Toilets in the city court premises are filthy. Women risk contracting infections, have to deal with fetid odor, and walk long distances in search of clean facilities. Women visiting Bengaluru’s City Civil Court and Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Courts (CMM) said that these complexes lack clean and well-maintained restrooms, forcing them to walk long distances in […]
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The number of vacancies for traffic policemen in the city increased from 309 posts in November 2022 to 642 in August 2023. Vacancies in Bengaluru Traffic Police have resulted in a low traffic personnel to vehicle ratio. Bengaluru is a category ‘A’ city, which requires one police personnel for every 700 vehicles, according to a […]
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Voter registration woes, limited Parking, and poor infrastructure, is plaguing Bengaluru’s Shivajinagar. People in Shivajinagar are struggling with their voter ids in addition to other problems like limited parking and poor infrastructure. Shivajinagar is a busy locality in Bengaluru and is home to several markets, shops, and residential areas. Local activist, Nasir Hussain said that […]
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They not only have to turn up in a saree, but also show proof of permanent residence to get a pension of Rs. 600 a month. The Transgender people are not aware of the Mythree scheme and those who have enrolled for the scheme are facing problem in getting the benefits from it. Mythree scheme […]
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Welfare associations say they keep filing complaints, only to get temporary solutions from government. Residents of Shanti Nagar are facing problems such as sewage clogged roads, power cuts, road encroachment and many other issues but there is no aid from the government. Saraswati, 24, a Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holder from Shanti Nagar said, […]
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FIR has been filed against the flat owner. A 19-year-old electrician, who fell from the fifth floor of an apartment in the Confident Apartment complex, took his last breath at 1:45 pm on April 01, 2023. He was being treated for his injuries at the Belenus Champion Hospital. Vignesh, the elder brother of Vishal, the […]
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Pincode will focus on the hyper-local commerce market, the beta version of the app is now available to customers in Bengaluru. PhonePe on Tuesday announced the launch of its e-commerce app ‘Pincode’, a consumer app built on the government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform The app will pilot in Bengaluru with categories such […]
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Even after working for more than 10 years, the NHM employees do not get paid enough to make a decent life. The National Health Mission (NHM) In-source Employee Association, which is part of the state Health and Family Welfare department, is hopeful that the state government will accept their demand of being permanent employees in […]
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Artists say Venkatappa Art Gallery will not be affordable if it is given to private companies for restoration. The Venkatappa Art Gallery remains vacant due to lack of facilities and poor infrastructure. No funds have been allocated for its restoration by the government. Artists say that when the gallery officials rent the hall and gallery […]
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Many MSME entrepreneurs in the city do not apply for IPR protection due to high attorney fees etc. The new revision of the scheme will reimburse the amount taken to process the IP. Under the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) scheme of the Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME), companies can receive a reimbursement of […]
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