Reparation of school in Hungund keeps getting delayed; students and teachers suffer the consequences. Academics, marks, and nutrition are not the main issues which haunt the students of this school. Broken walls, hanging wires, over packed classrooms, falling ceiling, etc. These are some of the everyday problems faced by the teachers and students of NRS […]
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Engineering graduates around the city and the country are finding campus placements hard to come by. If you are planning to do engineering in the hope that you will be assured placement, you might want to reconsider. You just might end up being unemployed. One in every two engineering graduates of recent years in India […]
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The work on the expansion of the Hebbal flyover to make it three lanes has stopped. Passengers are complaining of heavy traffic congestion. If you are thinking of driving through the Hebbal junction think again. You could reach your destination by foot by the time you drive across the junction. The junction remains a bottleneck […]
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The lake has just been handed over to the BBMP from the forest department. Residents are unhappy with the condition of the lake. No pathways, broken fencing, disfunctional street lights, polluted water, open sewers, illegal fishing, all these are the sights which awaits visitors and residents near Hebbal lake. Shanta Kumar, a resident of the […]
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Animal lovers in Bangalore are upset over the delay in restarting of the 24/7 animal helpline. Activist groups like CJ Memorial Trust have requested the government to restart the helpline, as it was of help to animal lovers. They have started an online petition for the revival of the helpline. According to the petition, the […]
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The Karnataka government has included dementia in the Gruha Arogya Scheme. Bangalore has no government-owned fulltime dementia care center though the number of dementia patients in Karnataka is higher than the national average. There are only two full time residential care centre for dementia patients in Bangalore. One is Niksha Dementia village located in Yelahanka, […]
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3500 artists showcase their art in the Bangalore edition of Indian art festival Women artists ruled the carpet at the India Art Festival (IAF) as 65 per cent of the booths in the Indian art festival (IAF) are led by women artists. Rajendra the organizer of the event said that the contribution of the women […]
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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari inaugurated South Asia’s biggest construction equipment fare. Development of infrastructure is most important in developing economies stated Union Minister, Nitin Gadkari in his speech. He said, “the only possible way to make India the third largest economy is to make better infrastructure, the focus […]
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Residents of Medahalli have to walk around a kilometre more to board a bus, despite having a bus stand in the neighbourhood. BMTC busses do not stop at the Medahalli bus stop which is situated off the national highway. Instead, they stop further away, on the highway resulting in commuters having to walk nearly a […]
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Private school vans modify their vehicles and carry children on a fixed monthly fare—which is illegal according to law. But, the practice still goes on in many parts of Bangalore city. Nagesh, Superintendent of police at the Karnataka transport department head office admitted that this is a problem. He said “We are aware that […]
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