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Unauthorised constructions are the bane of Bengaluru, destroying our lakes, encroaching raja kaluves and disturbing the roads.

No market for Akrama Sakrama, BBMP!

Akrama Sakrama was first introduced in 2007, a group of citizens appealed to the court and succeeded in obtaining a...

17 Jan 2017 4:21 AM IST

Apart from online campaign, volunteers of CfB collecting signatures on letters from citizens to be given to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu (Photo: DC)

Signature campaign for local train in Bengaluru hits Internet

To submit the letter to Rail Minister, when he is in city on Monday.

15 Jan 2017 1:45 AM IST

This year BBMP has collected Rs 111 crore and measures are also being taken to increase advertisement revenue.

BBMP yet to act against illegal shops

BBMP has said it was collecting data on such shops to issue individual notices.

15 Jan 2017 1:44 AM IST

St. Johns Cemetery in Bengaluru. (Picture for representation only)

BBMP graveyards: No place for living or dead

Authorities to provide better amenities, tap their tourism potential.

15 Jan 2017 1:27 AM IST

V.K. Rao holding one of his creations. (Photo: R. Samuel.)

Urban Legend: The kite runner putting paper birds in the sky

For the last six years, Rao has been working on a kite that is strong enough to lift a grown man into the air.

14 Jan 2017 2:22 AM IST

At present the civic bodys parks depend solely on borewells for gardening. (Representation image)

Bengaluru: Rainwater tanks at all parks to beat scarcity

Based on the size and spread of the parks, tanks will be built to store rainwater.

11 Jan 2017 3:12 AM IST

Audience click pictures of PM Narendra Modi during his speech at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Photo: R. Samuel)

Modi roared and all because teleprompters did the job!

Not many in the audience knew that Prime Minister was using a teleprompter, as he had done during his address to the US...

9 Jan 2017 5:31 AM IST

Minister for Large and Medium-Scale Industries R.V. Deshpande in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo: R. Samuel)

Pravasis will make big time investments: RV Deshpande, Karnataka...

Over 4,000 delegates from over 60 countries to participate in Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

5 Jan 2017 5:03 AM IST

But almost a fashion statement today among the young, smoking hookah is not likely to disappear in a hurry as it has many teenagers and college- goers hooked in the city.

By hookah' or by crook!

BBMP raided several cafes and food joints in the city in December.

3 Jan 2017 3:10 AM IST

At 78, Mr N.S Ramakanth is hard at work to persuade people to segregate their garbage in their homes and offices and hopes to return to Bengaluru its title of Garden City.

Ramakanth: Thrash the trash like this 78-yr-old

His mission is to clean up Bengaluru and his mantra is -"segregate at source-" a concept that the BBMP is trying its...

1 Jan 2017 3:34 AM IST

BWSSB supplies 1350 MLD of water to the city everyday. Out of which 1000 MLD is generated as sewage.

Treated water for construction sites!

BWSSB renews drive to persuade companies, prominent builders to use recycled water.

29 Dec 2016 4:44 AM IST

The BBMP has now decided to hike the solid waste cess in the name of better management.

Pay higher cess? What rubbish, BBMP!

Will the added cess end up in corrupt contractors' pockets? Or will we actually see more scientific methods of waste...

28 Dec 2016 3:14 AM IST