On day one, GBA freed up 76km of city roads and handed them back to pedestrians as part of the ‘Safe Footpaths Campaign’ Bengaluru: Earthmovers, backhoes and jackhammers tore into illegal constructions on footpaths Wednesday morning as Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) launched its latest campaign to clear city roads of encroachments. Street vendors were asked…
Bengaluru: Four days after a jilted lover, 30, triggered an explosion in a cab in Tumakuru district leaving him dead, a man from Uttara kannada district has come under the police scanner for allegedly selling crude bombs to the deceased.Nagendra allegedly abducted his former girlfriend, Ramya Nayak, from Bengaluru on June 27. Nagendra was planning…
When reports emerged that Hardik Pandya had shifted his training base from Mumbai to Bengaluru, it felt like a significant move for one of India’s biggest cricket stars. But in reality, it reflects a trend that has been gathering momentum for years. The Indian all-rounder is believed to use the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (COE)…
Bengaluru: Amid growing demands from apartment owners to take over maintenance and management of BDA-built apartment complexes, Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) has urged the state govt to notify a “competent authority” for the registration of apartment owners’ associations under Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 (KAOA).The move comes after some associations approached BDA, stating they were…
Bengaluru: The Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has turned into a high-stakes political battle, with BJP and JD(S) coordinating at the grassroots in several areas, while Congress has activated its party network, govt machinery and allied organisations.As the door-to-door verification phase gathers pace, political parties are leaving little to chance by…
Bengaluru: Residents who invested lakhs of rupees in installing rooftop solar systems urged Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) to waive the fixed minimum charges levied on solar consumers, saying that would do more to promote clean energy than reducing the tariff paid for surplus electricity exported to the grid.In a draft notification, KERC proposed a…
Norway’s Ambassador to India, May-Elin Stener, and a high-level Norwegian delegation Wednesday participated in a 6.5km run through Bengaluru’s streets and footpaths Bengaluru: Norway’s Ambassador to India, May-Elin Stener, and a high-level Norwegian delegation Wednesday participated in a 6.5km run through Bengaluru’s streets and footpaths.The run, led by Arun Pai of Project Walkaluru, aimed to…
BengaluruOn a day when the centre has rolled out the contentious Viksit Bharat- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (VB-G-Ram-G), RDPR minister Eshwar Khandre has said that Karnataka will also roll it out but under protest.While citing this, he said the state government will discuss the rolling out at the cabinet scheduled today.“In the interest…
After raiding farms overnight near Arekoppa in Kanakapura, a wild tusker became wedged inside a railway barricade while trying to re-enter the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. After a tense five-hour rescue involving tranquilisation & cutting through the iron barricade using gas cutters, forest officials safely released it back into the wild. Bengaluru: What began as a…
Street Vendors Eviction Drive in Bengaluru Footpaths Cleared, But Where Should Vendors Go? A Decade After Street Vendors Act, Bengaluru Has No AnswerBengaluru: As Bengaluru’s five city corporations intensify footpath clearance drives under the Greater Bengaluru Authority’s Safe Footpath initiative starting Wednesday, a fundamental question remains unanswered: where should thousands of street vendors displaced from…
