, 2024April 24, 2024 Vandana Batra150

The Commissionerate is incharge of five Lok Sabha constituencies—Bangalore North, Bangalore South, Bangalore Central, Bangalore Rural and Chikkaballapur. The Bangalore city police is gearing up for the elections with 24 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs) and 52 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs), among other officers being lined up for election duty. B. Dayanand, Police Commissioner […]

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